Buried deep in a federal database is Practitioner No. 222117, perhaps the most frequently disciplined doctor in America.<\/p>\n
This doctor has been accused of violating drug laws, prescribing unauthorized medications, providing substandard care and obtaining licenses through fraud.<\/p>\n
From 2002 through 2006, 20 states and the District of Columbia revoked or suspended No. 222117\u2019s medical licenses. Two professional societies took away the doctor\u2019s memberships. The Department of Health and Human Services banned the doctor from billing Medicare and Medicaid. And the Drug Enforcement Administration revoked the doctor\u2019s permit to prescribe controlled drugs. For most of these years, the doctor\u2019s home base was Missouri.<\/p>\n
But who is this doctor? And is he or she still practicing? We don\u2019t know. The federal government won\u2019t say. And it won\u2019t even let reporters or anyone else investigate to find out.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buried deep in a federal database is Practitioner No. 222117, perhaps the most frequently disciplined doctor in America. This doctor has been accused of violating drug laws, prescribing unauthorized medications, <\/p>\n