Rather than run separate summaries on the various misdeeds, here’s a roundup:
- Broward pediatrician Scott Becker pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy stemming from a pain clinic, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Becker allegedly wrote oxycodone prescriptions for most of the patients he saw in 2010 at All Pain Management.
- Miami psychiatrist Roger Rousseau and six therapists have been accused of bilking $63 million from Medicare while working at a mental-health clinic, according to the Miami Herald. Rousseau served as medical director of Health Care Solutions Network in Florida.
- Dr. Andrea Thorpe in Daytona Beach has been sued by the mother of a 4-year-old girl, who alleges that the physician failed in numerous exams over 18 months to diagnose retinoblastoma, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. The child lost her right eye, the suit says.
- Dr. Homer L. Kirkpatrick, who voluntarily relinquished his Florida medical license nearly 20 years ago amid accusations that he took sexual advantage of HIV-positive patients in Miami, has been convicted of forcible sodomy in Virginia, Miami New Times reports.