Areas of Expertise and Areas I Can Opine On:

1. Emergency Medical Care	18. Nursing home quality assurance
2. Emergency Medicine	19. Paramedic
3. Triage	20. EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
4. EMTALA	21. First Aid
5. Ethics	22. Head Injuries
6. Experimental Care	23. Health Care Regulations
7. Investigational Care	24. HMO Liability
8. Utilization Review	25. Managed Care Liability
9. Quality Assurance	26. Medical Trauma
10. Credentialing	27. Malpractice, Medical
11. Risk Management	28. Medical Bad Faith
12. Informed Consent	29. Paramedic Liability
13. Peer Review	30. Medical Necessity Determinations
14. Case Management	31. Benefit Determinations
15. Hospital Liability	32. Reimbursements
16. Nurse Liability	33. Medical Insurance Bad Faith/Liability
17. Elder Abuse	34. Medical Standards of Care

Credentials:
Dr. Bronston is National Chairman of the Ethics and Professional Policy Committee of the American College of Medical Quality and a member of its board of trustees.  He is an emergency medicine physician in active practice in Southern California and a physician reviewer for LUMETRA, the Quality Improvement Organization for the State of California.  He has been a special consultant on HMOs for the California Department of Managed Health Care, a medical expert/consult for the California Medical Board and a consultant for quality assurance standards for the Division of Worker's Compensation for the State of California.  He has been a physician advisor for numerous private utilization review organizations, former sub-committee chairman on Economic Credentialing for the American College of Emergency Physicians and a co-author on Managed Care in Emergency Medicine published in the textbook Emergency Medicine Risk Management by the American College of Emergency Physicians.  He was an expert witness in Wilson vs. Blue Cross of Southern California.  Dr. Bronston is board certified in both emergency medicine and quality assurance and utilization review.

Board Certification:
Emergency Medicine
Quality Assurance
Utilization Review

Professional Membership:
Chairperson, National Ethics & Professional Policy Committee, American College of Medical Quality
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
Distinguished Fellow, American College of Medical Quality
Diplomat, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Member, Board of Trustees, American College of Medical Quality

Expert/Consulting:
Medical Insurance Companies, Utilization Review Organizations, Paramedic and Nurse Liability, State's Managed Care, Workers Compensation, Quality Improvement Organizations, Hospital Quality Management Consultant, Reimbursements Issues, Merit Evaluations, Depositions & Trial Testimony.