Chiropractor’s license suspended
Wednesday, June 26, 2002 | 10:50 a.m.
SUN CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY -- The state Chiropractic Physicians Board has suspended the license of Las Vegas chiropractor David Buanno for three years for overbilling insurance companies for services.
Buanno was also ordered to pay $40,000 to cover investigative and administrative costs.
Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa said Tuesday that Buanno must enroll in a medical records keeping course and perform other duties before his license will be reinstated.
The board found Buanno guilty of billing insurance companies when patients have already made cash payments; using false billing codes to increase reimbursements and using the signature of a medical doctor to obtain higher reimbursements from the insurance company.
The board also found Buanno failed to keep accurate and complete records and failed to notify the board of name changes at his practice.
"These are serious violations of the consumers' trust by a member of a trusted community of service providers," Del Papa said. "Health care providers are held to a high standard for this very reason, and it's important that we move quickly in these cases. Fortunately, we were assisted in this regard by some very wary patients of Mr. Buanno's."
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