Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Dr. Qamar; Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence.
Approximately 2 years ago, I placed a post on TOTV suggesting that people avoid seeing a particular cardiologist doing business in The Villages (and elsewhere) who was performing unnecessary procedures. I described the operation, but was reluctant to disclose his name (due to liability concerns). I received several replies to this post, many of which were critical of my perceptions. Tonight on local channel 9, WFTV in Orlando, Dr. Asad Qamar was highlighted as being sued by attorney John Kroner (out of Miami) by a "whistleblower" client. The suit is a multi-million dollar one, claiming Medicare fraud and the performing of multiple unnecessary and life-threatening procedures on patients. The report stated that in 2012, (the year my husband was "treated"..who by the way, has NO cardiac condition of any kind), Dr. Qamar took in over $18,000,000 from Medicare, making him the highest paid cardiologist in the nation. My husband is still having side effects from an unnecessary cardiac cath that was performed by this "doctor". I am putting this post up for public awareness. Thank you. Be aware.
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I recall your former post and am happy you're finally able to reveal the name. I read the article about Dr. Qamar today in the Daily Sun and also several other sources on line. My husband was seeing one of the internists in that practice until recently, though not for cardiology.
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Did I hear them say on TV news last night that he was the highest earning cardiologist in the whole country?????? Am I right on that?
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Dr. Qamar collected $18 million in 2012, according to the DOJ investigation, the second highest in the country. This according to the on-line news.
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Yes, that's correct, as far as Medicare payments. The highest paid doctor at $21 million for 2012 is an ophthalmologist, also practicing in Florida.
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Gotta pay for all those multi full page ads in all the local spiffy magazines somehow.
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The optomologist was Dr Salomon Melgen from West Palm. I don't believe he has practiced in the villages, but may be wrong.
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Do these doctors come from other countries to fleece us?
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GG - IMO, they come from different cultures. In some, ethics are not what we would wish for. I know this is not PC. The good side is that I have a couple of physicians who are not from the US, but have trained here and are absolutely first rate. On the other hand, there are others who are not.
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Some MDs and medical groups have figured out how to manipulate the system to their financial advantage. My oldest friend, an OB/GYN, absolutely hated the pressure she was under by her employer to see as many patients and do as many procedures as possible. She worked for a hospital system and reported not to another MD, but to a business type who was only interested in her "productivity metrics". She ended up taking early retirement to save her sanity. The Mayo Clinic model, which rewards MDs based on outcomes instead of "productivity metrics", is so much better. I would like to see it everywhere.
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Well the Mayo clinic local facilities are not what you think. They move into an area, market and establish a preliminary presence and largely recruit non-Mayo docs for the new facility. That is their model for expansion. They market their name but not what you necessarily expect.
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Q: Why has this "Dr." Qamar billed and abused our tax-funded Medicare system like a charlatan?
A: Because he COULD. CMS has known for a long time what this guy was/is doing. And there are many other crooks billing Medicare just like he does across across the country. The magnitude of this abuse of taxpayer-funded public health insurance is so huge that to me, it is absurd to want this same monstrous type of system across the board for everyone to be under a government single payer system! Consider: Health Policy Briefs … |
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On another note in reference to your post, up North, the husband of my closest friend is an ER doctor in a mid-sized community hospital. He has been brought in on the carpet (and in fact, threatened with loss of employment) because he was judged to be too thorough, and thus, not turning patients over fast enough. Because the hospital is urban, many of the patients who come in are drug seeking. My friend's husband was told repeatedly not to waste time checking the drug registries, but to give the patients a short supply of narcotics and get them out of there. I realize this is an entirely different scenerio from the Qamar deal, but reflects some of the pressures that undermine a functional health care system. |
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When is somebody in charge going to admit that for every fraudulent billion dollars squandered, it's a billion that did NOT get used to pay for those who need the insurance, and it's another billion that the shrinking taxpayer base will have taken out of its hide AGAIN?? |
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