Doc was sued for malpractice 13 times in Illinois. He's in 'good standing' in Missouri

[TexasTowelie]

Jay Riseman was sued for malpractice 13 times during a 15-year career as a physician and surgeon in Illinois before coming to practice in Kansas City.

According to court records, in one case he failed to remove a catheter from a 68-year-old patient who then got an infection and died. Another case alleged that an infant died after Riseman gave her too much pre-surgery laxative.

The Illinois medical licensing board disciplined Riseman multiple times for medical errors, but that record didn't follow him when he went to work at three of Kansas City's biggest medical institutions. To this day his Missouri license lists him as a physician in good standing with no negative marks.

Riseman was among 500 doctors who have been disciplined in one state but have a clean license in at least one other identified in an investigation recently published by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and the website MedPage Today. The investigation determined there's no reliable national repository of public information on physicians' licenses.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article205352034.html

[dameatball]

1. Does Trump need a Surgeon General?

[Siwsan]

2. I used to see this situation when I credentialed physicians

I worked on a file for one doctor who had been booted out of Canada, yet came here, got licensed, and set up practice. He was a plastic surgeon and had a massive NPDB (National Practitioner Data Bank) file. He'd get into trouble in one state, and move to another. After we booted him, I kept track of his movements, because I was shocked he was able to practice anywhere. He finally lost his license, completely, and was later arrested for practicing medicine with a license.

[Phoenix61]

3. You would think insurance companies

would get a handle on this if for no other reason than to protect their profit margin.