The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners has allowed Mark Kabins, MD, a surgeon from Las Vegas, to keep his medical license after he pleaded guilty last year to his role in a fraud scheme, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal news report.
In 2007, a fraud case emerged amidst allegations that a network of local physicians and attorneys "cheated clients out of honest services" by working to protect physicians from malpractice lawsuits. Any legal settlements benefiting the attorneys were then distributed as kickbacks. Dr. Kabins become involved in the case in 2009, according to the report.
Following Dr. Kabins' guilty plea, he was required to perform 250 hours of community service and to pay $3.5 million to a former patient who became a paraplegic after he and another surgeon performed surgery on her in 2000.
The state board is allowing Dr. Kabins to continue practicing medicine as long as he performs another 500 hours of community services and makes a $5,000 donation to charity. He must also pay approximately $8,000 to cover the costs of the board's investigation.
Read the Las Vegas Review-Journal news report about Dr. Mark Kabins fraud.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- California Internist's License Revoked for Facilitating Healthcare Fraud
- Indiana Eye Physician Accused of Healthcare Fraud, Assets Distributed Following Murder-Suicide
- New Jersey Psychiatrist Sentenced to 3 Years Imprisonment for Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
In 2007, a fraud case emerged amidst allegations that a network of local physicians and attorneys "cheated clients out of honest services" by working to protect physicians from malpractice lawsuits. Any legal settlements benefiting the attorneys were then distributed as kickbacks. Dr. Kabins become involved in the case in 2009, according to the report.
Following Dr. Kabins' guilty plea, he was required to perform 250 hours of community service and to pay $3.5 million to a former patient who became a paraplegic after he and another surgeon performed surgery on her in 2000.
The state board is allowing Dr. Kabins to continue practicing medicine as long as he performs another 500 hours of community services and makes a $5,000 donation to charity. He must also pay approximately $8,000 to cover the costs of the board's investigation.
Read the Las Vegas Review-Journal news report about Dr. Mark Kabins fraud.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- California Internist's License Revoked for Facilitating Healthcare Fraud
- Indiana Eye Physician Accused of Healthcare Fraud, Assets Distributed Following Murder-Suicide
- New Jersey Psychiatrist Sentenced to 3 Years Imprisonment for Medicare, Medicaid Fraud