Submitted by Aggravating_Foot_528 t3_12038n4 in pittsburgh
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Live_Yourdreams t1_jdflsav wrote
Yep, that's him.
Der_Missionar t1_jdhxnqj wrote
"Prosecutors cited two instances in which they said people lost limbs because of Luketich’s actions."
Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdtdaea wrote
Well, they still had 3 others.
Advanced_Fun_1851 t1_jdicbb0 wrote
That's fairly common practice, the issue was moreso the people left in the room were not the usual qualified people to do so and also the amount of time spent outside of the OR resulting in longer anaesthesia thus higher risk to patients etc. UPMC patients sign an agreement which contains acknowledgment that the surgeon may/will perform other surgeries during theirs. The legality surrounding this agreement and the specific length of time etc was a main point of contention in this case and one of the factors that kept this case from going class action
Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdfha9m wrote
> The government office that fights Medicare fraud has put UPMC and one of its star surgeons on a “high-risk” list after determining that they pose a “significant risk to federal health care programs and beneficiaries.”
> U.S. officials took the action after Pittsburgh’s multi-billion-dollar health system settled a sweeping Medicare fraud case last month — but rejected signing an agreement that would put it or its renowned doctor under extra government oversight.
Well, that's ballsy.
zipcad t1_jdh9b1b wrote
UPMC broke the cardinal rule. Don’t steal from someone more wealthy than you.
lucabrasi999 t1_jdfvcjp wrote
B..b..but UPMC is non-profit!! That means they are good, right?
Right?
Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_jdfxp5b wrote
No, they're health experts. Which means you have to trust them. No profit motives in this industry.
goofypugs t1_jdgis9t wrote
believe you dropped this /s
lucabrasi999 t1_jdfy42c wrote
“profit” <> “excess revenue”
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Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdihz6a wrote
> It was the banging of residents in the parking lot
I thought he has chronic back pain that requires opioids? At least that's what was said in court.
Badboysrisri t1_jditc75 wrote
Excuse me? ……. My PM is open feel free to share more.
No-Vanilla-5433 t1_jdjve2l wrote
Wait that wasn’t in any of the articles? I’ve been following this story VERY closely.
BonsaiSoul t1_jdijc6f wrote
Why isn't this person in prison? They're threatening to punish thousands of innocent people by breaking medicaire and medicaid, but the person who actually did wrong gets a strongly worded letter for a federal crime.
Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdim9nu wrote
It's a civil procedure
BonsaiSoul t1_jdims87 wrote
A civil proceeding is not what happens when people low enough income to need medicare commit fraud(and mayhem and probably sexual assault by the sounds of it, what an absolute psycho) just when a rich person does it I guess
JustTryingMyBestWPA t1_jdk4xr9 wrote
So does this mean that he can continue to run multiple surgeries at one time, in different buildings? Since UPMC didn't agree to sign an oversight agreement?
Equivalent_Alps_8321 t1_jdkha2t wrote
surgeon name?
Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdkhexc wrote
Click the link or read the other comments.
It's in the article multiple times and also in the other comments multiple times.
MuchAd3273 t1_jdg8kjq wrote
Frankly, as a UPMC For Life Complete Care member, the only people to lose will be us insurance members. The government is poking the bear. What would they like us to do If they kick UPMC out of Medicare?
Go to Death Trap General on the Northside and try and find new doctors and get new Prior Auths for all of our medications while Highmark continues to be unable to market a profitable product?
Highmark is out of Network and we don't want to go there anyways.
We like UPMC.
If I needed surgery, I would feel completely comfortable having Luketich perform it.
It really seems as though the two lovebird surgeons took revenge for him exposing their tryst.
What I don't understand is that Pennsylvania is a two party consent state. How are they not being prosecuted for recording Luketich's private conversations with his doctor and why would the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix hire both of them with the scandal and illegal act hanging over their heads?
goofypugs t1_jdgj24a wrote
you’re seriously defending an organization that treats its workers like shit and treats you like a product that needs to be quantified and marketed to??
AndyHenry t1_jdgksyr wrote
Didn’t you hear him? The hospital whose board of directors is still run by actual MDs is death trap general.
Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jdgyhwe wrote
they can be kicked out of medicare AND medicaid. That's probably at least 50% of their payers. Will it happen? No. but did they poke the bear by refusing to sign this? yes.
mysecondaccountanon t1_jdiawwk wrote
Hi Luketich’s burner account! /hj
Der_Missionar t1_jdhxyoa wrote
The dude who's actions resulted in 2 people literally losing limbs?
Your defending.... this?
You deserve every down vote you're getting.
HonBurgher t1_jdijrbp wrote
The tape of Dr. Luketich's conversation about suboxone is still in litigation over whether it was illegal or not and whether there could be an "expectation of privacy" in the room where the talk happened, but it was ultimately irrelevant to the question of whether he violated the law/regulations by billing the government for surgeries when he was shuttling among them. He even tried to use the tape to keep the whistleblower from getting a share of the settlement, but was denied by a judge who said it had nothing to do with the case that settled.
xofireflyox t1_jdi3asb wrote
That’s on UPMC for not following government guidelines for Medicare and Medicaid and committing literal healthcare fraud. Unfortunately yes the patients suffer the most but that’s due to UPMC’s selfishness and greed, not the OIG doing their job.
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Advanced_Fun_1851 t1_jdicxfw wrote
Look into some of the shadiness and investigations into the clinic who hired them
BackmarkerLife t1_jdfkc75 wrote
Is this the surgeon that was running multiple surgeries at the same time?