Roger Weed wrote a great article about the LCPer being a general contractor and having to know what he/she was qualified to do and what to hire another expert for. This is one reference that came up on a Google search:
Weed likened the life care planner to a general contractor for a building project. "The life care planner is the general contractor for the client's future care needs," Weed told The O&P EDGE. "He or she knows who to go to, what questions to ask, and when to bring in specialists, much like a contractor might bring in an engineer to solve a specialized problem."
Kathryn Reid, MA, CRC, CCM
Rehabilitation Counselor & Case Manager
Reid Case Management, Inc.
www.reidcm.com Seattle, WA
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Dirk Leverant via IARP Connect
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While I understand that we do much more than "arithmetic," I will leave it to the members of this forum with more experience than I have to expound upon that. The very first thought I had, when I read that statement was, "Even if that were true, all Architects do is arithmetic, but there is a reason we still hire them to design buildings, and not college math instructors or attorneys." Perhaps, instead of having a Pharmacist compound his next prescription, the attorney would prefer to have it done by a 20 year old Math major at ASU. After all, it's only arithmetic, right.
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Dirk Leverant
dirkleverant@gmail.com
Phoenix, AZ United States
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Sent: 08-13-2015 10:33
From: Ellen Fernandez
Subject: Collateral offsets
I was asked about this yesterday in court--about Medicare--and my response was that Medicare doesn't pay the whole cost, nothing does, and the person will need supplemental insurance. The attorney in that case and others, has said that they aren't allowed to consider Medicare in court (this is Florida). I agree with those colleagues who say we use retail costs, so anyone can do what they want with the figures.
Speaking of which, I have twice lately been told that all life care planners do is arithmetic, and I wonder if anyone else has encountered this. In one situation, I had the presence of mind to say that I am hired because I know what to add, but I would like some better responses to this criticism.