Mark Probert
August 13th 03, 11:28 PM
Mark wrote:
> Aside from visual problems that physically impede the flow of (visual)
> information, what does Optometry have to do with learning
> disabilities?
>
> The reason I ask is that in perusing the Yellow Pages for an
> optometrist...long story...I came across an ad for one practice
> stating that in addition to contact lenses and glaucoma screening,
> they also performed comprehensive learning disability testing. A
> quick "google" led to thousands of links to optometrists doing the
> same thing.
>
> The long story: a local optometrist has been sentenced to 10 years in
> prison for bilking Medicare out of thousands by performing unnecessary
> glaucoma tests of patients who had no symptoms of glaucoma...and for
> billing for tests that she had never even performed. Yea, regulation
> and prosecution of criminals!
Here's another criminal that was nabbed:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22barbara+perrin%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
We know the family.
Another one...
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=victor+chehebar&btnG=Search+News
He was a pretty good doctor, just lousy with billing. ;)
BTW, can you say 'disgruntled employee?'
> Aside from visual problems that physically impede the flow of (visual)
> information, what does Optometry have to do with learning
> disabilities?
>
> The reason I ask is that in perusing the Yellow Pages for an
> optometrist...long story...I came across an ad for one practice
> stating that in addition to contact lenses and glaucoma screening,
> they also performed comprehensive learning disability testing. A
> quick "google" led to thousands of links to optometrists doing the
> same thing.
>
> The long story: a local optometrist has been sentenced to 10 years in
> prison for bilking Medicare out of thousands by performing unnecessary
> glaucoma tests of patients who had no symptoms of glaucoma...and for
> billing for tests that she had never even performed. Yea, regulation
> and prosecution of criminals!
Here's another criminal that was nabbed:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22barbara+perrin%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
We know the family.
Another one...
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=victor+chehebar&btnG=Search+News
He was a pretty good doctor, just lousy with billing. ;)
BTW, can you say 'disgruntled employee?'