Iowa Doctor Convicted of Health Care Fraud
Midwest News • August 9, 2006
A Des Moines, Iowa doctor was convicted Monday of seeking reimbursement on medical procedures that were unnecessary or not performed.
Dr. Peter Boesen is awaiting sentencing on 82 counts of ...
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Subject: RE: Dr. Peter Boesen is innocent
Posted On: August 3, 2008, 12:29 pm CDT
Posted By: Bill
Comment:
My daughter experienced chronic ear infections since the day she was born. She was seen by several pediatricians and four different ENTs on countless occasions. She had 5-sets of ear tubes before the age of 10 and even had surgery once to remove a set of tubes, because it was thought they were the cause of the infection, only to have another set of tubes put in later. We followed each physicians instructions to the letter (having had surgery for a cholesteatoma when I was a teenager, I was adamant that my little girl would not have to go through that procedure). Nevertheless, one morning the ENT treating her at the time told me she needed the surgery. I left that ENT's office, went directly to my daughter's pediatrician and asked for a referral to the University of IA Clinics; instead, the pediatrician referred us to Dr. Boesen and arranged for an appointment that afternoon.
Dr. Boesen examined my daughter's ears and I told him the previous ENT said she had a cholesteatoma and needed surgery. This I'll never forget—Dr. Boesen looked directly at me and very calmly said, "I don't think so." Dr. Boesen prescribed another course of treatment and within 2-weeks my daughter's ears improved dramatically. From that point on, rather than going to see an ENT every few weeks, my daughter went to see Dr. Boesen 2-3 times a year. She never developed a cholesteatoma or needed the surgery recommended by the previous ENT. If ever there was an opportunity for a physician to perform an unnecessary surgery only to collect the money, this was it! If Dr. Boesen is truly the unscrupulous man this case makes him out to be, why didn't he seize this opportunity? Instead, Dr. Boesen followed a conservative approach and today, ~10 years later, my daughter's ears are fine. I am firmly convinced Dr. Boesen saved my daughter's hearing and consequently vastly improved her quality of life (those of you familiar with hearing loss and its effect on development know what I am talking about); I owe the man a great deal of thanks!
If/when he begins to practice medicine again, I will not hesitate to see him.
Subject: RE: Dr. Peter Boesen is innocent
Dr. Boesen examined my daughter's ears and I told him the previous ENT said she had a cholesteatoma and needed surgery. This I'll never forget—Dr. Boesen looked directly at me and very calmly said, "I don't think so." Dr. Boesen prescribed another course of treatment and within 2-weeks my daughter's ears improved dramatically. From that point on, rather than going to see an ENT every few weeks, my daughter went to see Dr. Boesen 2-3 times a year. She never developed a cholesteatoma or needed the surgery recommended by the previous ENT. If ever there was an opportunity for a physician to perform an unnecessary surgery only to collect the money, this was it! If Dr. Boesen is truly the unscrupulous man this case makes him out to be, why didn't he seize this opportunity? Instead, Dr. Boesen followed a conservative approach and today, ~10 years later, my daughter's ears are fine. I am firmly convinced Dr. Boesen saved my daughter's hearing and consequently vastly improved her quality of life (those of you familiar with hearing loss and its effect on development know what I am talking about); I owe the man a great deal of thanks!
If/when he begins to practice medicine again, I will not hesitate to see him.