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Kirk Hopkins, Chicago Psychiatrist – allegedly earned more than $5.5 million by falsely billing Medicaid for “services” never performed
WISC24.com National Healthcare Fraud Takedown Results In Charges Against Over 600 Individuals, Including Several Chicago-Area Medical Professionals By Robert Lewis Jun 28, 2018 CHICAGO — Several Chicago-area medical professionals, including four physicians, are facing federal criminal charges as part of the largest health care fraud enforcement action in Department of Justice history, federal authorities announced today. The national enforcement action taken by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force involved over 600 defendants charged throughout the country, including more than 150 physicians, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving approximately $2 billion in [...]
Harold Bloomfield, Del Mar Psychiatrist – accused of drugging patients and fondling them
The Associated Press Prominent psychiatrist, writer posts bail in battery case December 26, 2001 Psychiatrist Harold Bloomfield VISTA, Calif. - A psychiatrist and best-selling author accused of drugging patients and fondling them during counseling sessions was released from jail after he posted $500,000 bail. As a condition of his Tuesday release, a judge ordered Harold Bloomfield, 57, of Del Mar not to practice medicine and to surrender his passport to authorities. Bloomfield's attorneys had sought lower bail, saying he had no criminal record and was not a flight risk. Bloomfield has pleaded innocent to two felony charges counts of [...]
Thomas Sachy, Georgia Psychiatrist, Office Raided by Federal Drug Enforcement agents – “I guess I am just a drug pusher.”
WMAZ Gray doctor facing federal drug charges has bizarre past He's testified as an expert witness, explained exorcisms, been jailed for contempt of court and written, "I guess I am just a drug pusher." June 29, 2018 Psychiatrist Thomas Sachy Tucked away on a quiet side street near downtown Gray, it's easy to miss Dr. Thomas Sachy's medical office. But if you're in Central Georgia's legal of medical communities, there's a good chance you already know his name. Federal drug-enforcement agents raided Sachy's Georgia Pain and Behavior Medicine office on Tuesday. Federal indictments say Sachy illegally prescribed several types [...]
Kansas Psychiatrist Douglas Geenens engaged in negligent medical care, sexual exploitation, improper dispensing of drugs and failed to maintain proper records
Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas) October 29, 2008 Wednesday Board recommends sanctions By Tim Carpenter Psychiatrist Douglas Geenens A report released Tuesday by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts recommends revocation of the license or other sanctions against a Johnson County psychiatrist accused of professional misconduct. A Kansas City, Mo., law firm retained by the board submitted a 23-count petition targeting Douglas Geenens, who trained at Menninger Clinic in Topeka and was chronicled in a series of articles in The Topeka Capital-Journal about licensed medical personnel whose conduct raised regulatory questions for the state. The new petition outlining evidence against Geenens [...]
New Jersey Psychiatrist Chowdhury Azam accused of touching a patient’s breast – cost him: $15,000
Courier News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) Appeals court OKs suspending license of Edison doctor accused of touching patient By Gene Racz February 8, 2011 The state appeals court Monday upheld a decision by the state Board of Medical Examiners to suspend the license of an Edison psychiatrist for one year and place him on probation for another four years for touching the breast of a patient he was treating for substance abuse. Following hearings last August, the board determined that Dr. Chowdhury Azam inappropriately asked a female patient to show him a scar on her breast, massaged her neck and shoulders, [...]
Edwin Hall, Albuquerque psychiatrist, surrenders license – six patients died of overdoses
Albuquerque Journal Med board: ABQ doctor tied to six patient deaths By Marie C. Baca July 4th, 2018 Psychiatrist Edwin Hall An Albuquerque psychiatrist has agreed to surrender his medical license amid allegations that six patients who received treatment at his practice died of overdoses and that an individual without a medical license was permitted to treat patients at his practice. The surrender marks the culmination of a series of New Mexico Medical Board actions involving Edwin B. Hall dating back to 2016. Hall’s psychiatry practice, now closed, was at 1709 Girard NE. Molly Schmidt-Nowara, an attorney with Freedman [...]
UCLA Psych Sued for Killing Former Model with Psych Drugs – Bilking her Fortune
Associated Press When former model and philanthropist Phyllis Harvey died last year at the age of 59, little note was taken. Brief paid obituaries appeared in Los Angeles and her hometown paper in North Carolina.Alexander BystritskyUCLA Psychiatrist There was no mention of how she died. Nothing was said about her struggle with alcoholism and mental illness. And there was no reference to one of the final projects she helped fund with nearly a half million dollars. Those details now figure prominently in a medical board complaint and wrongful death lawsuit claiming her psychiatrist coaxed $490,000 in research funding from [...]
Struck-off ‘predatory’ psychiatrist named
"Struck off" is a British term used regarding someone such as a doctor or lawyer who is no longer allowed to work in their profession. I think we should adopt it here in America. Struck off! ABC NEWS (Australia) Struck-off 'predatory' psychiatrist named By Gordon Taylor Aug 17, 2012 Psychiatrist Hugh Veness A Canberra psychiatrist struck off for making sexual advances on a patient and over prescribing her drugs can now be named. The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal this week lifted a non-publication order that prevented Dr Hugh Veness from being named. Earlier this year the tribunal found [...]
Well Known Harvard Psychiatrist Resigns After Sex Allegation
Psychiatrist David B. Herzog Boston Globe Harvard eating-disorder specialist gives up license By Liz Kowalczyk October 18, 2012 A well-known Harvard psychiatrist who treats patients with eating disorders and has written textbooks on the topic has surrendered his medical license after officials found he engaged in sexual misconduct with a bulimic patient. The Board of Registration in Medicine accepted the resignation of Dr. David B. Herzog Wednesday. The board said that after hearing from the woman who had been his patient, it took “the most serious, immediate, and impactful action allowed by law in order to protect the public [...]
William Braden, Rhode Island Psychiatrist, gets 3 years probation for improper drug prescribing
Providence Journal R.I. psychiatrist disciplined for improperly prescribing drugs By G. Wayne Miller May 29, 2018 Psychiatrist William Braden PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has placed Dr. William Braden, a psychiatrist who practiced at Butler Hospital, on three years’ probation for improperly prescribing medications. This is the second time in five years that the Department of Health has reprimanded Braden. In the current case, the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline after an investigation also ordered Braden to “cease prescribing opioids, specifically schedule II and III opioids” with the exception of buprenorphine, used [...]