medical vocational planning

What medical vocational planning does

Medical Vocational Planning, LLC (MVP) is a Pacific Northwest medical-legal consulting firm headquartered in Battle Ground, Washington, that has operated continuously for over 30 years under its current and prior ownership. The firm provides life care planning, medical-legal consulting, expert testimony, vocational rehabilitation counseling, and medical case management services to plaintiff and defense attorneys, workers' compensation insurance carriers, and law firms across Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Service delivery is human-expert-driven and is anchored by Dr. Sharla Paso (DNP, RN, CNS), who acquired the firm in 2021 from its founder Michele (Nielsen) Cook, with Jamie Irish (MS, CRC) serving as a credentialed vocational counselor and Eva Sarkinen handling operations.

The practice's deliverables are project-based professional services rather than a software product. Life care plans are priced in the $2,000–$10,000 per case range, and engagements are scoped case-by-case for attorneys and insurers rather than sold on a subscription or platform basis. There is no disclosed proprietary technology platform, no public AI/ML tooling, and no engineering function; the underlying "technology" of the business is the clinical and vocational credentials of its staff, three decades of accumulated case archives, and the credibility those credentials carry in deposition and trial settings. No technology stack, API integrations, or data flywheel mechanics are documented in public materials.

The firm's go-to-market is referral-driven within the Pacific Northwest legal and insurance ecosystem, supported by named relationships with plaintiff firms such as Tom Carney & Associates, Bergstrom Injury Law & Disability, and the Law Offices of Joe Placek, alongside insurance carrier and defense-side engagements. Revenue mechanics are essentially billable-hours plus project fees on a relatively small team, with no disclosed funding, investor base, valuation, or marketing site claims about scale. The 2021 ownership transition from the original founder to Dr. Paso is the most significant corporate event on record, and the business has continued operating under the same service lines, brand, and geographic footprint since.

Name

medical vocational planning

Legal name

Medical Vocational Planning, LLC

Website

https://medvocplan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Medical Vocational Planning is a Battle Ground, Washington-based medical-legal consulting firm offering life care planning, vocational rehabilitation, expert testimony, and case management services to plaintiff and defense attorneys and workers' compensation insurers across Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical-Legal Consulting

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Life care planning
• Vocational rehabilitation counseling
• Legal nurse consulting
• Expert witness testimony
• Medical case management

Headquarters

HQ city

Battle Ground

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Life Care Planning Services: Comprehensive life care plans for catastrophically injured individuals. Cost varies from couple thousand to $8,000-$10,000 depending on case complexity and trial testimony needs. Project-based professional services.
2. Expert Testimony: Expert witness services for plaintiff and defense legal teams. Impartial expert testimony leveraging clinical doctorate-level education.
3. Legal Nurse Consulting: Clinical assessments and legal consulting including medical record review, literature research, and case analysis.
4. Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling: Vocational assessments and counseling services including employment research, job development, and placement.
5. Medical Case Management: Aging/chronic disability navigation services with ongoing care management and follow-up.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Medical Vocational Planning provides expert medical-legal consulting services for personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Core offerings include Life Care Planning, Expert Testimony, Legal Nurse Consulting, Cost Analysis, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, and Medical Case Management, delivered by clinically credentialed professionals (DNP, CRC) directly to attorneys, law firms, and insurance carriers across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Product overview

Medical Vocational Planning offers a suite of specialized medical-legal consulting services rather than a software product. The core service portfolio includes Expert Testimony, Life Care Planning, Cost Analysis, Assessments and Legal Nurse Consulting, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Medical Case Management, and Continuing Legal Education. These services are designed to support legal professionals in personal injury and medical malpractice cases by providing clinical expertise, damages assessments, and comprehensive reports. The offerings work together as an integrated consulting practice where Life Care Plans form the foundation, supported by Cost Analysis and Vocational Assessments, while Expert Testimony and Legal Nurse Consulting provide the legal interface.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Life Care Planning Comprehensive and systematic assessment of catastrophically injured persons' needs and associated costs, including medical history narratives, cost projections in today's dollars, past lost wages, and future loss of earning capacity projections. Sold to attorneys handling personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
• Expert Testimony Expert witness services providing authoritative and impartial testimony for both plaintiff and defense legal teams, leveraging clinical doctorate-level education and experience in women's health, mental health, and accessibility challenges. Sold to attorneys and law firms in litigation.
• Cost Analysis Meticulous cost analysis and projections providing detailed evaluations of past and future medical expenses, with comprehensive economic impact narratives covering immediate expenses through long-term care costs. Sold to attorneys building damages cases.
• Assessments and Legal Nurse Consulting Thorough clinical assessments and legal consulting including medical report review, literature research, and correlation of medical records with allegations of malpractice, product liability, auto liability, workers' compensation, and third-party involvement. Sold to attorneys and insurance carriers.
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Nationally-certified vocational services including vocational assessments for workers' compensation, domestic relations, Longshore and Harbor workers, and long-term disability; plus employment research, job development, and job placement. Sold to attorneys and insurance carriers.
• Medical Case Management

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ForensisGroup: Expert witness and litigation support firm providing medical, vocational, and damages experts to attorneys nationwide. Directly competes with MVP in the damages expert and life care planning segments for personal injury matters.
• SEAK, Inc. Provider of expert witness training, directories, and consulting services for medical and vocational experts serving legal matters. Comparable to MVP in the expert witness / medical-legal niche, with additional emphasis on training and directory services.
• TASA (Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys): Long-established national expert witness referral network serving attorneys with expert testimony across medical and vocational specialties. Closely comparable to MVP's core litigation support and expert witness business model.
• Elite Medical Experts: National expert witness and medical-legal consulting network providing physician-level expert testimony across personal injury and medical malpractice. Directly comparable to MVP's expert testimony and life care planning offerings for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
• Vocational Economics, Inc. Specialized firm providing vocational assessment, life care planning, and economic loss analysis for litigation. Directly comparable to MVP's vocational rehabilitation counseling and cost analysis / earning capacity projection services.

Regional players

• Rehab Without Walls: Specialty rehabilitation provider offering vocational and case management services for catastrophic injury and neuro populations across multiple U.S. regions. Comparable to MVP's vocational rehabilitation and medical case management practice, with broader geographic reach.

Broad incumbents

• Dane Street (Independent Medical/Peer Review): National independent medical examination and peer review provider serving insurance carriers and legal professionals. Adjacent incumbent serving overlapping legal and insurance buyers with medical assessment services comparable to MVP's expert assessment work.
• Genex Services (Vocational & Case Management): Large national managed care and vocational case management provider serving workers' compensation carriers and employers. Comparable to MVP's vocational rehabilitation and medical case management offerings for insurance and employer clients at much greater scale.

Emerging players

• JMW Consultants (Life Care Planning): Nationwide life care planning practice serving attorneys and catastrophic injury cases with comprehensive life care plans and expert testimony. Comparable to MVP's Life Care Planning service line in scope and customer base.
• MedQuest Legal Nurse Consulting: Legal nurse consulting firm providing medical record review and expert support for plaintiff and defense attorneys. Closely comparable to MVP's legal nurse consulting and medical-legal case consulting service line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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