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Jeremy Thomas, DO–impaired or criminal? What do you think?

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Mon, 2018 | Plea agreement | 4 comments

Jeremy Thomas, DO, an orthopedic surgeon in Claremore, OK, was one of the doctors indicted last week in the marathon DOJ attack. Dr.Thomas was employed by the Premier Bone and Joint Specialists in Claremore and Hillcrest Medical Systems where he performed 12...

Steven Holper, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Mar, Fri, 2018 | Plea agreement | 6 comments

Steven Holper, MD, 66, a PM & R (physical medicine & rehabilitation) pain management physician in Law Vegas, NV was charged Feb 13 with seven-counts of distribution of Fentanyl, and 22-counts of health care fraud relating to Subsys, a sublingual form of...

Frederick W. Floyd, DO

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Fri, 2018 | Plea agreement | 3 comments

Frederick Floyd, III, DO, 58, was an internist who specialized in pain management in New Orleans, LA with 22 years of experience. He was sentenced Jan. 25, 2018 to 10 years in prison as a result of his guilty plea September, 2017 to two counts: illegally dispensing...

Jay Kaushik Joshi, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2018 | Doctor charged, Plea agreement | 1 comment

Jay Joshi, MD, 33, a family practitioner in Munster, Indiana, was indicted January 23, 2018 on four counts of selling, distributing or dispensing hydrocodone based on prescriptions issued to a government agent falsely perpetrating himself as a patient in need of...

Gilberto Sanchez, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Tue, 2018 | Plea agreement | 2 comments

Gilberto Sanchez, MD, 56, of Cecil, Alabama, pleaded guilty Nov, 2017 to drug distribution conspiracy, health care fraud, and money laundering charges from his family practice in Montgomery, AL. Now here’s an interesting tidbit of information. Try to figure this out....

Devendra I. Patel, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2018 | Plea agreement | 2 comments

Devendrakumar (Devendra) Ishwarbhai Patel, 58, a cardiologist in Elko, Nevada is the first in that state to face criminal charges since the formation of the Justice Department’s Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit. Nevada is one of 12 states under a U.S. Justice...