I am looking for the name of the firm or firms of attorneys who filed
a class
Class action suite against Robert Booth, MD in Philadelphia  regarding
improper use of Medcicare funding.  Robert Booth claimed he did total
knee replacements on orthopedic patients.  He actually did not do the
operations but  he charged Medicare.  These operations were done by
his residents.  He did not make  appearance in operating room during
operation.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 24 Sep 2002 15:38 PDT

Dear andee50,

Are you sure it was a class action suit, not a civil complaint by the US Attorney?

Regards,
Scriptot

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Clarification of Question by andee50-ga on 30 Sep 2002 12:10 PDT

Dear Scriptor

I am not sure that there was a class action suite against Dr. Robert
Booth.  It may indeed have been a civil suite.  However, I was
operated on by Dr. Booth and had many complications.  Therefore I was
inquiring about the possibility of a class action suite being brought
again him as I would have joined it..

According to Philadelphia Business Journal, Booth settled a Federal
civil action, paying $1.9 million:
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2001/09/10/weekinbiz.html

The issue was fraudulent billing of Medicare, so it's not clear that
there was ever a class action suit.

Here's some more facts about the case with a link to request more
documentation if you choose:
http://medicine.iu.edu/~wecomply/newsltr/

Here's an article and press release by HMA:
http://www.hma.com/Articles/010921.htm

Again, I haven't found anything to indicate that it was a class
action.  None of the patients have appeared to file complaints, only
medicare & the state.
Also, since it was settled, attorneys are rarely mentioned. 

Good Luck,
Rebekah

To my knowledge, there are no class actions pending against Dr. Booth.
 Further, there was never an allegation that he  "did not make and
appearance in the operating room."  Rather the US Attorney alleged
that, because he did not supervise the entire procedure by the
resident, he had violated Medicare billing regulations.