Posted on 02/19/2011 12:20:24 PM PST by rhema
[Madison, WI] As tens of thousands of public employees skipped work this week to attend protest rallies outside the Wisconsin State Capitol, many wondered if they would face any disciplinary action for unexcused absences.
On Saturday, a group of men and women in lab coats purporting to be doctors were handing out medical excuse notes, without examining the ‘patients.’
“I asked this doctor what he was doing and he told me they were handing out excuses to people who were feeling sick due to emotional, mental or financial distress,” said Christian Hartsock. “They never performed an exam–he asked me how I was feeling today and I said I’m from California and I’m not used to the cold, so he handed me a note.”
Another woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said they were handing out excuses like they were leaflets.
“I asked if they were handing out doctors’ excuses and a guy said yes and asked me if I needed one,” she said. “When I told them I needed one for February 16 and 17th, he wondered if I wanted to come back here for the protests next week.”
What happened next?
“I said, ‘sure,’ and I received a doctor’s note for the 16th through the 25th of February, without a medical exam.”
The notes read
Feb 19, 2011
Patient’s name______
Date of birth ____/_____/_____
To Whom it May Concern:
This is confirm I have seen and evaluated the above named patient.
Please excuse from work/school due to a medical condition from
____/____/____ through
Please contact me at badgerdoctors@gmail.com if additional information is needed. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Physician Signature:
Physician Name
WI license number
Based on an examination of the signature and medical license number provided, one of the men handing out these notes was purporting to be James H Shropshire MD, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University Wisconsin Madison.
At this time, MacIver News Service is attempting to contact Dr. Shropshire to see if indeed he was the one handing out the notes on the Capitol Square.
Is this like a hall pass? I think that would be against the law, handing in false Doctor Documents!
Absolutely!
The last four letters in the doctor’s name are E-V-I-L. You can’t make this stuff up.
It sure looks like Hannah Keevil in that vid.
There is no “L”. The ‘h’ at the end of Hannah is what looks like an L. As far as I can tell, there is no middle initial in that signature.
MacIverInstitute: Wis Doctors Hand Out Fake Excuses to Protesters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFbMDp5Pg8&feature=channel
The website lists the medical insurance companies this "doctor" accepts. Maybe the insurance companies should be made aware of the doctor's questionable activities:
PersonalCare Insurance of Illinois
Great West Healthcare
Aetna
Cigna
Humana
Multiplan
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
First Health Network
I wonder if these insurance companies accept complaints concerning doctors they do business with?
I wonder if the person doling out the notes was the actual practioner in question.
And these “teachers” dare discipline a student!?
Never shall any child of mine attend a public school!
I am ashamed that I did!
Notice in the MacIverInstitute video that one doctor is trying to scare the interviewer off with some legaleze about doctor-patient privacy ...even though he’s “examining” his patients on a street corner in the middle of a gigantic demonstration. Know your enemy.
I can’t believe that jackass is actually trying to use privacy laws as cover when he is standing in public openly committing fraud in full view of anyone who happens to walk by.
I have read they promised to be back in school on Tuesday.
This makes me think they will be out much longer
Poor kids will celebrate July 4th in school
Ha, you got it. I’m too slow. LOL.
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/images/stills/Micke_Bernard_290.jpg
Bernard F. Micke, MD
Center for Global Health
Office Address
26 N Prospect
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 233-9217
Hospital Affiliations
Meriter Hospital
Governor Walker needs to commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth by handling this situation the way he would: FIRE THEM ALL!!!
What they need is people from the state handing out real pink slips. 50% of teachers and 75% of school administrators are completely unnecessary. Those who produce will produce absent of all this Bolshevik rhetoric. Government workers are not more equal. Uncertainty of job future is a known motivator.
HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.
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Only a fool would claim HIPPA standing on a freaking street corner handing out FAKE sick notes for protesting teachers.
This is how liberals use the laws, they make up rules as the go.
Absolutely positively
There will be blowback on this one...
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