And In Our "No Corner In Hell Hot Enough" Department.....

[Lord Jim]

This guy deserves a seat right next to that judge who was sending kids to juvenile jail in exchange for cash:

Medicare Fraud Horror: Cancer Doctor Indicted for Billing Unnecessary Chemo

Michigan oncologist Farid Fata allegedly squeezed profits out of patients by prescribing unneeded treatments and inventing diagnoses

Undergoing chemotherapy when you have cancer can be a terrible experience. Undergoing chemotherapy unnecessarily when you don’t have cancer is worse.

That’s what happened to some patients of a Detroit-area oncologist, according to federal investigators, who say the physician netted millions of dollars from Medicare by needlessly treating people for various ailments, including cancer. Indicted Wednesday on a charge of Medicare fraud, Dr. Farid Fata is being held in a Detroit jail on $9 million bond.

Read more: http://nation.time.com/2013/08/15/medic ... z2cBLGkBUa

[Crackpot]

I was seeing him for a while.

[Lord Jim]

I imagine your suspicions were aroused when he told you you needed a hysterectomy...

[Crackpot]

Actually he was perfectly professional with me. I had some enlarged lymph nodes we kept track of them for a few years they got progressively smaller a few yearly exams and that was it.

[Crackpot]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/us/michig ... sentenced/

[Crackpot]

After hearing what this guy did I wonder how I escaped his scheme. The only thing I keep coming back to is the fact that my wife is an NP and therefore I would have been too big of a risk of being caught.

Having this sort of thing hit so close to home really makes you think.

[MajGenl.Meade]

"I have violated the Hippocratic oath and violated the trust of my patients," Fata said . . . "I do not know how I can heal the wound . . ."

He later reconsidered and recommended that the aggrieved patients undergo several courses of chemotherapy which he would be pleased to supervise during prison visits.

[Lord Jim]

"I have violated the Hippocratic oath and violated the trust of my patients," Fata said, according to CNN affiliate WDIV. "I do not know how I can heal the wound. I do not know how to express the sorrow and the shame."

I think I know a way you might be able to do it, "Dr" Fata...

You're 50 years old; technically you could be eligible for parole after serving 2/3 of your 45 year sentence, and get out at 80...


Why spend your life in such misery...

Surely you can manipulate someone into giving you the Hermann Göring way out...



Just chomp down on one cyanide capsule...

[oldr_n_wsr]

I think death by arsenic is more painful.

[RayThom]

Dr. Fata's "Hypocritical" oath. I'm betting he was a big fan of Dr. Josef Mengele. I wish I had a stronger belief in karma and Hell. I'd like to see this guy suffer the same physical and mental anguish he inflicted on his unsuspecting victims.

[Big RR]

I would think the spending of the rest of his life (or most of it) would be a far better punishment than a quick death; and he would learn how to feel the anger and shame quite well during that time as well.

[wesw]

I didn t support torture of the terrorists and I don t support it for criminals. a bullet, maybe. torture never.

[Big RR]

I agree; I'm not suggesting torture, only that living the rest of his life behind bars with little to do except reflect on his crimes might well teach him real sorrow and shame (sorry I posted anger before in error).

[Sue U]

Let me have just one of the malpractice cases; I could totally help him with the sorrow and shame part.

[Big RR]

Sue--my guess is that there is no money to collect for malpractice; somehow this sort always gets rid of the money before they are prosecuted. but it's nice of you to offer to help.

[wesw]

RR, I didn t think that you were suggesting torture, I thought that ray thom was.

[rubato]

He confessed, apologized, and is saying that he should try to make restitution.


That is so surprising.


He made a lot of money, so he could have used it to buy a lawyer to get him off. And didn't. So whatever money he has can be used for restitution without giving most of it to his and the victims lawyer(s). That's probably why SueU is so bitter.

yrs,
rubato

[Crackpot]

Uhh not really he had to pay back the fraud leaving the victims SOL

[RayThom]

RR, I didn't think that you were suggesting torture, I thought that RayThom was.

Nope... only saying that if karma was more than a concept, or if Hell truly existed, the good doctor might get a taste of either or both. Because they are merely abstract and metaphysical states of suffering, Fata will only experience the punishment handed down by our court of law. How he handles his fate is totally on him... nothing I say or do is relative.

[Big RR]

He confessed, apologized, and is saying that he should try to make restitution.


That is so surprising.


He made a lot of money, so he could have used it to buy a lawyer to get him off. And didn't. So whatever money he has can be used for restitution without giving most of it to his and the victims lawyer(s). That's probably why SueU is so bitter.

yrs,
rubato

Well if he's legitimately apologizing and agreeing to make restitution, then good for him (not that it should make a difference at all top his prosecution). But it doesn't appear he has any money to pay the victims or their lawyers or even post a bail bond (as he's still in prison). It's pretty easy to say you'll make restitution when you have no money at risk.

As for paying the victim's lawyers, if he does have funds he won't voluntarily pay to compensate the victims (which is what prompts a lawsuit), why shouldn't the lawyers be paid for the services in forcing him to do so? Most of the money paid in most lawsuits goes to the victim.