SOMEBODY'S SITTING DOWN VERY CAREFULLY

The red flags included $60,020 in bills for 85 hemorrhoidectomies Sachakov claimed he had performed on one unfortunate patient in 20 months.

(Thanks to queensbee)

Comments

[Jeff Meyerson]

Maybe he can do Heidi's breast reduction next.

[Meanie the Blue]

Sachakov? Shouldn't he be a urologist instead of a proctologist?

[queensbee]

the story got lots of traction in the nyc media today. snicker, snicker.

[queensbee]

i should have said that this dr. really piled it on. but at least we know who is behind this fraud.
i think he is the real assman.

[Loudmouth]

Guy needs lots more fiber. Billed for more than 24 hours a day. Just another hardworking immigrant. What?? Lawyers do it all the time.

[Loudmouth]

Asstroligist

[Loudmouth]

Asstrologist

[queensbee]

in yiddish we have a word for such people - aside from paskudnyak - (bad guy) he's also quite a hondler - a slick artist. he will be muy popular in the big house.

[oldfatguy]

I am a bit concerned about the picture in the story of the guy smelling his finger. That is disturbing considering his line of work.

[Coconuts]

I'm sure they'll turn the tables on him, so to speak, when he goes to prison.

[bonmot]

So today the blog features, guess what -- tits and ass!

[nursecindy]

Your favorite subjects, bonmot! Back in the good old days when I smoked (anybody got a cigarette?) I remember many, many nights on third shift sitting outside in February with my coworkers sneaking a smoke. The only seating was a concrete bench. If you've ever sat on a cold concrete bench in the middle of winter I guarantee you have never had hemorrhoids. And wtf is a cocoa butter suppository? Also I'm sure there is a lawyer joke in this story somewhere but out of respect for bonmot I won't tell any.

[sandy]

so dr. sachakov was just trying to make ends meet...
in jail someone'll make his end meat.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Ugh...anybody else on this blog a taxpayer? He's operating on your wallet.

[oldfatguy]

NC, I am on my way out the door to have a smoke. Want me to e mail you one? Annie, too many of us taxpayers have had all of our money and our wallets taken by big bro.

[bonmot]

He can repay society by doing the cavity searches in prison.

[nursecindy]

If you wouldn't mind, oldfatguy.

[queensbee]

i quit smoking in 2009 after the coronary. wish i could smoke again, but we know where that led....

[Desertal]

The worst part is they only started investigating after patients complained. Seems like they should have automatic triggers that would spotlight those kinds of things, like the IRS.

Yeah, I know, that isn't funny or witty, but wtf?

[Steve]

Patient: "I won't stand for this! Oh, wait. Maybe I will."

[Ralph]

There's a song about this.

[Allen at Division]

The teaser headline link was "Proctologist Caught With Hand In Patient's Wallets" and I thought, "Hmm. That's different"