Three Calif. Doctors Arrested in Outpatient Surgery Center Scam

May 17, 2007

  • May 17, 2007 at 8:44 am
    Stop Bad Faith says:
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    The only fraud that is occurring here is the fraud that the insurance industry is imposing on the people by going after good doctors that help patients get care insurance companies are refusing to cover. We need more Insurance Companies prosecuted to prevent this ongoing problem from continuing. I hope these doctor counter sue for malicious prosecution.

  • May 17, 2007 at 10:50 am
    Annica Reddish says:
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    I hope the doctors and the people who willingly participates in these scams are brought to justice and prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law. We all pay for these scams through higher insurance premiums. I do not believe insurance companies go after honest doctors. The scammers have studied the system and have found the loopholes. Shame on the doctors who scam. Have they forgotten the oath they took when they became doctors?

  • May 18, 2007 at 1:11 am
    Incredulous says:
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    I understand a lot of people are disgruntled with the insurance companies; however, I fail to understand what this has to do with prosecuting medical doctors who perform unnecessary surgeries on healthy people in order to make loads of money.

  • May 17, 2007 at 1:27 am
    a concerned citizen says:
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    i would hope if these doctors are found guilty that they will spend the rest of their life in prison and their familys are striped of all the wonderful things that money buys, no wonder ins. cost are so high, and in that if some judge lets them off for a lessor sentence he is just as guilty.

  • May 18, 2007 at 8:07 am
    Dr. Denny says:
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    If the facts in this article are anywhere close to accurate, then these docs need to be stripped of their licenses, stripped of the money gained illegally, and to spend some years in the slammer… They make the vast majority of us who behave ethically look bad…

  • May 18, 2007 at 8:59 am
    Jane Q. Public says:
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    As a patient/victim of numerous so-called medical practitioners, I am hardly surprised by the greed and nihilism of today\’s health care providers. Medicine used to be considered a \”calling\” like the priesthood, now it\’s a profession. But unlike every other profession, doctors get to \”bury\” their mistakes.

    Personally, I like the Chinese method of medical insurance. You pay the doctor directly while you are healthy, but not while you are sick. When you recover, you continue making regular small payments. If you don\’t recover, the doctor doesn\’t get anymore money.

  • May 18, 2007 at 10:24 am
    B Thomas Bagman says:
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    Just proves there is no ethics or professionalism left in any business or profession these days

  • May 18, 2007 at 10:34 am
    a doc says:
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    An interesting idea, except for the multiple things patients do that is the true cause of their illness. Lack of adequate (or any) exercise, eating horrible fast food and soda only based diets, smoking tobacco, excessive alcohol use, illicit drugs, and refusal to follow any advice from their physician. Basically, taking absolutely no personal responsibility for their own health. This is my day! How fair would this payment system be with my patients.

  • May 18, 2007 at 10:59 am
    Totally disgusted says:
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    To: Stop Bad Faith
    You disgust me! Good doctors don\’t need cappers to bring in the business! If you\’re good, you\’re good. These so called \”patients\” and \”doctors\” were obviously having no problem getting surgeries covered and paid for by the insurance companies. These criminal doctors and recruiters have no shame or morals. As I said, your thoughts are truly disgusting to believe that they are not in the wrong and that they should counter sue. I can see that your standards are hitting the floor!

  • May 18, 2007 at 11:01 am
    Clark Feaster says:
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    If you think this is bad, try imagining the amount of fraud on Medicare which is spending 1 billion dollars daily. It\’s time for Health Savings Accounts.



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