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Screening Intelligence · Level 3

Focus the Next Investigation Before Committing to a Full Review

Start with a focused nurse-led screen before committing to a full Case Review or expensive expert time. Screening organizes the relevant episode, identifies preliminary clinical and documentation questions, flags missing records, and helps counsel decide what should be investigated next.

Attorneys & authorized professionalsStarting at $2,250

Published starting point. Final scope is confirmed after record-volume and complexity review.

Defined service ladder

Attorney Case Screening

Up to 125 clean pages

Focused ED / General Screening

Starting at $2,250

One defined event, one principal allegation, and one core specialty.

Core deliverables
  • Focused timeline
  • Preliminary clinical issue flags
  • Missing records
  • Questions for further attorney or expert review

No independent case-merit or expert-opinion determination.

Discuss this level
Moderate specialty record burden

Specialty Screening

Starting at $2,950

Specialty-matched review or moderate multi-issue complexity.

Core deliverables
  • Specialty-matched screening
  • Defined questions
  • Source-grounded concerns

No independent case-merit or expert-opinion determination.

Discuss this level
Maternal/L&D episode

OB/L&D Screening

Starting at $3,750

Maternal, fetal, newborn, or delivery-related matters; complex source types may increase scope.

Core deliverables
  • Maternal/L&D timeline
  • Documentation and escalation questions
  • Missing records
  • Specialty follow-up

No independent case-merit or expert-opinion determination.

Discuss this level

Starting prices reflect a defined record set and review scope. Final pricing depends on record volume, record quality, number of facilities, date range, specialty, urgency, requested depth, supplemental records, OCR quality, duplicate burden, and requested verification level. Every engagement is confirmed in writing before production begins.

Screening helps prioritize records, questions, and potential expert needs. It is not an expert opinion or independent determination of case merit.

Written scope controls

What can change the starting scope

These rules are part of the same controlling catalog as the published prices.

Supplemental records
Records received after the agreed cutoff are reviewed and priced before addendum work begins.
Additional facility, specialty, or date range
May move the matter to a higher tier or trigger a written change order.
Poor scans, OCR failure, or duplicate control
Additional record-processing time or a higher tier is quoted before affected work begins.
Priority · 3–5 business days
Adds 25%–50% only when quality and capacity can be protected.
Rush · 24–72 hours
Adds 75%–100% or 1.5×–2.0×; founder approval and a narrowed scope are required.
Revisions
One consolidated factual-correction round is included unless the service agreement states otherwise. New analysis or new records are additional scope.

Critical Timeline organizes and clinically reviews medical information only within the records supplied and agreed written scope. We are not a law firm; we do not provide legal advice, diagnose or recommend treatment, determine negligence, liability, standard of care, causation, damages, case value, or legal deadlines, replace a qualified retained expert, or guarantee an outcome.

The question this Intelligence service answers

“Are there clinical issues that justify deeper investigation or expert investment?”

The engagement is organized around a defined decision or conversation—not around producing pages for their own sake.

Core Intelligence deliverables

  • Focused Timeline Intelligence
  • Preliminary Issue Intelligence Flags
  • Missing-Record Intelligence List
  • Focused follow-up and expert questions

Best fit

When this level of Medical Intelligence makes sense

  1. 01

    Emergency Department matters

  2. 02

    Labor & Delivery or obstetric matters

  3. 03

    Potential matters with uncertain clinical complexity

Scope and strategy

Screen the defined event before funding the largest review.

Focused screening helps counsel see whether the current production identifies clinically significant questions, timing issues, record gaps, or specialty needs that justify another investigation step. The output is deliberately bounded and does not disguise a merit opinion as a nurse summary.

Signals this may be the right level

  • The allegation is broad but the pivotal event is identifiable
  • Counsel needs to assess missing records before expert review
  • Clinical complexity is uncertain
  • A limited record set requires a proportionate first pass
  • The matter may require specialty-matched follow-up

Related pathways

Match the specialty, matter type, and next decision

Service questions

Know what this level does—and does not—decide.

Is case screening a merit opinion?

No. Screening identifies preliminary documented issues, limitations, and questions. Counsel and retained experts determine merit, standard of care, causation, liability, damages, and case value.

What records should counsel provide?

The source set should cover the defined event and the context needed to understand it. Core records vary by setting; missing categories are documented in the screening.

What happens after screening?

The result may support a targeted record request, a chronology, a deeper case review, specialty-matched expert evaluation, or a decision not to expand the review. Counsel makes that decision.

The scope comes first

No records through the general intake.

We first confirm fit, boundaries, pricing, timing, and the engagement. A separate transfer method is arranged only after that step.

Run the free Matter Scan first
Check fit and scope

Attorneys evaluating a potential matter · Intelligence matched to purpose

See whether Case Screening is the right starting point.

Start the guided intake