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Medical Board suspends Palestine doctor's license - KLTV

A panel of the Texas Medical Board suspended the license of Alan Dale Shiller, M.D., license number H8398, after determining that Dr. Shiller's continuation in the practice of medicine presents a continuing threat to the public welfare. Dr. Shiller ...

Woman's body recovered from Lewisville Lake crash - My West Texas

The Web site of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office identifies the woman as 41-year-old Kristin Kolby of ... The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

Texas State Board of Education: Welcome to the ... - Associated Content

Instructs the reader how to check out their doctor or potential doctor online using the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners website. Provides invaluable information including whether the doctor has been disciplined... Top Evolution Stories of the ...

Detroit Medical Center set to be sold to Vanguard ... - Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Medical Center , Michigan’s largest health system ... DMC board member Roger Penske said board members visited a hospital system taken over by Vanguard in San Antonio, Texas, while they were reviewing the proposal. They found the ...

Perils of plastics: risks to human health and the ... - Democratic Underground.com

Patches of oceanic garbage—some as large as the state of Texas—hold a high volume of non-biodegradable plastics ... In some products, notably medical devices including IV bags or tubing, additives like DEHP can make up 40 or 50 percent of the ...

Detroit Medical Center purchase will bring $800 million ... - Crain's Detroit Business

Terms of a deal for Detroit Medical Center to be acquired by a Nashville health system will bring at least $800 million in ... D'Arcy, DMC board chairman, will be joined by Mayor Dave Bing, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and board member Roger ...

Detroit Medical Center to be sold Vanguard Health ... - Lansing State Journal

DETROIT — The Detroit Medical Center said today it has signed a letter of intent that opens the door for it to be purchased ... DMC board chairman Stephen R. D'Arcy, Mayor Dave Bing, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and DMC board member Roger ...

NCAA: Texas A&M-Utah State Take The Floor - NPR News

Texas A&M and Utah State are under way in the South Regional in a battle ... But remember that they were nearly without guard Lewis Jackson, who contemplated taking a medical redshirt after breaking his left foot. Jackson opted to return and made his ...

Andrew Piasecki, MD - HealthCentral.com

... completed my internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and then my residency in orthopaedic surgery at Texas Tech University/William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. I am Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic ...

Plastic Surgery Institute of Southeast Texas Offers ... - PRWeb

... TIVA, our clients still undergo a complete review of their medical history as well as necessary labs and studies prior to surgery,” said Dr. Leo Lapuerta, director of Plastic Surgery Institute of Southeast Texas and board-certified plastic ...

Resolved Question: Why do illegals seem to end up involved in every kind of scam and fraud that can be thought of?

Mexican national receives one-year prison term for health care fraud Comments 9 | Recommend 0 Middleman in Medicare, Medicaid fraud scheme came from humble roots January 26, 2010 7:26 PM Jeremy Roebuck The Monitor McALLEN — Raul Torres earned his living selling trinkets to elderly patients at adult day care centers across the Rio Grande Valley three years ago. By late 2007, the 60-year-old Mexican national was involved in one of the largest health care fraud schemes the region has ever seen, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. He was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in federal prison for helping McAllen cardiologist Dr. Fabian Aurignac bilk Medicare and Medicaid out of more than $1 million. “I didn’t know what the doctor was going,” Torres said in Spanish, dressed in a faded work shirt and slacks while pleading with the judge for leniency. “I sincerely did not know what he was up to.” But prosecutors disagreed. In several recorded conversations, Torres acknowledged his role in rounding up patients for the doctor and paying bribes to day care center staff for access to their clients, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn Ferko. Torres met Aurignac — who ran McAllen’s Cardiology Care Center on the 700 block of North Ware Road — while peddling his wares at the Valley’s adult day care centers. Since at least 2003, the doctor had been bilking the federally funded health care programs by hiring South American doctors who were not authorized to practice in the United States, giving them pre-signed prescription forms to hand out while he vacationed in Italy and Argentina, and later billing Medicare and Medicaid claiming he had overseen all of the patient visits, according to court documents. Torres’ contacts in the elderly care industry provided just the conduit the doctor needed to expand his fraud scheme, according to a 19-count indictment filed in their case. Aurignac paid Torres to win over management at these businesses and round up patents for treatments that were either unnecessary or never took place. Working as the physician’s middleman, Torres delivered bribes of $150 to $300 to day care managers and gave patients Walmart gift cards to submit to free health screenings. At one such business — La Familia Adult Day Care Center in Harlingen — Aurignac’s employees set up a camper in the parking lot to see patients, another violation of Medicare and Medicaid rules requiring all procedures be conducted in sanctioned medical facilities. The center’s manager — Martha Garcia Alaniz — pleaded guilty in July to one count of receiving kickbacks and was sentenced to one year of probation. For his part, Torres was paid $100 for each session set up with a day care center. In the year that investigators were tracking his activity, he received more than $40,000 from Aurignac. In May, Aurignac agreed to pay back $1.1 million to the federal government for his fraud. He is currently serving a prison term of four-years and nine months. The Texas Medical Board suspended his license to practice in 2008. Torres’ defense attorney maintained Tuesday that his client never really understood that what he was doing was illegal, but U.S. District Judge Randy Crane disagreed. “He was doing Dr. Aurignac’s dirty work to some extent,” the judge said. “But without this recruiter, Dr. Aurignac would not have had this business more

Resolved Question: There's got to be a way...?

Many doctor's operating in Mexico are U.S. board certified or members of a U.S. Medical Association within their field. Over 20,000 American's live in Puerto Vallarta alone and all of which say that health care is as good as the U.S. So as long as you go to a trusted medical professional with such certifications, you should be fine. Just do your homework first. My question is what if you were to get braces in California and then shortly after move to Texas. There has got to be a way to have adjustments done for a reasonable amount. more

Resolved Question: Are grads of the Sonography Program at St. Philip's College in San Antonio,TX able to get their License?

I called St Philips & they told me the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program has the following accreditation: 1)The Texas Board of Higher Education. 2)The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools So what I basically need to know is if this type of Accreditation is good enough that when I graduated I will be able to get my License? more

Resolved Question: Wish your punishment was this easy?

Why aren't these doctors in prison? Smith, Barlow, M.D., Lic. #F9026, Marble Falls TX On June 29, 2009, the Board and Dr. Smith entered into an agreed order of public reprimand requiring that, within one year, he complete the professional boundaries course offered by the University of California San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) program or the Vanderbilt Center for Professional Health and that he pay an administrative penalty of $3,000 within 180 days. The action was based on Dr. Smith’s repeated sexual contact with a psychiatric patient who had a history of being sexually abused, and on his telling his fiancée, who called the patient and insulted her. Mullen, John B., M.D., Lic. #G1123, Mount Pleasant TX On August 21, 2009, the Board and Dr. Mullen entered into a five-year agreed order requiring that he abstain from prohibited substances; that he establish a physician-patient relationship and undergo a complete examination by both a board-certified internal medicine physician and board-certified cardiologist approved by the Executive Director, and if continuing care is recommended Dr. Mullen shall undergo continuing care and treatment by either or both of the physicians for the treatment of any condition that, without adequate treatment, could adversely affect his ability to safely practice medicine; that he obtain an independent medical evaluation from an evaluating psychiatrist; that he continue seeing his counselor; and that he participate in AA at least six times a month. The action was based on Dr. Mullen’s treatment of an emergency room patient while he was intoxicated, resulting in his inability to intubate a patient in respiratory distress. After three unsuccessful attempts the patient died. In addition, Dr. Mullen has serious cardiac issues he has been treating himself. Turner, Richard T., M.D., Lic. #G9237, Valley Mills TX On August 21, 2009, the Board and Dr. Turner entered into an agreed order of restriction by which Dr. Turner agrees not to resume the practice of medicine until he appears before the board and presents evidence that he is competent to practice medicine. The action was based on his inability to practice because of a physical condition and his abuse of alcohol. Klem, Jeffrey, M.D., Lic. #L2379, Beaumont TX On August 21, 2009, the Board and Dr. Klem entered a 15-year agreed order of public reprimand in which Dr. Klem’s license was suspended, the suspension was stayed and Dr. Klem was placed under the following conditions: Dr. Klem may not have direct or indirect contact with patients under the age of 21; when treating patients 21 and older, Dr. Klem must have a chaperone present; he must practice in a group or institutional setting; within 30 days he must submit names of treating psychiatrists to be approved for care and treatment, and within 30 days of approval must begin care and treatment with a psychiatrist and follow the psychiatrist’s recommendations; within one year he must take and pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination; within one year he must complete the professional boundaries course offered by Vanderbilt Medical Center for Professional Health or the similar course offered by the University of California San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE); he must present copies of the order to his probation officers in Harris and Jefferson Counties and present his probation orders to his TMB compliance officer; and within 90 days he must pay an administrative penalty of $5,000. The action was based on Dr. Klem’s guilty plea in Beaumont to injury to a child based on three allegations of unwanted sexual contact with a minor child, for which he served six months in Jefferson County Jail, and his guilty plea of injury to a child, a third-degree felony, in 176th District Court in Harris County Olmsted, William R., M.D., Lic. #J1550, Georgetown TX On August 21, 2009, the Board and Dr. Olmsted entered into an agreed order of public reprimand revoking his license, staying the revocation and placing him on probation for 10 years under the following terms and conditions: that he have an independent psychiatric evaluation; that he limit his practice to a group or institutional setting; that within one year he complete the professional boundaries courses offered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Professional Health or the University of California San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) program; that within 180 days he pay an administrative penalty of $5,000; and that he comply with the terms of his plea agreement in Criminal District Court in Dallas County, including paying a fine, registering as a sex offender, obtaining counseling, performing community service and ceasing contact with children except his own. The action was based on Dr. Olmsted’s nolo contendere plea of indecency with a child by contact, a second degree felony. http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/news/press/2009/082809.php more

Resolved Question: How to get over the Narcissist?

I have been dating a man in the Military for over a year now. And have recently discovered that he may very well be an narcissist. My suspicions began after I had gotten prego and for medical reason had to have an abortion. About two days later he was joking around about how one of his friends wife who was pregnant was having his baby. At work everyone worships the ground this man walks on. So I began to pay attention to the pattern. He would build me up with compliments and attention and then metaphorically kick me in the gut. He then deployed and he would disappear for like 5-10 days. And then grovel. I had the opportunity to go and see him in Texas before they left over seas. And when I told him about it and who I would be coming with he said she has a bad reputation so if you come out with her it will ruin yours...Who cares didn't he want to see me??? Guess not. We were supposed to talk later that night, because I called him out on his ignoring me type behavior, and acknowledged that I was right and he would be there and treat me better. I texed and called with no response. So I said in a text I can take a hint. He texted back way late in the night that he was busy and apparently that is not good enough for me. When I am quite the opposite, I have stuck by him through thick and thin. Sent him boxes, pics. I gave that man everything and anything, have for a year. With not a whole lot in return except, you are so pretty, next day you have an excuse for everything you don't even try. You have a great body and you are so smart. But do see how people just walk all over you?? You are too nice. Then he disappears for a week Then he is back. Puts me on the pedistool and then knocks me off. In the end when we had our final fight I texted him twice, and he never responded. Went to Iraq..I am so sad I know it needs to be over.But I guess I am in fear he will try and contact me at some point. How do I deal with it??? He is smooth and charming... I am not. And if anyone has tips on how to heal the pain I am feeling please please help!!!!! How do you just vanish from someones life with not so much as a word.I am guessing that I am nothing more than a pawn on a chess board,,, more

Resolved Question: Does university I go to change my chances of getting into medical school?

I plan on majoring in biology and going to medical school so if I graduate from University of Texas instead of University of Houston will I have an advantage of getting into medical school or will it make no difference where i graduate? Also i have recieved a $20,000 scholarship for University of Houston and I plan on living at home if i attend University of Houston so I wont have to pay for room and board. If UT brings more medical school opportunities than UH, will it be worth the money? more

Resolved Question: Will conversion disorder from 3 years ago DQ me from the US Air Force?

I'm currently 18 years old and in 2006 I was diagnosed and hospitalized for about a month with conversion disorder due to my parents' divorce. I did suffer from loss of consciousness several times in April and had a panic attack in October of that same year. Before I got my driver's license I had to be referred to the Texas Medical Advisory Board because I checked "yes" on the "Have you ever had loss of consciousness" question. They checked everything out though and I got my license no problem. I haven't had any issues since then but was put on Sertraline (Zoloft) a few weeks ago for depression. I was also diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma in middle school, but I haven't had any need for an inhaler in at least 4 or 5 years (except a couple months ago when I had bronchitis and I was prescribed Albuterol just to help with that). Other than that, I'm really healthy. I take multivitamins every day along with an extra Super B complex supplement and an Iron supplement just for good measure. My dad's a pilot, my mom was in the army, and I've been wanting to join the Air Force since I was really young. I was the drum major of my high school band for two years, made All-State Texas band, and had really good marks in my classes. I really hope I'll pass MEPS and be able to enlist. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks! more

Voting Question: The US Army is assigning my husband an epts discharge?

My husband is getting an EPTS discharge. They said it is existing prior to service that he developed schizophrenaform. It is not diagnosed as schizophrenia yet becuase he has not had it six months or longer. They want to do a local medboard in GA, not the one that they do before a medical board in Texas at a place called Fort Sam or something other. They called it a chapter 3 medboard. What are our options? What should we avoid? more

Resolved Question: My husband is getting an EPTS discharge.?

My husband is getting an EPTS discharge. They said it is existing prior to service that he developed schizophrenaform. It is not diagnosed as schizophrenia yet becuase he has not had it six months or longer. They want to do a local medboard in GA, not the one that they do before a medical board in Texas at a place called Fort Sam or something other. They called it a chapter3 medboard. What are our options? What should we avoid? more

Resolved Question: Who Licenses Healthcare Facilities in Texas?

Its not the Texas State medical Boardand what are the licensure requirements for healthcare organizations in texas? please post links if you have them :) more

Resolved Question: Out of control eight year old?

A friend of mine managed to get out of an abusive situation and is now living with his uncle. My friend stays up late with me, his uncle is someone who goes to bed at like 9pm and wakes up at 5am. My friend is on disability indefinitely, is trying to get healthcare for his child and himself through the state (Texas) along with foodstamps, extra child support, etc but they're having trouble actually getting any sort of paperwork and stuff done. He's a widower, his wife died of cancer a year ago. He's inherited her medical bills for debt. My friend has an eight year old son. This child is out of control, completely out of control. To top things off, the child grew up in the abusive situation and probably picked up on some of the abusive behavior. The child has absolutely no respect for his father. None. My friend doesn't have anywhere else to go if his uncle kicks him out and the child knows this. The child knows that my friend will get in trouble with his uncle if they're too loud while he's sleeping and uses it to his advantage. Anytime the father tries to get his son to do anything, the child throws a huge, loud, screaming temper tantrum. Discipline only makes the child yell louder. He won't go to bed. He won't eat anything other than one or two things. Frankly, I think the child is emotionally and verbally abusing his father. Truth be told, the father's life would be a lot better if he didn't have an ill-behaved brat to care for, he could actually have the freedom to get grants, go to school, go to vocational rehabilitation, live on his own, etc, but he can't do any of that because he has to spend his time watching over the child. I've looked into boarding schools/military schools, and the few I could find are 40,000 dollars a year or something. I'm at a loss of what to do. Should I take them to a doctor, maybe they can prescribe the child some sort of medicine for his behavior? The child acts borderline. The father is severely depressed, cutting and thinking about suicide. I'm being the best support I can be. I have no money to pay their medical bills. They have no way to get care. They should be eligible for medicaid but they're having trouble getting the actual services started. Can the doctor turn them away? Will he just accumulate more debt on top of the tens of thousands dollars he owes for his wife's death that his puny 700 dollars a month will never be able to cover? He's going to have to file bankruptcy to get rid of it all anyhow. Somebody call nanny911 or something.The problem is he can't actually discipline his child, the tantrums get worse. "Stepping up to the plate" isn't exactly easy or even possible, especially when it's the child who's making the parent want to end it. It's not my friend's fault that his wife got cancer and died, that she was the breadwinner. It's not his fault that he's disabled and working a normal job isn't possible. He lost everything and wound up living with family. I have seen this child threaten to strike his dad, throw tantrums in public, and be generally belittling. This child is not a sweet innocent kid, he's the product of living with the previous set of relatives, abusive. I knew a child like this when I was young. The kid acted just like this one does. That child grew up to go to jail for physically abusing his mother. If I acted like him when I was young I'd get whipped with a belt. This kid is rotten to the core. I fear my friend is going to kill himself because of that monster. more

Voting Question: license revocation due to medical condition?

So on jan 30 i had two seizures and in the state of texas you have to be seizure free for 6 months in order to drive. so they sent me forms in april to have filled out by me and my doctor (i had to sign a release for this part) so their medical advisory board could review it. i called them ab a month later and they said it was denied but that there was no specific reason given (i thought so since it hadn't been the 6 months yet). the woman on the phone instructed me to request the same forms the end of june so i could repeat the process closer to the end of the 6 mth period. well i just got a letter "a notice of revocation" which says it will be revoked on 7/12/09 indefinitely if i don't request a hearing. i don't know how this all works and i'm kind of confused. i'm not even really sure what my question is on that. my secondary question is since my doctor was aware that i "used to" (as far as she knows) smoke marijuana, and if she disclosed this on the form (which an area was provided for), could this be a reason for revocation. more

Resolved Question: Was I scammed by this high school?

In 2007 of may I was trying to find a way to finish high school and I was young and looking for a way to get my diploma so I did a google search for high school diploma and saw belfordhighschool.com when I went to the site I saw a lot of things that I though was real. So I did the test it required me to do and pass it before i paid 200 and something dollars I ask questions to the advisor about the accreditation and he told me I will not have any problems in getting into universities so I paid the money and every since I have been holding this diploma. So I wanted to go to college so I attended San Joaquin valley college for medical assistant in 2008 and actually graduated. So one I am trying to get in to south university and they are telling me that I cant attend there school because the high school I graduated from is not accredited so I called belford and Mr. Steve told me to tell the university to fax over a rejection letter saying the correct reason why so I did and I started to do some research and saw this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Belford_University talking about the school is not accredit and it is a scam. I was told by texas education board that this is a diploma mill. After I chatted with the school the school always diconnect the chat when I try to connect to chat. Can some one help me or tell me what to do? Can I sue? If so what type of lawyer should I look for? more

Resolved Question: work comp how is it ran? Y does Texas let a hearing officier make final medical decisions? ?

Is it ran by attorneys? I have already done both my benefit reviews and now I going to a contest case hearing and just one hearing officier is going to be making a final decision on a medical desicion my knee that I tore my posterior cructiate ligament and busted my patella at work but the mri was mistread so I had to get it reread the designated doctor disputes this so I had to get a differant doctor to dispute the designated doctor I have it all on blace and white I did have an attorney but he quite the firm and he help me out with the paper work and so now Im doing it alone now THERE SHOULD BE A BOARD OF DOCTORS MAKING A FINAL DECISIONS ON MY LEG AND KNEE NOW I MUST HAVE MY KNEE SAWED IN HALF!no period of sentence I am right on target with my timing thanks to the attorney I had that is why it is going to contested case hearing LISTEN TO MY QUESTION! WHY DOES TEXAS HAVE JUST A HEARING OFFICER TO MAKE FINAL DECISONS FOR MEDICAL DECSIONS AS DRASTIC AS MINE? WHEN IT SHOULD BE A PANEL OF PHYSICIANS? ALL OTHER STATES HAVE A PANEL OF PHYSICIANS I HAVE DONE MY HOMEWORK HERE WHY IS TEXAS LEAVING SUCH A MEDICAL DESICION TO AN ATTORNEY????I HAVE ASKED THEM AND THEY THINK IM DEAMING THEM. THEY ALSO SENT ME SOMEONE ELSES MEDCIAL FILES PLEASE ONLY SOME WHO CAN ANSWER THIS more

Resolved Question: can a registered medical assistant claim to be a nurse in Texas?

I'm a nurse and I until my license came in I had to say graduate nurse. Under Texas code 301.002 it states that a "nurse" must hold a license (be it professional or vocational). So legally can a RMA state that they are a nurse? I'm only asking because the doctor I see only has RMAs in his office and all claim the title of a nurse though when it came to breaking potentially bad news to me there was no compassion for one and secondly I was told over the phone. Where as a nurse we are trained to tell people in a way that we can provide emotional support! Where was my empathy? Who does this get turned into the medical assistant association or the Texas Board of Nursing??? more

Resolved Question: When should you just stop talking to the one you love?

Moved to Texas due to career. Girlfriend stated that she would relocate once I was settled (though she did not want me to leave the city we were living). Each day seemed like a year without her. She flew to Texas twice in hopes to convince me to relocate back to her hometown. Each time I said no. I was in a board meeting last week and decided that I could not live without her, called her to say I am coming home and left my job and flew down to be with her. Upon arrival she acted different and stated that I hurt her because I did not return sooner. She stated that she loves me but not as strong as she once did before I left. Flew back to Texas (family lives in Texas) to look for ANOTHER job. Now she calls me daily begging me to come back and marry her?? I am/was (lol) a professional {early/thirties} she is a Medical Student {mid twenties}. This is not like me to have this drama but I threw away a career for this person and it seem she is playing games? Any suggestions would be GREAT!One minor edit.. Girlfriend has child from a failed marriage and later claimed she could not uproot her child from one state to another and that if I "loved" her then I would move back home. more

Resolved Question: U.S Army Medical Evaluation Board locations, in U.S?

I took a blood test. The results came back as postive for Spino Cerebellar Ataxia type 2 (an uncurable/nontreatable degenerative disease). The doctor said I have to go through a MEB now and he will put paperwork in for me to PCS to the states. He said the unit (I forget who, will cut my orders). So the doctor couldn't tell me where I was going exactly since he wasn't part of the PCS-orders process. But he did say they would try to send me to or close to my home or record. Thats in South Dakota though. No Army Bases there. So where might I be sent then? I think there are bases that handle this in Colorado, Texas, Maryland and Washington where MIGHT I go?Okay, now I need to know what Army bases (stateside) offer a neurologist more

Resolved Question: Help with The Texas Medical Board 10 year rule?

I took the Flex I and II PASSED it. It was 12 years ago. I'm applying to get my physician license now. Does this rule apply to me? In what way? "An applicant who has not passed an examination (like the FLEX i and II) for licensure within the ten- year period prior to the filing date of the application must:" more

Resolved Question: Dentist complaint in Texas. Who do I contact?

My dentist has improperly billed us for medical charges, then they billed the insurance company and was paid twice. They owed us $2600 for 2 months before finally paying. Plus the insurance company denied a $150.00 charge, the dentist finally admitted they billed it wrong and would correct it, I made them give it to me in writing that they would correct it. It has been a month and they have not resubmitted it to the insurance company. Who do I file a complaint to? I'm not upset with the insurance carrier so I wouldn't file with the Insurance commisioner and the dentist performed proper work so I wouldn't file with the Dental state board. Right? Who else could I contact other than the BBB?Nebula! Wow. I would also suggest that you calm down but you know the reaction generated from that suggestion. Of course my story is chock full of holes!! The first part is a general idea of the problem, the second is my question. I kept the question short to generate more answers. Here's a few more details: I paid $2600. The incorrect ins co was used to calculate the providers discount and when corrected, I was due a credit. The dentist was paid by the ins co within 2 weeks. I was told a check would be issued to me, I was told the check was issued, I was told they would have to check on it, after 2 months of this they credited the credit card back (without telling me.) Also, I paid the $150 charge. I was told it would be corrected 3 times and after waiting 2 months, I asked for it in writing. That was over a month ago. Thanks for making it personal, blaming everyone but the dentist and not answering the question. You set a fine example of dentist's attitude toward patients!Let me answer each of Nebula's responses. 1) Nope, just dental procedures. 2) They told me within a week they improperly charged me. My problem is with getting them to fix it. 3) I never said 2 ins companies were billed. Why would you think that "us" means another ins company? 4) I waited 2 months for them to correct and asked for it in writing when so much time passed and I wasn't getting anywhere. I hoped they would realize I was serious and finally fix the problem. 5) I guess I should have used the term "us" to indicate my husband and I paid the $150 charge but would it have mattered? (please see #3) 6) I work for an ins co. so I know it's far from perfect. How do I KNOW they were contacted? I called them! The dentist also submitted claims after I requested it in writing (My husband had to go back since the crown they put in didn't fit and they had to reorder it) Do you think I would be complaining if it was between the dentist and ins company? Of course you do, your a jerk! more

Resolved Question: Texas Medical malpractice?

I'm not sure if this would be cosidered malpractice or if we should just file a complaint and who to file it with. A doctor treating a patien for Bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, high blood pressure and diabetes. One of the medications for the anxiety and panic disorder is addictive. The patient goes in for his routine exam and refills and the next day realizes he was not given a refill on the panic disorder medication. The doctor is called and asked for a refill 4 days later after the patient has run out of the medication and experiancing severe side effects of withdrawl and panic disorder the doctor call the pharmacy and denies the refill and tells the pharmacy that he needs to see the patient. It states very clearly in all pharmacy information to NOT abruptly stop taking this medication due to extreme pschological and physical side effects of withdrawl. Is this malpractice or just somthing that should be reported to the medical board?If it should be reported then to whom and how to do so. This has caused severe panic attacks and phobia issues for the patient.The patient was seen two weeks ago by this doctor and requested refills on all medications, the doctor spoke of no concerns at that time and the patient is not seeking extra medication but a prescription that this doctor gave for the past three months. I am not speaking of a person taking exess of what was prescribed. The patient was not even aware of the possibility of addiction.The patient requested a refill a week prior to running out and has continued to request until this date which is of 5 days after running out a total 12 days before the doctor bothered to reply and decline the refill. And the doctor did not contact the patient he gave the information only to the pharmacy. more

Resolved Question: How sad is this....?

What's going on with Texas ? A man microwaves his child and now this?? National News Texas Mother Kills Herself, 3 Children By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer Posted: May. 29, 2007 Updated: May. 30, 2007 HUDSON OAKS, Texas — Alejandra Estrada broke into her sister's trailer because she wanted to know why she hadn't shown up at work. Inside, she found Gilberta Estrada and Gilberta's four young daughters hanging in a closet. Gilberta Estrada, 25, and three of the girls were dead. The youngest, 8-month-old Evelyn Frayre, was alive but in dire need of medical care. Alejandra Estrada pulled the infant from the noose and called 911. The child was listed in good condition at a Fort Worth hospital, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said. Fowler said the hangings appeared to be murder-suicide because the doors were locked from the inside and a relative said Gilberta Estrada had been depressed. He said they had last been seen alive Monday afternoon outside the trailer and things had appeared normal. "My mind cannot get around how all this can happen," Fowler said. "It's almost unthinkable." Filly Echeverria, who said she was the children's godmother, identified the dead children as Maria Teresa Estrada, Janet Frayre and Magaly Frayre. Authorities said they believed their ages were 5, 3 and 2. Fowler said more information, such as how long they had been dead and whether the children were drugged or suffocated before they were hanged, would be released after autopsies Wednesday. After hanging her daughters with pieces of clothing tied around a wooden board that served as a clothes rod, Estrada apparently looped the noose around her neck, leaned into it and buckled her knees to kill herself, Fowler said. He said Gilberta Estrada had won a temporary restraining order in August against Gregorio Frayre Rodriguez, believed to be the father of Evelyn and some of the other youngsters, after a domestic violence incident involving Estrada. Fowler said the couple had stopped living together in February. Tuesday was the first emergency police call to the trailer, and Fowler said there was no evidence that Frayre abused the girls. A telephone listing for Frayre, 38, could not immediately be located. Child Protective Services will decide who will take custody of the baby, Fowler said. Texas has had several children killed by their mothers in recent years. Less than five years ago, another Hudson Oaks family was torn apart when Dee Etta Perez, 39, shot her three children, ages 4, 9 and 10, before killing herself. Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family's Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife in 2004. All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal. --- Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-29-children-killed_N.htm?csp=34 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-29-children-killed_N.htm?csp=34 more

Resolved Question: How do I collect damages from a bad doctor?

A doctor told me that my bloodwork came back normal and ordered $10,000+ worth of medical tests. I was sick for 5 months and lost 30 pounds. I finally switched doctors and this doctor took one look at my old (transferred) bloodwork and saw that it was NOT normal but rather had high bilirubin and indicated a diseased gallbladder. I had emergency surgery within 4 days and was completely fine. I filed a complained with the Texas Medical Board and after 9 months of investigating they found him at fault and they took corrective action (a slap on the wrist) for not telling me about the abnormal bloodwork. BUT they can't give me any legal advice. How do I go about getting back that money that we paid? We still owe him $400 (after paying about $2,000), too. Do I need a lawyer? What kind? more

Resolved Question: Women, are you safe with birth control?

September 6, 2006 To All Concerned: This letter is to inform the news media, general public and more importantly, women who use the birth control pill Levlite 28. In February 2006 my wife Veronica was sent by her doctor to see an OB-GYN Dr. Diane Brinkman at the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, Texas for imaging of a Fibroid Tumor. My wife should have not have been given this drug at her age. During my wife’s visit Dr. Brinkman recorded my wife’s medical history which aside from the tumor was very good health. My wife advised Dr. Brinkman of her complications with her monthly cycles and the doctor gave my wife 30 day samples of Levlite 28. No verbal or written instructions given. No verbal or written warnings of this drug were disclosed by Dr. Brinkman. After about 3wks of using L28 my wife developed symptoms that appeared that she was in some type of cardiac distress and was rushed to the hospital. She was placed in intensive care for several hours and was diagnosed with massive blood clots in both legs and lungs. She was hospitalized for several days. The damage now is that now my wife must remain on blood thinners for the rest of her life. She cannot lift anything over 20lbs. She must wear a medic alert bracelet at all times. She is easily fatigued. She suffers from chest discomfort and chronic leg pain. She cannot work ever again. (She was earning over $600.00 p/w before this happened) She has been diagnosed with Depression & Anxiety The family discussed this matter and we decided that someone must be made accountable for this and we agreed that Dr. Brinkman in our opinion was negligent and careless with dispersing this drug to my wife. I did extensive research on Levlite 28 and all the appropriate warnings are posted online and with pharmacies that sell it. However samples are not accompanied with warnings and if that is the norm then the responsibility should be with the medical professionals that supply the product to their patients. But what is disturbing about his case is that my wife should never have been given this drug due to her age and history. My wife has never used birth control pills and was not educated properly on the risk. Other doctors and her current cardiologist agreed that this was improper. We at this time have sought legal help from several firms in the Austin area only to be denied because of reasons that mystify us. We are told that Levlite 28 is considered a low hormone, low risk drug and the doctor is not responsible for giving verbal warnings and other law professionals are just interested in going after the drug manufacturer. And of course Texas wonderful lawsuit caps that protect health professionals from frivilous lawsuits. This case by no means is frivilous! Whatever the reasons, my wife is suffering and her life has been changed from someone that was working, shopping, physically active with housework, caring for her grandchildren, etc. Now she mostly sits at home with extremely limited activity. We have discussed this case with family members, friends and strangers and all are outraged and urge us to get legal satisfaction but lawyers are telling us that there is no case or they are not capable of pursuing this case. Well I will not accept this, nor will the rest of our families. So we intend to advise the local public of Dr. Brinkman’s casual issue of Levlite 28 and the risks, we will advise all local & national news agencies and hope they will spotlight this incident and investigate any incidents that mirror the events mentioned above. And we will also spread the events in this letter on the World Wide Web especially to women’s magazines and health websites, and all blogs and bulletin boards that appropriately address medical issues for women. We will also advise all consumer groups and regulatory agencies about this matter as well. (For instance Rip-Off Reports.com) The most important point is to alert the public so no other woman will suffer due to reckless medical consultation or practices. I and the rest of the family would like to acknowledge and thank the staff at the Round Rock Medical Center in Round Rock, Texas for their outstanding care, professionalism and support for my wife throughout this crisis. You represent what other medical centers and professionals should strive to be across the USA! Sincerely, Calvin E. Mills A Husband & Family Declaring War! February 2007 Update: Medical expenses have blown to $60,000 and growing. Her health is deteoriating and it may lead to a oncoming heart attack. She needs to be seen by Vascular surgeons and ongoing cardiac checks but when money is tight or non-existent, doctors do not want to see you unless it becomes an emergency. The Texas Medical Board is currently investigating this case and in the mean time Austin Regional Clinic wants us to pay the bill for Brinkmann's services. Basically, they want me to pay them for damaging my wife permenantly! So all bills are sent back with the simple message, "Dr Brinkmann caused the damage, she can pay for it!"I just read an article from WebMD that states that Levlite 28 should not be given if you have a fibroid tumor. The doctor that gave my wife the 30day samples should have known that. The pill were not prescribed via picking up at a pharmacy, they were given freely from doctor with no verbal or written warnings. So Lea, I will respectfully disagree with your response.RESPONSE TO SEAOFCLOUDS: I'm also a Professional. I'm a licensed Investigator. I'm responsible for disclosing certain information to my clients especially if it's vital to their safety or financial security. When I fail to do so, my career is over. We are patients, not doctors. When we come to you to help ease our pain and suffering we have to assume that your years of training and practice places you in the position to guide and educate us if we are not properly informed. If you an educated, trained physician knows that a 53 yr. old woman suffering with a fibroid tumor and heavy bleeding should not be given birthcontrol pills but yet you give out 30 day samples that caused permanent damage and you say that it's the patience's fault for not being smarter than the doctor? Yes, you are human. Mistakes do happen. But just like cops, contractors, mechanics, etc. When you are negligent and careless you must be held accountable. more

Resolved Question: Sign Humor. And I dont want to hear about how long it is. I can see it myself. Or about how much time i have.?

A sign seen on a restroom dryer at O'Hare Field in Chicago: Do not activate with wet hands. At a car dealership: The best way to get back on your feet? Miss a car payment. At A Laundry Shop: How about we refund your money, send you a new one at no charge, close the store and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory? At a Music Store: Out to lunch. Bach at 12:30. Offenbach sooner. At a number of US military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel. At a pizza shop: 7 days without pizza makes one weak. At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container. At a tire shop in Milwaukee: Invite us to your next blowout. At a Towing Company: We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows. At a Used Car Lot: Second Hand cars in first crash condition. At an Auto Body Shop: May we have the next dents? At an optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place. At the electric company: We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be. At the entrance of the large machinery plant: Warning to young ladies: If you wear loose clothes, beware of the machinery. If you wear tight clothes, beware of the machinist. Billboard on the side of the road: Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading these signs. Car Lot: The best way to get on your feet....Miss a car payment. Church sign: To remove worry wrinkles, get your faith lifted. Door of a plastic surgeon’s office: Hello. May we pick your nose? English Sign in German Cafe: Mothers, Please Wash Your Hands Before Eating. Gym: Merry Fitness and a Happy New Rear! In a Beauty Shop: Dye now! In a cafeteria: Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they want. In a cleaner’s window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of. In a counselors office: Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional. In a dentist office: Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you. In a department store: Bargain Basement Upstairs. In a dry cleaner's emporium: Drop your pants here. In a dry cleaner's window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of. In a farmer’s field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges. In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed. In a health food shop window: Closed due to illness. In a hotel during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is day care on the first floor. In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out. In a Los Angeles clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks. In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday. In a Maine restaurant: Open seven days a week and weekends. In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center In a New York restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager. In a non-smoking area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action. In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves. In a Podiatrist's window: Time wounds all heels. In a restaurant window: Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up. In a safari park: Elephants please stay in your car In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits - $100 - They won't last an hour! In a Texas funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan. In a toilet: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below. In a veterinarian’s waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay! In an office building washroom: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below. In an office: After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday kindly bring it back or further steps will be taken. In downtown Boston: Callahan Tunnel - NO END In front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you can't read this, it's time to wash your car. In the front yard of a funeral home: Drive carefully. We’ll wait. In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home. In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished. In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work. In the window of an Oregon general store: Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you can come here? Inside a bowling alley: Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop. Maternity Clothes Shop: We are open on Labor Day. Message on a leaflet: If you cannot read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons. Notice in a field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges. On a butcher's window: Let me meat your needs. On a church door: This is the gate of Heaven. Enter ye all by this door. (This door is kept locked because of the draft. Please use side entrance) On a desk in a reception room: We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left. On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs. On a fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive. On a local plumbing company's trucks in NE Pennsylvania: Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber. On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship. On a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push. On a Music Teacher's door: Out Chopin. On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed. On a repair shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard — bell out of order.) On a restaurant: Try our fish just for the halibut. On a roller coaster: Watch your head. On a Scientist's door: Gone Fission On a taxidermist's window: We really know our stuff. On a Tennessee highway: Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable. On an electrician's truck: Let us remove your shorts. On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot. On an United Airlines emergency exit row instruction card: If you cannot read this card... On another Butcher's window: Pleased to meat you. On the door of a Computer Store: Out for a quick byte. On the door of a Music Library: Bach in a min-u-et. On the grounds of a private school in Connecticut: No trespassing without permission. On the menu of a New Orleans restaurant: Blackened bluefish On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. - Sisters of Mercy Outside a country shop in West Virginia: We buy junk and sell antiques. Outside a disco: Smarts is the most exclusive disco in town. Everyone welcome. Outside a farm: Horse manure, pre-packed bags, $10. Or, do-it-yourself, $1. Outside a Hotel: Help! We need inn-experienced people. Outside a muffler shop: No appointment necessary. We heard you coming. Outside a photographer’s studio: Out to lunch; if not back by five, out for dinner. Outside a radiator repair shop: Best place in town to take a leak. Outside a second-hand store: We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain. Pizza shop slogan: 7 days without pizza makes one Weak. Plumber: We repair what your husband Fixed. Quicksand warning: Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned. By order of the District Council. Seen during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the first floor. Sign at the psychic's Hotline: Don't call us, we'll call you. This was seen on a car being towed by a large motor home: I go where I'm towed to. Trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: Don't sleep with a drip call your plumber. ======================================== International Signs (Mis-Translations) ======================================== Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water served here. Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily. Athens, Greece hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily. Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension. Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results. Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man. Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push botton for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order. Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable. Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty. Copenhagen airline ticket office: WE take your bags and send them in all directions. Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours--we guarantee no miscarriages. Denmark: in a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions. Finnish washroom faucet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right. German/Austria: a sign in a hotel catering to skiers read Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension. German/Germany: in a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up. Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose. Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient self-service. Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs. Istanbul hotel corridor sign: Please to evacuate in hall especially which is accompanied by rude noises. Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub. Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid. Japanese information booklet about a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of war in your room, please control yourself. Kyushi, Japan Detour sign: Stop: Drive Sideways. Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up. London department store: Bargain basement upstairs. London office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking. Majorcan shop entrance: Here speeching American. Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday. Moscow hotel room door: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it. Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar. Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking. Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk. Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation. Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases. Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time. Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin. Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream. Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked Would you like to ride on your own ass?. Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts. Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read this notice. Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run. Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter. Vienna, Austria hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter. Yugoslavia: a sign in a hotel read The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Turn to her straightaway. Yugoslavia: in the Europa Hotel, in Sarajevo, you will find this message on every door: Guests should announce the abandonment of theirs rooms before 12 o'clock, emptying the room at the latest until 14 o'clock, for the use of the room before 5 at the arrival or after the 16 o'clock at the departure, will be billed as one night more.. Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.I know they repeat themselves. I got this off of a web site and i copy and pasted it!!! more

Resolved Question: can a foreign medical graduate challenge texas board of nursing?

Resolved Question: in need for a lawyer?

I am in need for a free or low cost lawyer in Texas that deals with Medical Evalution Boards. more