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News Story
3/11/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Dozens of bereaved parents whose children died from pain-medication overdoses told state legislators Monday that the California Medical Board is failing to protect the public from so-called "dirty doctors" who overprescribe addictive drugs, especially to young adults.
Their reports of a growing epidemic in California mirror national...
News Story
3/11/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
State lawmakers took a close look at the Medical Board of California Monday—and whether it’s doing enough to police doctors who freely prescribe painkillers
A recent L.A. Times investigation found that the Medical Board took so long to investigate doctors suspected of prescription abuse that 30 of their patients died while the...
News Story
3/11/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
A bureaucratic hearing in Sacramento took an emotional Monday morning, as parent after parent told state legislators how their children died from overdosing on prescription drugs.
The parents who testified during the Medical Board of California’s “sunset review” hearing all said the agency should do more to crack down on doctors...
News Story
3/11/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
A former meth user who was convicted on federal criminal charges for drug dealing will be treating California patients again within a year under an agreement recently announced by the California Medical Board. Pilots, lawyers or professional athletes would have lost their jobs for life. California's physician-controlled medical board, however...
Blog Post
3/10/2013
Posted by Daniel Palay
Is patient safety really a laughing matter? California Medical Board member Dr. Silvia Diego (see video below) seems to think so. Dr. Diego literally laughs during the October medical board meeting at the notion of doctors paying a modest increase in physician license fees to fund better policing of overprescribing physicians.
If you think...
Video
3/10/2013
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court, families of lost loved ones and the public are calling for a new medical oversight board - composed predominantly of the public, rather than physicians - in order to crack down on patients who doctor-shop, as well as doctors who over-prescribe.
Video
3/9/2013
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Lawmakers, consumer advocates and affected families come together to call for changes in how doctors are disciplined for over-prescribing dangerous drugs. During a rally at the Capitol, speakers called for changes in how the state medical board handles complaints about doctors.
Blog Post
2/8/2013
Posted by Jamie Court
It’s outrageous. A methamphetamine user convicted of a federal felony for drug dealing just won the right to treat patients again in one year.
Pilots would be grounded for life. Lawyers would lose their license forever. Doctors that use and deal drugs, like Nathan Kuemmerle, face little discipline or deterrence. That has...
News Story
2/8/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Should California's doctors be drug tested? "Yes," say Consumer Watchdog."
The non-profit group is calling for mandatory drug testing for physicians in California.
The push comes in response to news reports about doctors who over-prescribe painkillers like Vicodin.
A recent series in the LA Times identified a number of doctors...
News Story
2/7/2013
Posted by Mark Reback
Consumer Watchdog says reforms are needed to reduce the rising number of prescription drug overdoses and to rein in incompetent and corrupt physicians.
A consumer advocacy group Wednesday called for new laws to improve the state's monitoring of doctors who prescribe dangerous narcotics.
Consumer Watchdog said reforms were needed to reduce...
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