Stephen C. George, MBA-HA is President of Provider Risk,a nationally organized brokerage specializing in medical reinsurance, self funding, HMO reinsurance, pharmacy benefits, employer benefits, and provider excess loss. Mr. George is an experienced expert witness who is able to convey complex issues in a simple manner to juries. Mr. George's experience includes case work in Disclosure, broker standards, TPA standards, lasers, bad faith, coverage exclutions, treaty interpretation, policy replacement and policy renewals. He has over 20 years of health, medical reinsurance, managed care contracting, and speaking experience. He currently holds Adjunct Professor status at NOVA Southeastern University, and has taught several programs at University of Miami's Health Administration certificate programs. His articles and letters appear in The Self Insurer, The National Underwriter, Miami Herald, The Wall Street Journal NBEW, Medical Economics, The Hospital Physician Journal, and several professional newsletters. He is a federally qualified expert witness and is CME certified by the AMA. He speaks nationally on managed care, risk contracting and reinsurance issues. See www.providerrisk.com.
Mr. George is recognized nationally as one of the top professionals in the technical areas of medical reinsurance, self funding and stop loss contracting.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: MBA University of Miami, Miami FL
HA certificatio in Health Administration from UM
214 Life and Health License
220 Property Casualty License
20 years OJT
Able to place COver holder programs with Lloyds - Directly
Appointed by many reinsurers and insurers.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: See CV
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: 40 Presentations at leading national conferences and including UM and NOVA Universities.
Published 40 articles in many well known periodicles and publications
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: NO
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 18
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Treaty reinsurance, aggregate provider excess loss, self funded, broker fedutiary, claims repricing to reasonable and customary (i.e. hospital price gouging), international pricing of medical claims, retroactive policy recission, bad faith, breach of contract, disclosure, third party standards and procedures/fidutiary, managed care contract interpretation, coverage conflicts, international medical plan userpation by domestic broker MGU and supporting carrier, life insurance claim denial, terminal liability interpretation and disclosure. I am also qualified to opine on liability (med mal, E&O, D&O, GL) and property - both commercial and homeowners.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: I am guessing about 55%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: about 45%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: I think 4
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: a year or two ago
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: once in CA federal court
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: none
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 7 years
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: ALl the above but no testing.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $300-$500/hr depending on the case.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $300
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $300
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $300
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: 10 hour retainer unless its simple claims repricing consulting or research to load our side for Bear.
References
Several references are available upon request.305-234-9877
