Doctor who ran Cape drug clinics suspended
By Cynthia McCormick, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The board summarily suspended the license of Dr. Punyamurtula S. Kishore at its Wednesday meeting after finding he posed an "an immediate and serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare."
The board said Kishore closed clinics in 2011 without notifying patients in advance.
"It's a temporary action,"
Kishore has the right to appeal the suspension to the
Kishore also is facing a
Kishore operated a 30-office chain known as
In 2011 he was ordered to surrender his passport because he is considered a flight risk.
An Indian national in
His case is ongoing, according to the attorney general's office.
Coakley alleges that Kishore orchestrated a kickback scheme that funneled drug screening business from sober houses to his laboratories, which then billed government-funded MassHealth for the services.
Investigators say Kishore's partner in a fraudulent "urinalysis contract" was
The case led Coakley to file legislation that would prevent this type of fraud in the future. The legislation is currently in the fiscal year 2015 House budget.
Kishore's chain of clinics included offices in
The state
Attempts to reach Kishore were unsuccessful.
Kishore, who specializes in addiction medicine, has held a
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