Yet another American Stakhanovite punished by the federal government for working hard! UD has followed many of these on this blog over the years – doctors whose daily caseloads beggar belief, and what do they get?
A wildly popular physician whose willingness to go above and beyond for his patients was well-known locally, Orusa is now looking at decades in prison. This is a man who even finds ways to treat non-compliant patients.
Trial testimony from former employees and patients described a standing-room-only lobby area at Orusa’s clinic. Patients with insurance coverage were forced to visit the clinic four to six times a month and undergo cortisone shots to receive pain medication and Orusa threatened to withhold pain management prescriptions from those who refused the injections… Cash-paying patients generally were not required to accept injections in order to receive prescriptions. Due to the excessive number of controlled substance prescriptions, Walmart and CVS pharmacies refused to fill prescriptions written by Orusa.
It seems like piling on to point out Orusa is a man of God, “the pastor at God’s Sanctuary Church International,” but UD really wants you to get a sense of the vile reach of the federal government.