I was treated at Copes Clinic 7 yrs. ago. I paid $8,000.00 up front for the cost of the brace and initial evaluation. When I called to return the following year for my evaluation, I was told that the fee would be $1000.00 plus lab work, instead of the $250.00 I was quoted when I first became a patient. I immediately discontinued my care there and went to a spinal surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was so outraged that he wrote to Dr. Copes informing him that there were no published articles that supported his method of treatment, especially in adults. No response was received. I hope this guy does go to jail. If I hadn’t been a nurse, I might not have recognized the warning signs as early as I did. Thank you for prosecuting this jerk. VCardona
I took my son to Dr. Copes. He has scoliosis as well as multiple disabilities. I should have seen through this guy right from the start. He needs to go to jail for all the times he has given families a false sense of hope. I am just now getting out of debt for the treatment that occurred several years ago. As far as I’m concerned they can put him in the deepest darkest cell they have in the La. prison system.
If anyone who was treated at the Copes Clinic knows if there is a civil lawsuit in the works against this clinic or its leader, Dr. Copes, let me know.
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I was treated at Copes Clinic 7 yrs. ago. I paid $8,000.00 up front for the cost of the brace and initial evaluation. When I called to return the following year for my evaluation, I was told that the fee would be $1000.00 plus lab work, instead of the $250.00 I was quoted when I first became a patient. I immediately discontinued my care there and went to a spinal surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was so outraged that he wrote to Dr. Copes informing him that there were no published articles that supported his method of treatment, especially in adults. No response was received. I hope this guy does go to jail. If I hadn’t been a nurse, I might not have recognized the warning signs as early as I did. Thank you for prosecuting this jerk. VCardona
I took my son to Dr. Copes. He has scoliosis as well as multiple disabilities. I should have seen through this guy right from the start. He needs to go to jail for all the times he has given families a false sense of hope. I am just now getting out of debt for the treatment that occurred several years ago. As far as I’m concerned they can put him in the deepest darkest cell they have in the La. prison system.
Copes was found guilty Yesterday on 8 of 9 counts of insurance fraud. You can look up the story on http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8749447
If anyone who was treated at the Copes Clinic knows if there is a civil lawsuit in the works against this clinic or its leader, Dr. Copes, let me know.