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Carlton Blake, Long Island psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty To Bilking Medicaid
Carlton Blake Newsday (New York) Doctor Pleads Guilty To Bilking Medicaid By Arnold Abrams November 16, 1989 -- Excerpt A Long Island psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to a charge of repeatedly inflating bills for treating a client he believed was a Medicaid patient. The psychiatrist, Dr. Carlton Blake, was arrested and arraigned Tuesday in First District Court, in Hauppauge, where he pleaded guilty before Judge Peter J. Newman to offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree. He also agreed to make restitution to Medicaid of $ 1,000 on the charge, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a [...]
Paul Walters, Harvard Psychiatrist, accused
The Boston Globe 2 psychiatrists accused of abuse lose Mass. licenses By Alison Bass November 14, 1989 -- Excerpt ...Paul Walters, former head of Harvard University's mental health services, permanently surrendered his medical license in Massachusetts last month rather than face public hearings accusing him of sexual misconduct. Walters told the board he would also surrender his medical license in California, but officials there said yesterday he has not yet done so... In the past year, nine Massachusetts psychiatrists have been charged by the state medicine board with having had improper sexual contact with patients. So far, five have either [...]
Cesar Menez, Farmington Psychiatrist, accused of false insurance claims
Cesar Menez St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) DOCTOR ACCUSED OF FALSE INSURANCE CLAIMS DOCTOR IS CHARGED IN FALSE CLAIMS Farmington, Mo. (AP) October 13, 1989 --Excerpt A psychiatrist in Farmington has been charged with stealing from an insurance company. A year ago, he surrendered his Kansas psychiatric license after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. The psychiatrist, Dr. Cesar Menez, 52, was arrested Wednesday in Farmington after an indictment last month charged him with stealing from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. A grand jury in Jackson County handed up the indictment Sept. 29, but prosecutors [...]
Francesco Di Leo, Maryland Psychiatrist, gave hallucinogenic drugs
Francesco Di Leo The Washington Post Psychiatrist's Patient Granted $ 700,000 in Md. October 1, 1989 -- Excerpt A Circuit Court jury in Baltimore has awarded $700,000 in damages to a woman who was fondled and given hallucinogenic drugs by a psychiatrist who said the practice was a new form of therapy. The Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance temporarily suspended Francesco Di Leo's license in July 1987, after finding him guilty of immoral conduct and incompetence in the case. Authorities also found that Di Leo was taking hallucinogens...
Redencio Bugaoan, Massapequa psychiatrist, charged with Medicaid fraud
Redencio Bugaoan Newsday (New York) Two Psychiatrists Accused of Fraud By Mara D. Rose September 22, 1989 -- Excerpt Two Long Island psychiatrists have been indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud for falsely inflating the amount of time they spent with patients from 1987 from 1988, officials said yesterday. Dr. Eugeniu Liteanu of Ridge was indicted on five counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, while Dr. Redencio Bugaoan of Massapequa was charged with six counts of the same felony... Bugaoan was charged with submitting false reimbursement claims between Dec. 18, 1987, and July 11, 1988, stating that [...]
Eugeniu Liteanu, Long Island Psychiatrist, charged
Eugeniu Liteanu Newsday (New York) Two Psychiatrists Accused of Fraud By Mara D. Rose September 22, 1989 -- Excerpt Two Long Island psychiatrists have been indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud for falsely inflating the amount of time they spent with patients from 1987 from 1988, officials said yesterday. Dr. Eugeniu Liteanu of Ridge was indicted on five counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, while Dr. Redencio Bugaoan of Massapequa was charged with six counts of the same felony... Liteanu was charged with filing fraudulent claims between July 7 and Oct. 26, 1987, and overstating session lengths [...]
Beltran Pages, Florida Psychiatrist – Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Beltran Pages St. Petersburg Times HRS gets veiled look at blots on doctors' records November 20, 1988 By Carol Gentry -- Excerpt ... In another August case, the board pondered what to do about 37-year-old psychiatrist Beltran Pages, who had been found guilty of sexually abusing a patient while in private practice. By the time Pages came before the board, he was working at Health and Rehabilitative Services' Miami hospital for the criminally insane. Board members suspended Pages' license for three years, but agreed that the suspension could be put on hold while he was appealing his case as long [...]
Jerome Driesen, Manhattan psychiatrist, sentenced
Jerome Driesen The New York Times Psychiatrist Given Probation In New York Corruption Case September 26, 1987, Saturday, Late City Final Edition By The Associated Press -- Excerpt A Manhattan psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution at last year's city corruption trial was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for mail fraud. Dr. Jerome Driesen, 48 years old, a close friend of Geoffrey L. Lindenauer, the former deputy director of the Parking Violations Bureau, pleaded guilty last October to one count of mail fraud in a plea bargain with prosecutors...
Franklin Simon, Manhattan psychiatrist, charged with 4-year-old girl abuse
Franklin Simon The New York Times State Psychiatrist Held In Sex Abuse of Girl, 4 September 26, 1986 --Excerpt A supervising psychiatrist at the state's Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a 4-year-old neighbor girl at his home. The psychiatrist, Dr. Franklin Simon, 45, of 325 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. State officials said he would be suspended without pay from his $75,000-a-year job pending the case's outcome. Lieut. Richard J. Marcus of the Manhattan sex crimes [...]
Charles Berry, Atlanta Psychiatrist – sentenced to 20 years in prison
Charles Berry Washington Post Customs Service Leads War on Child Pornography By Mary Thornton August 9, 1986 -- Excerpt Dr. Charles Markham Berry, a prominent Atlanta psychiatrist known for his Christian counseling and volunteer work at local orphanages, was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison on federal and state charges of child molestation and child pornography. At Berry's federal trial, U.S. Attorney Stephen Cowen said that "the evil that Dr. Berry has done in his life totally overshadowed the good. He wrapped himself in religious piety and used his position in the church and the community to shield [...]
Rafael Rivera, Army psychiatrist, accused of sexual relations with patient
Rafael Rivera United Press International Army psychiatrist accused of having sex with patient By Neil Roland July 7, 1986 -- Excerpt The Army is investigating allegations against a psychiatrist accused of having sexual relations with a female patient at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center between 1983 and 1985, an Army spokesman says. On June 17, the Army ordered an investigation of charges that Dr. Rafael ''Pete'' Rivera, a colonel, committed sodomy, ''indecent acts,'' adultery and ''conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,'' Army spokesman Lt. Col. John Ooley said last week... The commanding general at Fort Belvoir, Va., will [...]
Joseph Chung, Ca psychiatrist, Medicare privileges revoked
Joseph Chung Los Angeles Times February 15, 1986 PSYCHIATRIST'S PRIVILEGES REVOKED AT HILLCREST By David Smollar and Daniel M. Weintraub -- Excerpt Federal health authorities this week revoked the Medicare privileges of a psychiatrist in conjunction with its three-year halt of Medicare funds for the county's Hillcrest mental hospital, where the physician worked, a federal spokeswoman said Friday. The county was in the process of terminating the Medicare privileges of Dr. Joseph M. Chung when federal action was decided Jan. 22, county spokesman Robert Lerner said Friday. Chung's last day as a county employee was Jan. 30, and he [...]
Jose Tombo – Michigan Psychiatrist, Accused of Improper Sexual Activities
Jose Tombo United Press International Psychiatrist terminated amid charges of improper activities Dateline: Lansing, Michigan December 13, 1985 --Excerpt A psychiatrist accused of improper sexual activities with patients, including an accused child killer, was fired Friday by the Mental Health Department. Mental Health Director Patrick Babcock said the decision to fire Jose Tombo was made following a disciplinary conference at the Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital, where Tombo was employed. The doctor, a veteran of about 10 years with the department, can appeal the decision through grievance or arbitration processes. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment. The action [...]
Robert Stein, chief psychiatrist, dismissed by Army
Robert Stein The Associated Press Army Dismisses Fort Carson Psychiatry Chief Dateline: Colorado Springs, Colorado November 18, 1985 --Excerpt The chief psychiatrist at the Army's Fort Carson Hospital, who is being dismissed because of alleged affairs with two patients that cost him his civilian license before he entered the service, calls the charges "trumped up." Col. Robert Stein's civilian license was revoked in Kansas in 1980 after an investigation showed he had sexual intercourse with two patients, post spokesman Maj. Tom Barnum said today. Kansas reinstated Stein's license in 1983. Stein, 56, chief of psychiatry at the hospital since [...]
Hector Retik, Yonkers Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Hector Retik The New York Times Doctor Sentenced In Medicaid Theft August 3, 1985 By AP -- Excerpt A Yonkers psychiatrist was ordered today to perform six months of community service and to treat 50 Medicaid patients for free as punishment for stealing $100,000 from the state's Medicaid program. Judge Nicholas Colabella in Westchester County Court also placed the psychiatrist, 51-year-old Hector Retik, who lives in New City, on probation for five years and ordered him to repay the stolen money... According to Edward Kuriansky, a deputy attorney general, Dr. Retik billed the state for 31-to-60-minute psychotherapy sessions for [...]
Sevil Akman, Michigan Psychiatrist, Fired
Sevil Akman The Associated Press Psychiatrist Fired In Death Of Patient At Mental Hospital Dateline: Northville, Michigan June 7, 1985 -- Excerpt A staff psychiatrist has been fired following an investigation of the slaying of a patient at the Northville Regional Psychiatric Center, becoming the eighth employee disciplined in the case, an official says. Dr. Sevil Akman was fired for making "major errors in professional judgment" in her handling of one of the patients charged with murder in the May 26 slaying, state Mental Health Director C. Patrick Babcock said Thursday...
Gerald Fink, Silver Spring Psychiatrist, accused of malpractice
Gerald Fink The Washington Post Psychiatrist's Patient Wins Partial Award By Victoria Churchville June 1, 1985 -- Excerpt A Montgomery County jury last night found in favor of a Silver Spring woman who had accused her psychiatrist of malpractice for having an affair with her, but slashed by three-quarters the damages awarded her by a state health claims panel. The jury of nine women and three men, after sitting through an eight-day trial and deliberating nearly six hours, found Dr. Gerald M. Fink, 53, guilty of medical malpractice for his affair with Frances M. Dawson, 44, a former patient. [...]
Theodore Sabot – California Psychiatrist – Sentenced
Theodore Sabot Los Angeles Times LA Times Archives March 18, 1985 THE STATE -- Excerpt A psychiatrist has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $400,000 from the Medi-Cal program to finance his wife's cocaine habit. Dr. Theodore Jay Sabot, 46, pleaded guilty to grand theft and was sentenced by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ronald Tochterman. ...Sabot was accused of submitting more than 3,000 false claims to Medi-Cal over a three-year period.
Fred Dalton, Virginia Psychiatrist, convicted on federal charges
Fred Dalton The Washington Post Physician Barred From Prescribing Except at Prison By Celestine Bohlen April 30, 1983 -- Excerpt Virginia authorities have allowed the chief psychiatrist at the State Pentitentiary to remain in his $72,358-a-year job despite his conviction last year on federal charges of using false data in experimental drug tests. Dr. Fred C. Dalton was suspended from practicing medicine in Virginia for four months by the State Board of Medicine when it learned of his guilty plea to two misdemeanor charges initiated by the Food and Drug Administration. The state board then was investigating a separate [...]