71 y/o OB/Gyn George Kudmani MD of Louisville, KY is the next doctor attacked by the government for money. He was found guilty Jan 26, 2017, on 26 of 29 federal charges of unlawful distribution and dispensing of controlled substances that were “not for a legitimate medical purpose and beyond the bounds of a professional medical practice” and health care fraud. The health care fraud counts are so that the government can impose fines and basically get paid back the moneys paid to the doctor for his years of service. Doctors, be forewarned: associate with government insurance and you will be working for nothing. In fact, you will pay out of pocket to serve government insured patients.

The two counts of health care fraud were for allegedly submitting claims for medically unnecessary Transvaginal Ultrasounds (TVS), TVSs not performed, and billing for TVS reports that were never prepared for patients, and for writing prescriptions for medically unnecessary controlled substances  including Oxycodone, Alprazolam, Clonazepam, Hydrocodone, Phentermine and Carisoprodol. It is interesting how DEA agents and US Attorneys can determine, without having attended medical school, what prescriptions are medically necessary and what aren’t. He was, however, acquitted of 2 counts of causing two patients’ deaths and one count of money laundering for buying a 2012 Honda Accord with cash which the government claimed stemmed from unlawful activity—i.e, his medical practice.

Stemming from a raid on his home and office in 2012, the charges were based on the doctor’s lower-than-normal charges for office visit. He charged only $75 for a first-time exam, and $35 for follow-up visits. But still the government charged him with a “drugs-for-cash scheme”. In reality, those charges show him to be a caring, compassionate physician who continued to work instead of retire so that he could help people. And the people of Louisville, Kentucky thank him by sending him to jail and destroying his and his family’s lives.  This was actually the second time through trial. The first trial actually took place in March, 2016, at which time it was declared a mistrial.

Prior to the first trial, Dr. Kudmani stated “Patients will be called to the court, and they will testify on my behalf that what they are taking is needed for their health, so they can work. If they don’t take the pain medication, they cannot work to support their families.” At the trial, Dr. Kudmani testified that he has never prescribed medication for someone who didn’t need it. He also said he’s never given unnecessary ultrasounds or charged for procedures that he did not perform. He did admit he would write prescriptions for controlled substances without an exam. He said he did it because he knew the patients were in pain, but he said he did not pocket any cash. Since follow-up exams for pain management really just determine if the pain is still present, which is subjective, there really is no need for a physical exam. Older doctors, such as Dr. Kudmani, are more used to simply determining the patient’s need and writing the prescription. That decision-making is actually protected by Title 21, the Controlled Substances Act, which exempts doctors from prosecution for evaluations done as a physician in the office. But the government has ignored that exemption, and continues to bring doctors to trial in front of an ignorant jury. We need to educate the people that this is wrong.

United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., in his media propaganda, made use of the new diagnosis code opioid use disorder, which basically categorizes all chronic pain patients as addicts:

“Dr. Kudmani recklessly prescribed drugs to those suffering from opioid use disorders with no legitimate medical purpose.”

The trial lasted seven days and the jury deliberated approximately nine hours before finding him guilty. Sentencing is scheduled for June 6. In addition to up to 30 years in prison, Dr. Kudmani faces a $13,750,000 million fine and a 3-year period of supervised release.

We need to order our legislators to restate, beyond a shadow of doubt, that doctors evaluating and treating patients cannot be prosecuted under Title 21. Please call your legislators today and tell them that.

UPDATE: This innocent, elderly doctor was sentenced to 4 years in prison in June, 2017. He is at McCreary USP, a high security prison in Pine Knot, Kentucky. His release date is January 4, 2021. Hopefully we can get Congress to understand the evil being done, and get all doctors exonerated.

Addendum

George Kudmani, MD was released from prison December, 2020.  Where are you, Dr. Kudmani?  You need to be a member of Doctorsofcourage to help stop these atrocities happening to others, and work on getting all of us exonerated.

Anyone in communication with him, please tell him to work on forgiveness and when he is ready, join us in the effort to restore humanity to the nation.

Addendum from the author:

I have failed in my mission to end these attacks on doctors and pain patients. Through John Bevere’s book The Bait of Satan, I have figured out why—my lack of forgiveness to those who attacked me. As in Mark 11: 24-26:

“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

And when you do not do the will of the Father, you are estranged from him and he will ignore you.  So we all must forgive the agents who attacked us in order for things to be made right through any of our works.

Jesus said

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

But we cannot lay down our lives for God unless we know Him well enough to trust Him. We must have the assurance that He would never do anything to harm us. He always looks out for what He knows is in our best interest. As a nation, those of us suffering from these attacks must understand that we are serving as God’s messengers of love.  We must forgive those who persecute us and love them instead, following God’s will for us. Then and only then will we see fruits from our labor.

So I hope that everyone who has suffered from what happened to the doctor can trust the Lord, forgive those who have hurt you, and help bring this country back to the God-fearing country that our forefathers founded. Then, and only then, can you be a part of the effort to stop these attacks. I look forward to that day.

Linda Cheek, MD

About the Author Linda Cheek, MD

Linda Cheek is a teacher and disenfranchised medical doctor, turned activist, author, and speaker. A victim of prosecutorial misconduct and outright law-breaking of the government agencies DEA, DHHS, and DOJ, she hopes to be a part of exonerating all doctors illegally attacked through the Controlled Substance Act. She holds the key to success, as she can offset the government propaganda that drugs cause addiction with the truth: The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse.
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