Tag: Doctor
Help…Doctor Is Not Accepting Medicare?
UNITED STATES—Hi Toni: This week, I went to see my primary care doctor and his office manager informed me that they are no longer...
UCLA Doctor Sex Abuse Suit Settled For $243 Million
WESTWOOD—The University of California (UC) has agreed to pay $243.6 million to settle allegations from 203 women accusing former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. James Heaps,...
Dr. Heaps Charged With 17 Additional Felony Rape Counts
WESTWOOD—Dr. James M. Heaps, 67, who was already being charged with multiple accusations of rape by his patients, will have an additional 17 charges...
Beverly Hills Doctor Charged With Allegedly Defrauding $52 Million
BEVERLY HILLS—On Thursday, July 2, a Beverly Hills doctor and his girlfriend pleaded not guilty on charges of stealing $52 million in an alleged...
Former Cedars-Sinai ER Doctor Charged With Serial Sexual Assault
BEVERLY HILLS— On Monday, June 29, an emergency room physician who worked at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills pled not guilty on sexual...
Doctor Arrested For Defrauding Health Insurance Companies
WEST HOLLYWOOD—James T. Lee, 71, of West Hollywood, a doctor who specialized in treating HIV patients was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 2....
Doctor Convicted Of Billing Fraud
BEVERLY HILLS—On February 13, Gil Tepper, 59, a workers’ compensation doctor from Beverly Hills pleaded guilty to two felony counts of billing fraud for...
Does Medicare Cover Doctor House Calls?
UNITED STATES—Toni: My 86-year-old mother with Alzheimer’s needs 24-hour care and lives in a local personal care home. She is enrolled in a Medicare...
Time To See The Doctor
UNITED STATES—I will be the first to admit it: I’m terrified of going to the doctor just like so many other Americans! My first...
Oldest Person In The World Dies At 117
ITALY—Italian Supercentenarian Emma Morano, the oldest living human being to date, died at the age of 117 on Saturday, April 15.
Morano reportedly stopped breathing...
Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Sexual Assault
LOS ANGELES—A practicing doctor and surgeon in the San Fernando Valley, Dr. Michael Howard Popkin, was arrested following accusations of sexual assault during office...
Beverly Hills Doctor Nearly Beaten To Death
BEVERLY HILLS—A well-known Beverly Hills surgeon, who once appeared on the talk show “The Doctors,” was nearly beaten to death. According to reports, police are...
Doctor Pleads In Prescription Fraud Scheme
SANTA MONICA—Former Santa Monica doctor Daniel Shin, 50, pleaded no contest in court on August 5 to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Under...
Men Fear The Doctor
UNITED STATES—Someone recently brought to my attention the factoid that women go to the doctor much more than men. And unfortunately I had to...
West Hollywood Doctor Arrested
WEST HOLLYWOOD —A West Hollywood psychiatrist and his office manager could face up to 20 years of jail time for illegally authorizing thousands of...
