LLMD Dr. Joseph Jemsek filed for bankruptcy ....Awwwwww
- From: "Buc Nasty" <chuckadams05@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 Nov 2006 06:25:06 -0800
I posted this on LymeNut also:
Clinic debt prompts bankruptcy filing
Lyme disease specialist's office owes at least $2 million, records show
KAREN GARLOCH
kgarloch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dr. Joseph Jemsek, who was disciplined by the N.C. Medical Board this
summer for his unorthodox diagnoses and treatment of Lyme disease,
filed for bankruptcy last week on behalf of his Huntersville clinic.
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows the Jemsek Clinic, recently renamed
Jemsek Specialty Clinic, to operate while restructuring its debt.
"For 27 years, I have been focused on patient care, and that focus will
not change," Jemsek said in a news release.
Federal court documents show the clinic owes more than $2 million to
its top 20 creditors, including about $22,000 to the Mecklenburg County
tax collector, $1.2 million to Scottish Bank and $716,000 to First
Citizens Bank. Bankruptcy law gives the clinic 120 days to file a
reorganization plan.
Meanwhile, Jemsek, an infectious disease specialist, has reduced his
staff. Two HIV/AIDS specialists who joined the clinic this year, Drs.
Octavio Cieza and Frederick Cruickshank, have left to start their own
Huntersville practice, Rosedale Infectious Diseases.
Most insurance companies terminated their contracts with Jemsek Clinic
either at the time of the July board hearing or afterward, according to
Jemsek's spokeswoman Joyce Poole. Patients must now pay out of pocket
at the time of service, then apply to their insurance company for
reimbursement.
Jemsek, who has been a leader in HIV/AIDS treatment, has decided to
focus his practice on Lyme disease and associated illnesses, Poole
said.
In July, the state medical board imposed restrictions on Jemsek's Lyme
disease practice but allowed him to continue seeing patients.
During a public hearing, several witnesses testified that Jemsek
misdiagnosed them with the tick-borne illness and treated them with
intravenous antibiotics for many months without telling them the
treatment exceeded the standard.
The board requires that his patients sign consent forms explaining that
they understand his treatment differs from that of most N.C. doctors.
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