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← Older posts Newer posts →Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Doctor Discipline-Sexual Relationship with a Former Patient
May 17, 2012On May 17, 2012, First District Appellate Court reversed the discipline of a psychiatrist who had been accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former patient. Michael K. Goldberg of Goldberg Law Group argued the case for the…
Posted in Blog Posts, Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentMEDICARE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS-SHELL COMPANIES LATEST TARGET
February 7, 2012According to recent Chicago Tribune investigation, for fiscal year 2010, “improper payments resulted in $48 billion in losses to the Medicare program, nearly 10 percent of the $526 billion. How much of those payments moved through shell companies remains unclear.…
Posted in Blog Posts, Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentDOCTOR WINS HEARING AT ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
January 3, 2012Goldberg Law Group successfully represented one of its doctor clients who was alleged to have inappropriately touched a patient. The Department wanted to suspend the doctor for years and instead the doctor chose to have a hearing to force the…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentDoctor Sues Medical Group-Suit Sheds Light on How Doctors are Paid
November 15, 2011A doctor is suing Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates Ltd. to recover $220,000 in a case that offers a glimpse into how physicians in large practice groups often are paid. The doctor was part of the nearly 50-doctor Streeterville practice, which…
Posted in Blog Posts, Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a comment1st District of the Illinois Appellate Court affirms Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
November 7, 2011On November 4, 2011, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the decision by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to deny a doctor a license to practice medicine in Illinois. The Department based its decision on a settlement reached…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentPhysician who focuses on the foods we eat
November 3, 2011Dr. Principe two years ago founded WellBeingMD Ltd., a comprehensive medical practice in Palos Heights that integrates traditional medicine with classes on making significant lifestyle changes –– including cooking, yoga, pilates, exercise, acupuncture and massage. His work has garnered praise from some…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentMental Health Centers to Close
November 3, 2011Many relatives of the mental health patients have testified at the Illinois Department of Human Services to protest the closing of medical health centers. Opponents of the closings have said that they fear that without a plan, people who need…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentMedical Records of Deceased Family Members-Pending Bill
October 27, 2011Illinois Senate Bill 1694 is an initiative that creates a procedure and statutory form to allow certain family members to get the medical records of deceased family members without being forced to open an estate. It passed out of the…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentIllinois Doctors’ Legal Challenge to new Billing Law Fails
October 27, 2011he battle over a new state law that prevents some doctors from sticking their patients with bills for services not covered by insurance is shifting to the Illinois General Assembly after a federal judge’s ruling that the statute is constitutional.…
Posted in Doctor Blog Posts | Leave a commentDoctor data bank back online in Illinois
October 21, 2011A database that lets Illinois consumers check the malpractice history of thousands of Illinois doctors and chiropractors went back online today. The database was taken offline last year after the Illinois Supreme Court declared a medical malpractice reform law unconstitutional.…
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