Kathy Richard, RN, Former State Surveyor
Nursing Home Nursing & Regulatory Compliance Expert Witness | RN, Former State Surveyor
Profile:
Kathy Richard, RN, is a clinical executive with decades of leadership in nursing home operations and healthcare systems. A former Director of Nursing and New Hampshire State Surveyor, she has managed clinical operations across multiple skilled nursing facilities and holds active RN licenses in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Her experience on both sides of the survey process gives her detailed insight into regulatory compliance, quality of care, and long-term care oversight.
Ms. Richard provides case review, consulting, and expert witness testimony in matters involving nursing negligence, staffing, quality of care, infection control, resident rights, and COVID-19 litigation in skilled nursing and long-term care settings.
Ms. Richard is available through Expert Consulting Services, a firm connecting attorneys with qualified nursing home and long-term care expert witnesses. For CV and testimony history, please visit www.expertconsultingservices.com.
- Elder Abuse
- Hospital & Medical Ethics
- Legal Nurse Consultant
- Long Term Care
- Medical Records
- Medical Staffing
- Nursing
- Nursing Homes
- Wound Care/Pressure Sores
- Wrongful Death
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Degrees
• Associate Degree in Nursing - Rivier College, 1996
Licenses
• Registered Nurse - New Hampshire (Compact State)
• Registered Nurse - Massachusetts
Specialized Certifications & Accreditations (Listed under Skills)
• Point Click Care (PCC) - Super user and Implementation Specialist
• EMR Specialist
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 10+
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: • Negligence
• Regulatory compliance
• Staffing and quality of care
• Infection control
• Resident rights
• COVID-19 litigation
• Patient care quality and healthcare oversight
• Nursing home operations and long-term care systems
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 60%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 40$
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 4+
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: • Consulting: Serving as a consultant in complex healthcare matters.
• Case Work / Litigation Support: Providing expertise for legal cases involving negligence, regulatory compliance, staffing, quality of care, infection control, resident rights, and COVID-19 litigation.
• Advocacy: Acting as a trusted expert and advocate in her field.
• Inspections (Implied): While "site inspections" is not explicitly listed as a standalone service offering, her professional experience includes working as a State Surveyor for New Hampshire, where she was specifically tasked with inspecting nursing home facilities.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Please contact for fee schedule.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Please contact for fee schedule.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Please contact for fee schedule.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Please contact for fee schedule.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Please contact for fee schedule.
Available Upon Request