Benefits & Features
More Than a Summary.
A Command Center.
For decades, litigators on both sides faced an unwelcome choice: pay physician rates for a truly comprehensive record review, or hand the record to junior staff and accept what a non-medical reading can find. Merlin retires that choice, delivering medical-grade insight into the complete record at a fraction of physician cost.
More Comprehensive Than Delegation
A junior associate reading 8,000 pages will miss things — not from lack of effort, but from lack of medical training. Merlin’s analysis begins from a professionally curated medical foundation, so the pertinent details are not overlooked.
A Fraction of Physician Review Cost
Physician record reviews are often reserved for only the largest exposures. Merlin delivers comprehensive record intelligence at a rate that makes rigorous review economical on every file.
Every Dollar of Claimed Specials, Accounted For
Merlin can cross-reference billed charges against
the documented treatment record—exposing duplicates, missing clinical notes, and treatment untethered to the injury at issue. Challenge it with the record in hand.
Faster Case Evaluation, Earlier Leverage
Understand the true medical posture of a claim in days, not months. Set reserves with confidence. Enter mediation informed. Respond to demands with specifics, not generalities.
Defensible Billing for Your Clients
Merlin allows firms to deliver deeper record analysis at lower cost — a story every client relationship benefits from.
Consistency Across Every File
The same rigorous standard applied to every record set, on every matter, regardless of size. No variance between reviewers.
Closed-System Confidentiality
Every matter in its own sealed environment. No public models, no data commingling, no training on your case materials.
WHAT MERLIN DOES
Complete, organized treatment timelines across every provider and facility. Every visit, procedure, and prescription in sequence.
Surface everything before the date of loss: prior injuries to the same body parts, degenerative findings, earlier complaints and claims.
Reconcile every billed charge against the documented treatment record: duplicate billing, charges with no supporting clinical note, and treatment untethered to the alleged injury. Specials itemized by provider, facility, and date of service, so you can prove the number or challenge it with the record in hand.
Flag gaps in treatment, missed appointments, non-compliance, and inconsistencies between subjective complaints and objective findings, before the other side does.
See every treating provider, referral pattern, and facility relationship, including the ones worth a closer look.
Merlin identifies which medical specialty a case actually hinges on before you spend a dollar retaining an expert. That way you engage the right specialist from the start, a neurosurgeon for a spinal fusion rather than a general orthopedist who reviews the file only to refer you elsewhere. In malpractice matters, getting this right the first time can save an entire expert engagement's worth of fees.
Test any expert opinion, yours or theirs, against the complete record. Confirm your expert saw everything that matters, and find what opposing counsel's expert missed. Cross-examination begins with knowing the record better than the witness.
Walk in with complete command of the record. Query specific encounters, verify testimony against the documents, and build examination outlines grounded in the actual history.
Complete timelines and summaries, organized by date, prescriber, and indication.
WHAT IT PAYS
A junior associate reading 8,000 pages will miss things, not from lack of effort, but from lack of medical training. Merlin starts from a professionally curated medical foundation, so the pertinent details are recognized, not overlooked.
Comprehensive record intelligence at a rate that makes rigorous review economical on every file. Merlin also shows where the medically significant questions live before you retain, so the first expert is the right expert.
Reasonable and necessary is a standard, not a slogan. Merlin evaluates the course of care against the evidence-based treatment guidelines that govern the claim and surfaces treatment that departs from accepted practice in modality, frequency, or duration.
Merlin cross-references billed charges against the documented treatment record: duplicate billing, charges without clinical notes, treatment untethered to the injury. Prove the number or challenge it, with the record in hand.
Understand the true medical posture of a claim in days, not months. Value the case with confidence, enter mediation informed, and respond to demands (or build them) with specifics.
If you're already using Merlin, you can add on a formal opinion from a physician at a reduced cost. The doctor works directly from Merlin, using the curated record and all the analysis Merlin has already done, so their time goes straight to forming the opinion. That means a faster turnaround and a lower cost than a traditional review, with real medical backing to strengthen your case.