MEDIA
Nan Beth Alt
States News Service August 30, 2012 Thursday SCHUETTE CHARGES FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD COSTING TAXPAYERS OVER $273,000 BYLINE: States News Service LENGTH: 575 words DATELINE: LANSING, Mich. The following information was released by the office of the Michigan Attorney General: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced 106 combined felony charges against a father-daughter duo who are accused of engaging in a health care fraud scheme costing taxpayers more than $273,000 after the cardiologist father had his medical license suspended for incompetence and began billing for patients as if they had been treated by his daughter - a [...]
Springfield News-Leader (Missouri) August 31, 2012 Friday Disciplined Springfield psychiatrist retires BYLINE: By, Sarah Okeson SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 346 words SOKESON@NEWS-LEADER.COM A Springfield psychiatrist who was previously disciplined by state regulators has retired. Floyd D. Simpson, who was facing further discipline from the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, agreed Monday that he won't reapply for a license for more than two years. Simpson, who got his license in 1988, retired after telling the board that he didn't intend to comply with the terms of his probation. In February, the board put his license on probation for 10 [...]
Chicago Daily Herald July 1, 2006 Saturday DuPage Edition SECTION: NEWS; DuPage County in 60 seconds; Pg. 3 LENGTH: 468 words Psychiatrist accused of fraud: A Downers Grove man who was medical director of the now- shuttered Rock Creek Center in Lemont has been accused of defrauding Medicare of more than $875,000 by billing for services he never performed or submitting claims that were more expensive than the services he actually provided. Naseem Chaudhry, 49, was charged with 14 counts of health-care fraud in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced Friday in Chicago. [...]
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) September 8, 2006 Friday Doctor loses license over sexual contact BYLINE: JAN JARVIS, STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER SECTION: B; Pg. 12 LENGTH: 895 words EDITOR'S NOTE: The names of several doctors were inadvertently omitted from this article published Thursday about seven Tarrant County physicians who were disciplined by the State Medical Board. Here is the full article. The state medical board has revoked the license of Arlington psychiatrist Donald Hughes, who in 2004 was accused of inappropriate sexual contact with three young patients. Hughes, who practiced in several Arlington locations and the Texarkana area, was also ordered [...]
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) September 3, 2006 Sunday FINAL EDITION ITHACA DOCTOR SURRENDERS HIS MEDICAL LICENSE; CHARGES AGAINST PSYCHIATRIST MICHAEL R. GLASS INCLUDE TOUCHING PATIENT SEXUALLY. BYLINE: By James T. Mulder Staff writer SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B2 LENGTH: 269 words An Ithaca psychiatrist accused of hugging and kissing a patient last year has turned in his medical license. Dr. Michael R. Glass, 63, of 1345 Slaterville Road, surrendered his license to settle charges that he had physical contact of a sexual nature with a patient, according to the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct. Glass practiced homeopathy, an alternative [...]
Tulsa World (Oklahoma) August 20, 2006 Sunday Final Home Edition Psychiatrist: In Court: DHS steps in for wife, records say BYLINE: ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Projects Editor SECTION: News; Tulsa; Crime; Pg. A1 LENGTH: 1173 words A Tulsa psychiatrist who used psychotropic medicine to drug his wife -- once a prominent faith healer and evangelist -- has been jailed, ordered to wear an ankle monitor and told to stay half a mile away from the woman, records show. The bizarre court case involving Dr. Carl R. Peterson and his wife, Martha "Vicki" Peterson, began a year ago, when the Department of [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press January 5, 2006, Thursday, BC cycle North Dakota medical board bars Minnesota doctor SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 195 words DATELINE: BISMARCK, N.D. The state's medical watchdog panel has barred a Minnesota doctor from practicing medicine in North Dakota. The state Board of Medical Examiners said it permanently suspended the license of Dr. Edwin Johnson, a psychiatrist, for having sex with a patient. Johnson, 54, of Pelican Rapids, Minn., had a sexual relationship with a patient between 2001 [...]
Indianapolis Business Journal July 3, 2006 Doctor takes on state over Medicaid payments; Psychiatrist claims he's being forced out of business BYLINE: TOM MURPHY TMURPHY@IBJ.COM SECTION: Vol. 27; No. 17; Pg. 5 LENGTH: 711 words A Franklin psychiatrist has accused the state agency that runs Medicaid of suffocating his practice in a reimbursement dispute that dates back more than a year. Dr. John Lewis said the weekly Medicaid checks that keep his Harmony Center open dwindled to nothing for four straight weeks after he filed a lawsuit in April against the state Family and Social Services Administration over a payment [...]
The Press Enterprise March 31, 2012, Saturday EX-COUNTY PSYCHIATRIST ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE BYLINE: RICHARD K. DE ATLEY STAFF WRITER RDEATLEY@PE.COM SECTION: MAINNEWS; Pg. A2 LENGTH: 521 words A psychiatrist who worked briefly for the Riverside County Mental Health Department has been accused by the California Medical Board of sexual abuse and misconduct with a patient. It is the second such case against a physician working for the county mental health department filed since November. The latest accusation, filed in late February, said Dr. Hozair Syed made inappropriate contact with a 19-year-old woman he was treating for depression beginning in [...]
The Gazette March 31, 2012 Saturday UI insurer argues it shouldn't have to defend psychiatrist BYLINE: Vanessa Miller, THE GAZETTE SECTION: Pg. 5A LENGTH: 453 words IOWA CITY -- The insurance company formed to provide malpractice coverage for University of Iowa physicians has filed a lawsuit arguing it should not be required to provide any defense or security for a UI Hospitals and Clinics physician accused of having a sexual relationship with a former patient. Sergio Paradiso, a 49-year-old UIHC psychiatrist and associate professor, was sued last year on several counts including sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire August 14, 2002, Wednesday, BC cycle Doctor who charged Medicare for puppet shows sentenced to prison SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 1213 words DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, Mo. A psychiatrist who illegally billed the federal Medicare program for puppet and magic shows was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison. Daniel F. Ward, 57, also received three years of supervised release, including five months of home detention, as part of his sentence, issued by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs. Ward must also pay $49,944.01 in restitution. Ward has surrendered his license to practice [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire April 17, 2012 Tuesday 5:46 PM GMT Honolulu doctor indicted on federal drug charges SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL LENGTH: 154 words DATELINE: HONOLULU A Honolulu psychiatrist is accused of improperly prescribing large quantities of powerful pain medication and other drugs to law enforcement officers. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Dr. Shepard Ginandes. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/HQxn1c ) reported Tuesday he's charged with 22 counts of distributing methadone, morphine, oxycodone and other drugs outside the course of professional medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. The Drug Enforcement Administration [...]
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution August 12, 1998, Wednesday, ALL EDITIONS Doctor pleads guilty in scam; Medicaid taken for $ 6.6 million BYLINE: Bill Rankin SECTION: LOCAL NEWS; Pg. 01D; Pg. 01D LENGTH: 413 words A psychiatrist who bilked the state out of millions of dollars by charging for unprovided medical services for impoverished Atlanta children pleaded guilty Tuesday. James McClendon, 49, admitted to conspiring to defraud the state in one of the biggest Medicaid scams in Georgia history: $ 6.6 million. For illegally targeting impoverished Atlanta children and billing for medical services that were never provided, McClendon will be [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) January 25, 1996 Thursday METRO FINAL EDITION 2ND PATIENT WINS AGAINST PSYCHIATRIST; ACCUSATION OF PLANTING MEMORIES BRINGS MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR VERDICT BYLINE: BYLINE: Molly Guthrey and Tracey Kaplan, Staff Writers SECTION: METRO; Pg. 1B LENGTH: 689 words A three-month psychiatric malpractice trial in Ramsey County - one in a string of lawsuits against a St. Paul psychiatrist being watched closely by health professionals across the nation - ended Wednesday with a jury award of $2.5 million to one of the doctor's former patients. It is the second such multimillion-dollar award in a year against St. Paul psychiatrist [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) August 1, 1995 Tuesday METRO FINAL EDITION PATIENT WINS $2.4 MILLION VERDICT AGAINST THERAPIST; DOCTOR WAS ACCUSED OF PLANTING MEMORIES BYLINE: BYLINE: MOLLY GUTHREY, Staff Writer SECTION: MAIN; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 792 words In a first-of-its-kind case that attracted nationwide attention, a Ramsey County jury awarded more than $2 million to a patient who accused her psychiatrist of implanting in her mind false memories of bizarre childhood sexual abuse. The six jurors, after deliberating for about two days, ruled that Dr. Diane Humenansky was negligent in treating her patient, Vynnette Hamanne. They then awarded Hamanne [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) February 7, 1997 Friday CONTROVERSIAL PSYCHIATRIST IS SUSPENDED; DIANE HUMENANSKY WAS SUED IN FAMOUS 'FALSE MEMORY' CASES BYLINE: Tom Majeski, Staff Writer SECTION: MAIN; Pg. 1B LENGTH: 684 words Diane Bay Humenansky, the controversial St. Paul psychiatrist who was successfully sued by two former patients for planting false memories during therapy sessions, has had her medical license suspended for at least three years, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice announced Thursday. Humenansky, 61, was disciplined for unprofessional and unethical conduct and because of her inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients [...]
Portland Press Herald (Maine) September 11, 2002 Wednesday, Final Edition EMBATTLED PSYCHIATRIST AGREES TO HALT PRACTICE; Dr. Charles Clemetson, who treated children, had been suspended by the state after concerns he had a substance-abuse problem. BYLINE: JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer SECTION: LOCAL & STATE; Pg. 2B LENGTH: 366 words DATELINE: AUGUSTA A Yarmouth child psychiatrist who drew national attention for filing an unusual lawsuit against Alaska Airlines agreed on Tuesday not to practice medicine in Maine. Dr. Charles Clemetson - whom state regulators say has an undiagnosed psychiatric condition, a substance abuse problem, or both - signed a consent agreement [...]
Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY) June 12, 2002 Wednesday VA doctor to fight proposed suspension BYLINE: Elizabeth Lynch SECTION: MID-HUDSON; Pg. 2B LENGTH: 404 words A doctor at the Montrose campus of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs faces suspension for what he says is retaliation for speaking out against the administration. Dr. William C. Bowens, a psychiatrist at the Hudson Valley Health Care System's FDR campus in Westchester County, received a letter proposing he be suspended for three days for failure to carry out instructions and dereliction of duty. Bowens was quoted in a newspaper article Sunday criticizing the administration's [...]
The Associated Press State & Local Wire These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press May 20, 2000, Saturday, BC cycle Psychiatrist in DWI murder trial loses license because of alcohol abuse SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 459 words DATELINE: RALEIGH A psychiatrist who testified in the trial of a man convicted of first-degree murder after a fatal drunken-driving crash has lost his medical license because of alcohol abuse. The North Carolina Medical Board last month indefinitely suspended the license of William Frederick Mackey Jr. of Chapel Hill. In a March hearing during [...]
The Baltimore Sun November 23, 2010 Tuesday FINAL EDITION BBH HIRED PHYSICIAN CONVICTED OF FRAUD; SUN FOLLOW-UP; OSTROVSKY AMONG 8 DOCTORS AT CLINIC WHO WERE SUBJECT TO MARYLAND DISCIPLINARY ACTION BYLINE: Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 1974 words Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. is under investigation by the state's health inspector general for employing a psychiatrist who had been convicted several years earlier of Medicaid fraud. The doctor, Roman Ostrovsky, 53, is one of eight physicians employed by the nonprofit mental health clinic over the past decade who have been disciplined by the Maryland Board of [...]
Chicago Tribune August 4, 2000 Friday, SOUTHWEST EDITION DOCTOR INDICTED IN BEATING HAS HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED BYLINE: By Janan Hanna, Tribune Staff Writer. SECTION: Metro Southwest; Pg. 5; ZONE: SW LENGTH: 367 words A Chicago psychiatrist accused of attacking a female patient with whom he allegedly had a romantic relationship was stripped of his license to practice medicine, state officials announced Thursday. Acting on the recommendation of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, department director Leonard A. Sherman suspended indefinitely the license of Edward Bukowski, who is in the Cook County Jail awaiting trial on [...]
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) December 3, 1999 Friday STATE BOARD DISCIPLINES 6 DOCTORS; FORMER STILLWATER PRISON MEDICAL DIRECTOR SANCTIONED BYLINE: Tom Majeski Staff Writer SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 764 words The former medical director of the Minnesota Correctional Facilities in Stillwater has been disciplined for unprofessional conduct and improper management of medical records, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice announced Thursday. In other action, the board reprimanded a Roseville psychiatrist for engaging in sexual conduct with a female patient and disciplined four out-of-state doctors who also have licenses to practice medicine in Minnesota. Dr. Angelito C. Ramos, 61, [...]
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) December 12, 1999 Sunday FINAL EDITION Ex-school guard receives 5 years SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 41 LENGTH: 212 words A former security guard for the Newark Board of Education has been sentenced to state prison for her role in a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud scheme masterminded by a Ridgewood psychiatrist. Vivian DeCree, 52, of 291 Hopson St. in Newark, received a five-year sentence in Bergen County Superior Court on Friday. Judge William C. Meehan also fined her $3,000 and ordered her to pay $1,900 in restitution. DeCree was convicted in September of conspiracy, official misconduct and theft [...]
The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) June 14, 2006 Wednesday MD Legal Briefs: June 14, 2006 BYLINE: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 285 words Psychiatrist sentenced Roman Ostrovsky, 48, of Mount Washington, a licensed psychiatrist with a practice in Pikesville, was sentenced to 12 months of home confinement and two years probation, following his guilty plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court of defrauding the state Medicaid program of $200,000 by billing for services that were never provided, the Maryland attorney general's office said yesterday. Prosecutors said Ostrovsky billed Medicaid for nearly 6,500 psychiatry sessions, each allegedly lasting [...]
The New York Post November 29, 1998, Sunday PERJURERS JAILED FOR SEX LIES TO ; TESTIFY FOR HOUSE BYLINE: DEBORAH ORIN Washington Bureau Chief SECTION: News; Pg. 002 LENGTH: 488 words Two women convicted of perjury for lying about sex will be star impeachment witnesses this week as Republicans try to show President Clinton wants the benefit of a double standard, GOP sources say. One is Barbara Battalino, a former Veterans Administration psychiatrist who lost her medical license and is now under house arrest for lying to conceal an act of oral sex in her office with a Vietnam vet [...]