by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Wed, 2020 | Convicted physician |
Lonnie Joseph Parker, MD, 55, of Texarkana is a primary care physician with pain management training. He was arrested in October, 2019 based on a federal indictment of nine counts prescribing without a legitimate medical purpose outside the scope of a professional...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Mon, 2020 | Plea agreement |
Robin A Cox, DO, 63, a Family Medicine Specialist in Rogers, Arkansas, is another victim of government attack on physicians for money. Arkansas mounted a statewide effort to prosecute doctors for treating pain because, according to the CDC, Arkansas had the...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Wed, 2020 | Defense |
Ron Chapman posted an article entitled Bye Bye “Good Faith”: 6th Circuit Erodes Medical Decision Making in Opioid Prosecutions on www.healthcaredefenseblog.com. For those interested in following healthcare law, this would appear to be a good blog to follow. The...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Mon, 2020 | Legislative |
The Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act will be on the Oregon ballot in November. This measure is meant to increase access and funding for drug treatment while also decriminalizing some drugs. It establishes a health-based approach to drugs and addiction. If...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Sat, 2020 | Convicted physician |
Frank H. Bynes, Jr, MD, a 70 y/o internal medicine doctor in Savannah GA, was sentenced to 20 years in prison (probably a life sentence unless we do something) on Valentine’s Day for prescribing legal opioids to established medical patients with pain. In contrast to...