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Friday, 25 September 2009 14:34 |
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Springdale Chiropractor Frazetta
Wants to Give Back
PENNSYLVANIA: When his father died in March, Sebastian Frazetta searched for a way to honor his memory. Frazetta's father, Michael Frazetta, was a World War II veteran. Over the last few years, as Michael Frazetta required more care for dementia, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs covered his health care needs.
Frazetta is a chiropractor with a practice in Springdale. He decided he would honor his father while saying "thank you" to the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Any veteran who returns from Iraq or Afghanistan can receive one month of free chiropractic care at Frazetta Family Chiropractic.
"I want to give back to the veterans because they took care of my dad," said Frazetta.
The idea came to him while he was going through his father's medals, pictures and journals from the war. Michael Frazetta wrote letters to his mother that detailed how great it was where he was stationed and his mother wrote similar letters about home. In reality, Michael Frazetta was in heavy combat in Germany and Italy throughout the war and his mother was very sick at home.
"It got me thinking that there are probably soldiers today doing the same thing," said Frazetta. "It made me wonder what I could do. Then I thought that, in this economy, it will be tough for returning veterans and I didn't want them to sacrifice their health because of costs."
Michael Frazetta was proud of his military experience—he was a staff sergeant in the Army who served overseas from April 1943 to January 1946.
The program will never expire. Any veteran who returns from Iraq or Afghanistan, regardless of when it happens, can take advantage of the free month of care, Sebastian Frazetta said. "It could be five years from now. The important thing is that it will be one month of free care for each soldier. It’s open to anyone who can physically get to my office."
There are no obligations tied to the program. A veteran can come in as many times as he wants during the month.
"My dad would want me to do this," said Frazetta.
Pittsburgh Tribune
Multidisciplinary DC And His Calling
FORT WAYNE, IN: Dr. Peter Jakacki is the true personification of combining chiropractic and allopathic medicine. First trained as a chiropractor and working in the field for 6 1/2 years, Jakacki then went to IU School of Medicine. He and another chiropractor admitted the same year were the first chiropractors the school had ever admitted. Four years later, Jakacki graduated first in the class, the other chiropractor second.
Both areas of medical practice were God's leading, he said, maintaining, "God didn't lead me to do this to shed one for the other." At age 47 he's doing what he loves: delivering babies; treating ear infections; counseling patients on diet and nutrition; and doing chiropractic adjustments to pregnant women, factory laborers and growing children. Between stitching cuts and well-baby checks, "I still adjust 10 to 15 people a day," he said.
He may do an adjustment on a hospital patient who has been in bed for days. The standard treatment is to "medicate them with pain meds, or to ignore it. It's nice to be able to adjust or work on someone's back, work out the knots, work out the neck and face, to alleviate their headache manually when otherwise you wouldn't be able to." he said. Pregnant women get out of alignment due to the growing baby and hormonal changes on muscles and ligaments. A day after a woman delivers, he usually adjusts the mother.
Chiropractic has its place – and its limits, he said, noting, "I've had cases in which if I wasn't able to intervene using the right medicine, the right medical intervention, the baby would have died. I'm thankful every day I have those medical tools available."
Jakacki says, "There is a … move and education of the public to push toward natural and holistic health care. The move toward integrative medicine will have to originate with the people. If it's not demanded by the people, medicine will not do it".
Source: Fortwayne.com
Judge Reserves Decision On Chiropractic Lawsuit
EDMONTON, CANADA: A judge has reserved decision on a motion by the Alberta government to be dropped as a defendant in a proposed class-action lawsuit over chiropractic care.
A government spokesman says the lawsuit offers no reason why Alberta has been included as a defendant, so lawyers argued that there is no reason to continue against the province. The claim by Sandra Nette also names chiropractor Gregory John Stiles and the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors.
The lawsuit alleges that adjustments to Nette's upper neck ruptured arteries, which in turn disrupted blood flow to her brain and caused several paralyzing strokes. Her lawyer, Philip Tinkler, says the government can't just wash its hands of the matter.
He suggests the province should actually be speaking out against the type of chiropractic treatment that he claims left Nette paralysed.
Source The Canadian Press/Edmonton/iNews880.com.
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Sunday, 23 August 2009 10:03 |
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Federal Lawsuit Regarding Alleged False Claims Dismissed against Axiom and All Defendants!
FLORIDA: On May 20, 2009, United States District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington dismissed, with prejudice, the lawsuit styled United States of America ex rel., Greg Westfall and Suzanne Westfall vs. Axiom Worldwide, Inc.; Axiom Worldwide, LLC; James J. Gibson, Jr.; Nicholas Exarhos; Timothy Exarhos; Peer Review Network, Inc.; Case No. 8:06–CV–571–T–33TBM. The lawsuit, filed by Greg and Suzanne Westfall on behalf of the United States under the federal False Claims Act, had been pending in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, since 2006.
Lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act are commonly referred to as "qui tam" suits.
Greg Westfall is a former independent sales representative for Axiom Worldwide, and Suzanne Westfall, his wife, served as his assistant. In their complaint, the Westfalls alleged that Axiom’s DRX devices are mechanical traction devices, and that Axiom and others devised a sales scheme to promote the sale of the Axiom products by knowingly, falsely, and fraudulently using misleading representations to physicians, which they knew would cause physicians to submit false and fraudulent claims for payment to Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for services rendered with Axiom’s devices.
The Westfalls filed their original sealed complaint on April 5, 2006. A search warrant was executed upon Axiom’s corporate headquarters on March 8, 2007, and the case was subsequently unsealed. Later that year, on August 3, 2007, the United States declined to intervene in the lawsuit. As a result, Axiom Worldwide filed a motion on February 19, 2008, to dismiss the complaint with prejudice. The very next day, the Westfalls and their attorneys filed a motion to amend their original complaint, which was granted. On March 31, 2008, the Westfalls filed their first amended complaint with the Court. In response to the content of the Westfall’s amended complaint, Axiom again filed a motion to dismiss on June 10, 2008.
On March 20, 2009, the court dismissed the first amended complaint without prejudice, noting, "Reading the first amended complaint carefully, this court was not able to connect with any certainty the numerous allegations with the individual defendants." On April 6, 2009, the Westfalls filed a second amended complaint containing nineteen counts against the defendants. Once again, and in response to the content of the Westfalls’ second amended complaint, Axiom filed a motion to dismiss, and on May 20, 2009, the Court granted Axiom’s motion to dismiss with prejudice. A dismissal with prejudice closes the case, unless the Court’s decision is appealed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal and the decision is reversed.
In its conclusion, the Court wrote, "[t]his court roundly refuses to open the door to discovery and litigation when, after three attempts, Relators failed to file a complaint in compliance with Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Thus, upon due consideration, this Court dismisses this case with prejudice." To view the Court’s order in its entirety, visit www.AxiomWorldwide.com.
Axiom Worldwide
U.S. House of Representatives Approves Expanded Armed Forces Access to Chiropractic, Overseas Demonstration Project
VIRGINIA: The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a directive that orders the Pentagon to make chiropractic care a standard benefit for all active duty military personnel. The legislation is contained in HR 2647, a bill authorizing defense programs in fiscal year 2010, and is based in part on recommendations from the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC).
The bill—passed by the full House on June 25—also contains language allowing for chiropractic demonstration projects at overseas military locations and clarifies that chiropractic care at U.S. military facilities is to be performed only by a doctor of chiropractic.
"When signed into law, this legislation will pave the way for expanded access within the military health care system to the critical services offered by doctors of chiropractic—both stateside and overseas," said ACA President Glenn Manceaux, DC. "ACA leaders are dedicated to this effort and will settle for nothing less than full access to chiropractic."
In 2008, the House passed similar language in the form of HR 5658; however, that provision was not included in the Senate version of the bill.
To date, there is a doctor of chiropractic at 49 military bases around the country; however, according to a 2005 Government Accountability Office report, only 54 percent of servicemen and women eligible for chiropractic care can reasonably access the benefit.
This latest development comes on the heels of an announcement by TRICARE that, beginning this fall, 11 additional military hospitals and clinics will provide access to chiropractic services for active duty military members, including facilities in Germany and Okinawa, Japan.
ACA members and other doctors of chiropractic with questions should e-mail
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 16:44 |
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CANADA: The Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors (ACAC) has refused Randall Pickett’s application for annual renewal of his practice permit. Mr. Pickett is no longer entitled to practice chiropractic in Alberta.
The Redcliffe, Alberta, chiropractor’s application was refused following his conviction on four charges of sexual assault associated with his practice of chiropractic. "The decision to not renew Mr. Pickett’s practice permit was based on our mandate of protection of the public," said ACAC registrar, Dr. Brian Gushaty.
The ACAC regulates the chiropractic profession in Alberta under the Health Professions Act and is committed to protecting the public, ensuring accountability and improving Albertans’ health and well-being.
Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors
CALIFORNIA: On August 8, an Anaheim chiropractor was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting four female patients who were injured in car accidents. Chi Van Pham, 43, of Yorba Linda didn’t react as he was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Donahue, who rejected his bid for a probation-only sentence because Pham abused a position of trust. The judge also noted that most of the victims—all who came to Pham’s office between 2003 and 2005—were "very emotional and disturbed." In June, a jury convicted Pham of four counts of sexual battery by fraud and two misdemeanor counts of battery regarding his treatment of four women. One victim was 13 when Pham inappropriately touched and kissed her, authorities said.
The Orange County Register
WASHINGTON: Fun fact: The most amusing roadside signs are usually at churches, car washes and chiropractic offices. Here’s a case in point, a simple pledge from Martha Lake Chiropractic near Mill Creek: "The Wizard’s of ‘Ahhhhhs.’"
HeraldNet
NEW JERSEY: A Dominican national charged with staging fake car crashes returned to the United States thinking eight years was long enough to make Hudson County forget him, but he was arrested after landing at Kennedy Airport in New York, officials said. "I would say he is surprised," said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Zevits of Francisco Madera, 34, formerly of Park Avenue in Union City, who was arraigned in late July.
In 2000, Madera was charged in four separate indictments with offenses including health care claim fraud, conspiracy, theft by deception, attempted theft, and unsworn falsification, Zevits said.
"He got wind of the indictments and fled to the Dominican Republic when he knew it was getting too hot (here)," Zevits said.
Madera flew from the Dominican Republic to Kennedy Airport on July 10 and when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials checked his green card they found the four open warrants from Hudson County.
In a complex scam, Madera is charged with recruiting people to participate in the car crashes, Zevits said. He gave them instruction on a city and intersection where to collide, Zevits said, adding that the participants would go to the emergency room by ambulance after the crash, complaining of neck, shoulder, back or other injuries.
The fake victims would also agree to go to a chiropractor for 12 to 20 visits afterward, Zevits said, adding that insurance companies would pay for the visits and the chiropractor would give a cut to Madera. The crash participants would be paid $200 to $500 for their roles, Zevits said.
The Jersey Journal
DELAWARE: A Marion chiropractor has been sentenced to federal prison time in a multimillion-dollar marijuana smuggling ring that used a Delaware building as a waypoint. And another chiropractor has pleaded to his role and is awaiting sentencing. Federal authorities said the group moved thousands of pounds of high-grade "B.C. Bud" marijuana from Canada to Chicago where it was sold or continued on to the East Coast.
In July, Marion chiropractor Jeff Kopp, 53, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison followed by another five years of supervised release. He had been facing more than ten years behind bars.
His acquaintance, Michael Breneman, 55, of Maquoketa, also pleaded and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 8.
Records obtained by The Courier indicate the Iowa and Chicago operation was a hub of a larger ring based in Canada and Washington state with links to the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
Documents detail a sophisticated operation that brought pot across the northern border hidden in semi trucks equipped with secret compartments, in hollowed out logs and even in a propane tanker.
The group employed couriers to move drugs and bundles of cash around the country and workers to count money. There was even an insurance plan in case authorities intercepted a shipment of contraband.
During a three-year investigation, federal agents arrested 38 people and seized 7,000 pounds of marijuana, 1,300 pounds of cocaine and more than $3.5 million in cash connected with the group.
Both Kopp and Breneman had been chiropractors in Washington state before returning to Iowa.
The Courier
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