YOYO

Happy New Year 2008!!!

Goal in 10 months!!! -103lbs Alberto Aceves/Mexicali, Mexico Join Date: 03-02-2007 Posts Total Posts: 4,981 (17.56 posts per day) 17.56 post per day? ok it seems like you are working for Aceves and other doctors as well... :speechles.... How much do you get pay for this job? where can I apply ? aahhhahahaahh:cool:

I believe that you most be inform about surgeons training, so far all surgeons know how to fix hemorrhoids, but in fact He don’t say anything about hemorrhoids in his web, and I think that you are the one having this problem because your mind is looking for the solution on your real problem. Give us an update, and let us know who fix your problem! Good Luck!!! J P.S. Remember this FORUM is only for obesity surgery.

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I was banded by Dr. Huacuz and really happy with the results, and the medical care before and after my surgery was the best. Every time that I need an advise he is available for me. I been reading your comments and so far I will just tell you to get more information and stop saying lies about Dr. Huacuz. He has his Medical license ok. YOYO Dr. Huacuz Tijuana BC, Mexico By Penni Crabtree and Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS April 10, 2003 Six Tijuana doctors and two San Diego County medical billing companies were snared yesterday in an FBI sting investigation of alleged cross-border insurance fraud. All six of the doctors were arrested, and search warrants were issued for the billing operations, Med-Bill Services of Chula Vista and My-MD Coding of San Ysidro. The 31/2-year undercover investigation, dubbed Operation Golden Tooth, is part of an ongoing probe into fraudulent health insurance claims filed with U.S. insurance companies by doctors who practice in Mexico. Insurance fraud has long flourished along the border, a magnet for Americans who cross into Tijuana in search of cheaper medical care or medical services – such as cosmetic surgery or "alternative" cancer treatments – that aren't usually covered by U.S. insurance plans. Since most U.S. insurance companies don't reimburse for non-emergency medical care outside the country, some Mexican doctors file false claims through third-party insurance billing firms that they hire or set up in San Diego County. Bradlee Godshall, acting supervisory special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said the fraudulent claims cost the U.S. insurance industry millions of dollars each year and contribute to the rising premiums paid by U.S. companies and employees. "It's a tremendous scam," said Godshall. For the most part, the doctors arrested in the sting were involved in cosmetic surgery and are accused of either fraudulently billing their services as emergency care or filing claims on "phantom" patients. Godshall estimated that collectively the doctors made at least $500,000 through fraudulent billing during the course of the investigation, which was aided by several participating U.S. regulatory agencies and Mexico's Agencia Federal de Investigacion. Those arrested in the sting operation include Dr. Carlos Alessandrini, Dr. Carlos Jaime Herrera and Dr. Severo Rios Ornelas, all Mexican citizens who also have U.S. legal permanent resident status. Alessandrini and Herrera both live in Chula Vista, while Ornelas lives in Tijuana. Also arrested were Dr. Elia Judith Cerecer, Dr. Ricardo Vega Montiel and Dr. José Sergio verboonen Sotelo, all Mexican citizens living in Tijuana. Verboonen advertises a weight-loss surgical procedure known as gastric banding over the Internet. The English-language Web site, apparently aimed at U.S. patients, notes that his Tijuana medical office is near San Diego, making it "convenient for American patients." In February, the newspaper Frontera identified Verboonen as president of Tijuana's College of General Surgeons. Another of the doctors, Carlos Alessandrini, operates a Tijuana facility called Hospital Bajanor near the border in Colonia Libertad. Dr. Juan José Camacho Romo, head of the 1,000-member Tijuana Medical College, said insurance fraud is not a common practice in the Baja California medical community. "I don't doubt that there could be people here without scruples, but frankly they can be found anywhere," said Camacho. "The truth is that most of the time doctors act honestly." Search warrants were also issued yesterday for the two San Diego County medical billing companies. Med-Bill Services is owned by Obdulia Soto, and My-MD Coding is owned by Marina Castanon; both live in San Diego County, and neither could be reached for comment. During the FBI investigation, an undercover agent posed as a private investigator hired by U.S. insurance companies to investigate claims filed on behalf of Mexican doctors. The undercover agent was given copies of suspected fraudulent claims by five insurance companies that agreed to take part in the investigation, including Aetna U.S. HealthCare, Blue Cross of California and Blue Shield of California. After interviewing patients who received care in Mexico and verifying that the medical claims were fraudulent, the agent approached the doctors, pretending to be a corrupt investigator. The agent offered to take a financial kickback in return for recommending to the insurance companies that the claims be paid. Doctors who agreed to go along with the scheme were also given the opportunity to submit claims for fictitious or "phantom" patients, using patient identification and insurance policy information that the undercover agent claimed to have obtained during other foreign insurance claim investigations. The sting follows on the success of a similar FBI investigation in 1997. It resulted in the arrest of 21 people – 13 of them doctors practicing in Mexico – who were accused of submitting false claims to U.S. insurance companies for medical services and equipment they did not provide. During that investigation, two FBI agents posed as independent insurance brokers and met in the United States with doctors who practiced in Mexico. The doctors were given patient health insurance identification cards and other billing information in exchange for a percentage of the claims paid by the insurance companies. SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Six Tijuana doctors arrested in sting

I´m really sorry about the bad experience that you and your wife had. Dr. Huacuz and Betancourt are no longer together since 3 years by now, and he was his own clinic. I had the best of the experiences on his clinic he ask me two stay 2 day on his facility, and the nurses were so carrying all the time that I has there. if I had the chance to do this one more time, I´m positive that I will go to his surgical center again.

I Had a Lap Band 7 months ago with Dr. Huacuz and I had the best experience ever, know my husband is thinking about getting the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy with Dr. Huacuz, is anyone familiar with this procedure?

Hey I didn´t know he had his own support group!!! WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!! I will see you there.... :clap2: YOYO

Do you see that every patients has an INAMED bands Shirley Rohr.. YOYO

I dont know where you are getting your information but for what I know Dr. Huacuz is authorised to work with the INAMED company. I call the Inamed and call them to get all copy of documents and make sure that he is a Inamed approve Surgeon, I did all this research before my surgery that has been 1 year ago by now. all the patients that I had spoke from his Hospital, have Inamed brands o.k.... YOYO

I will like to use this space to let you know about the experience that I had with Dr. Huacuz, on December 08th 2006, so far Im down 80 pounds and I got my life back. I´m really happy with the results and the care that my dotor show to me at all times before and after my surgery. All the evaluations that were perform by the cardiologist and the psicologist Louise Mattos, who help me alot at the time that I has nervous, it was really helpfull to talk to someone that is from my country. Been honest with you I never thougt that I was going to have such a great experience I was afraid at the beguan, but once I was on the Doctors Hospital they make me feel really comftarble around them.. The hospital is so asowen clean just like any hospital in the USA, the medical staff is so carying, that you would never get this same treat on the United States, they really care about their patients. I will encorage you to go and log in to Dr. Huacuz´s website www.huacuz.com . also the have videos that you can take a look of on http://video.yahoo.com/video/search?p=huacuz&x=0&y=0. YOYO Houston