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CShine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:11 PM
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Oregon doctor jailed for billing for sex
PORTLAND, Oregon - An Oregon doctor, who had sex with a patient and then charged the state about $5,000 for his “treatments,” has been jailed for 60 days and stripped of his license, officials said on Friday.

Dr. Randall J. Smith, 50, told the woman that massaging her "trigger points" would ease her pelvic pain. The treatments led to sexual intercourse and Smith billed the Oregon Health Plan for the 45-minute sessions at the Adventist Health Medical Group clinic in Gresham, Ore., near Portland.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5250470/
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:12 PM
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1. ROFL does this fit in the "Nice work if you can get it" category? n/t
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:15 PM
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2. Oh DocTOR!
You just can't make this stuff up ... what an ego he must have. :P
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:27 PM
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3. "Does it hurt when I do THIS?"
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Kinkistyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:38 PM
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4. "Invasive Procedure"
Yeesh, he charges alot! :wow:
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uptown ruler Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:39 PM
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5. what an idiot..
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:45 PM
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6. Who is this woman?
Wow. I'll bet he was a little surprised that line worked.

Never seemed to at the bar...
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 07:55 PM
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7. LOL
"never seemed to at the bar" -- that's funny! :)
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 08:08 PM
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8. Was it the treatment that was wrong ....
or charging for it?
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lucky777 Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 08:35 PM
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9. This reminds me of that Virginia fertility clinic where
all the kids came out looking the guy who ran the clinic. He told these women that the semen came from scientists but he was just jerking off into petri dishes.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 02:45 AM
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18. I always that that case (from VA if I recall) was interesting--if the guy
had looked like Brad Pitt instead of a middle aged shlub he still would've been wrong but I bet there wouldn't have been a tenth the outrage.
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grilled onions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 08:48 PM
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10. doctor!doctor! give me the news
Ah it must have been written as "for services rendered". But is it covered by Blue Cross?
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hightime Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 09:11 PM
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11. The real question is, did the bastard charge her a co-pay.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 09:20 PM
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12. Reminds me of one of the funniest jokes ever
Woman: Doctor, Doctor...kiss me!

Doctor: I'm afraid I can't.

Woman: But please Doctor, please! Why can't you? Please!

Doctor: I...just can't; it would be against my professional ethics. In fact, I shouldn't even be fucking you right now.
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BadGimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 02:43 AM
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17. ROFLMAO
aaaahhhhhhhhhh
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:06 PM
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13. doctors in the victorian era actually performed a similar service
they would manually stimulate the women to orgasm to induce relief from "hysteria".

No joke.

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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:39 AM
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15. One of Hamilton Beach's first products....
Was an electric vibrator, to "relieve Doctors of the drudgery of Hysteria treatments..." and they CHARGED for it back then! Boy, like we've come a long wqay or wahat?

So you thought Frank Zappa invented the line "I poked and I stroked till my wrist got numb, but I still didn't hear no Dynamo Hum...."

From 1902...
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 01:24 AM
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16. wow, and hear I thought nobody would believe my post
you've even provided photographic evidence that advances the story further
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 04:27 PM
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21. That thing looks dangerous
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 05:39 PM
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25. That's what she said.
:rimshot: (I'll be here all week, folks.)
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 11:25 PM
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27. Yes, no 3-wire plug or GFI...
Shocking!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 05:38 PM
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24. Then they fed them Graham Crackers.
:shrug:
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doni_georgia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:11 PM
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14. Ph-D
Prostitute-ho Doctor?

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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 02:46 AM
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19. "Is it really necessary for me to be on all 4's for this exam?"
"Who's the doctor here?"
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 04:28 PM
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22. What do you mean on all 4's?
That's what the stirrups are for.
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testing123 Donating Member (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 03:03 AM
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20. What kind of a Doctor is he?
I didn't know that was one of the courses that they were teaching in med school these days.
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SupportRapeVictims Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 05:02 PM
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23. What a horrible, horrible man
n/t
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 05:45 PM
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26. After $5,000 in billings, seems the patient didn't mind the "treatments"
Edited on Sun Jun-20-04 05:46 PM by TahitiNut
... as much as the insurance company minded the billings. $5,000 sure as hell wasn't for just a couple of sessions; more like 10-20 times, I'd say. :shrug:


I'd also say it gives a whole new meaning to "in-patient services."
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 12:21 AM
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28. "Don't worry. You'll only feel a little prick."
sorry, couldn't resist
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