High-ranking Medicare official accused of falsifying documents

[Penndems]

Md. Doctor Placed on Leave from Federal Post
High-Ranking Medicare Official Accused of Falsifying Credentials

By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 8, 2005; 5:42 PM

A Maryland physician accused of falsifying documents showing that he had fulfilled continuing medical education requirements has been placed on administrative leave from his high-ranking post in the federal Medicare program.

Sean R. Tunis, who also works as a part-time emergency room doctor at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, has been accused by the state Board of Physicians of unprofessional conduct and making false statements about his credentials.

Tunis, 47, declined interview requests yesterday.

On Thursday, he was placed on leave with pay from his job as Medicare's chief medical officer and director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, said Gary Karr, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37880-2005Apr8.html
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One more crook and liar in an Administration and Congress full of crooks and liars. :mad:

[leftchick]

1. what would really be novel....

is to find an honest human being anywhere near 1600 Penn. Ave. Wash, DC.

[Penndems]

3. Ain't happenin . . .

A stone's throw away from the White House is K Street, home to the crooks behind the crooks.

[xchrom]

2. a citizen of delayland.