Legal Medicine
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About this specialty
The specialty areas of medicine concerned with matters of, and relations with, substantive law and legal institutions; such as the conduct of medical examinations at crime scenes, performance of autopsies, giving of expert medical testimony in judicial proceedings, medical treatment of inmates of penal institutions, the practice of trauma medicine in law enforcement settings, and other clinical practice and medical science applications in the fields of law, law enforcement, and corrections.
Source: Rhea, Ott, and Shafritz, The Facts On File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| JEFFREY CASE, MD | PADUCAH, KY | $1,479,311 |
| THEODORE DALY, M.D. | GARDEN CITY, NY | $1,201,497 |
| PEDRO RIVERA-VELAZQUEZ, MD | CLINTON, MD | $590,706 |
| NIMESH PATEL, MD | ASTORIA, NY | $570,656 |
| MOHAMED KHOLOKI, MD | LAGRANGE PARK, IL | $500,655 |
| BOHDAN FEDIRKO, MD | CHICAGO, IL | $478,370 |
| CATHY SHRADER, MD | CLINTON, MD | $477,778 |
| MELCHIORRE RUSSO, MD | CLIFTON, NJ | $420,598 |
| JASON TU, MD | SALISBURY, MD | $402,493 |
| MICHAEL SCANLON | NEW YORK, NY | $362,850 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.