Sunday, March 8, 2015

Kudos to Texas Medical Board Who Appears to Have No Problem Diciplining Doctors Who Violate the Rules; here are a few examples regarding prescriptions, false and misleading advertising, etc.

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION/RESTRICTION Green, Ronald Alan, M.D., Lic. No. L6405, Houston On December 10, 2014, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, with notice, the Texas medical license of Ronald Alan Green, M.D., after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately. The Board panel found Dr. Green operated an unregistered pain clinic and improperly supervised a physician assistant who was nontherapeutically prescribing controlled substances to multiple patients. Furthermore, several patients at issue were involved in a criminal investigation relating to obtaining controlled substances for distribution regarding prescriptions obtained at Dr. Green’s clinic. Based on these findings, the panel determined Dr. Green is a continuing threat to both patients and the public. The temporary suspension remains in place until the Board takes further action.


NONTHERAPEUTIC PRESCRIBING Kobs, Darcey Gus, III, M.D., Lic. No. H8180, Bellaire On November 17, 2014, the Board and Darcey Gus Kobs, III, M.D., entered into an Agreed Order on Formal Filing publicly reprimanding Dr. Kobs; suspending Dr. Kobs for three months after which time the suspension will be lifted for the sole purpose of undergoing an assessment by the Knowledge, Skills, Training, Assessment, and Research (KSTAR) program’s Clinical Competency Assessment Program to determine if Dr. Kobs is physically, mentally, and otherwise competent to practice medicine; limiting Dr. Kobs’ practice to pathology; requiring Dr. Kobs to surrender his DEA/DPS controlled substances registration certificates within seven days; prohibiting Dr. Kobs from administering, dispensing, and prescribing controlled substances, and 9 from ordering the administration, dispensing, or prescribing of controlled substances; within one year complete at least 16 hours of CME, divided as follows: eight hours in risk management and eight hours in ethics; and pay an administrative penalty of $5,000 within 60 days. The Board found Dr. Kobs and/or midlevel providers working under Dr. Kobs’ supervision and delegation prescribed medications, including controlled substances, to 18 patients without a legitimate medical purpose; failed to adequately document medical rationale, assessment, and evaluation of the patients and failed to order appropriate diagnostics to support such treatment; failed to follow the Board’s guidelines relating to the treatment of chronic pain; pre-signed blank prescription forms and Dr. Kobs failed to adequately supervise midlevel practitioners working under his supervision. This order resolves a formal complaint filed at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.


VIOLATION OF BOARD RULES McWherter, Joseph Francis, M.D., Lic. No. E8713, Fort Worth On November 7, 2014, the Board and Joseph Francis McWherter, M.D., entered into a Mediated Agreed Order requiring Dr. McWherter to remove the “while avoiding breast cancer” language from his website and provide proof to the Board of such removal within 30 days; within one year complete at least four hours of CME in risk management; and pay an administrative penalty of $1,000 within 60 days. The Board found the following statement on Dr. McWherter’s website had the potential to be false, deceptive, and/or misleading if taken out of context, “[h]is program allows women to experience the life-enhancing benefits of hormonal replacement safely while avoiding breast cancer.” This order resolves a formal complaint filed at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Mercer,

Lloyd Faust, Jr., M.D., Lic. No. G3610, Tyler On November 7, 2014, the Board and Lloyd Faust Mercer, Jr., M.D., entered into an Agreed Order prohibiting Dr. Mercer from treating patients for chronic pain or engaging in the practice of pain management; shall not seek to reinstate DEA/DPS controlled substance registration certificates for Schedules II, III, IIIN, and IV; shall not treat or otherwise serve as a physician for immediate family, and shall not prescribe, dispense, administer or authorize controlled substances or dangerous drugs with addictive potential or potential for abuse to himself or his immediate family; and within one year and three attempts pass the Medical Jurisprudence Exam. The Board found Dr. Mercer failed to adhere to treatment, monitoring, and documentation requirements regarding six chronic pain patients, four of which were his family members. Dr. Mercer’s treatment was not within the standard of care.

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