This is a test message to see if the new OCA Doctors Group is working properly. Since the old Yahoo! board is gone, I've set up this new bulletin board as a...
Word regarding the mediations currently taking place with the Federal Judge in New Orleans is that OCA is coming in with impossibly high demands. They...
My yahoo id is thewell3. Beth Giddens, Paralegal Hershner Hunter, LLP 180 East 11th Avenue Eugene OR 97401 Phone: (541) 686-8511 fax: (541) 344-2025 ...
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Aug 9, 2007 2:51 pm
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With regard to your question "Is anyone reading the board?" Yes. I am attempting to extricate myself from OCA/Silverpoint and appreciate the information and...
Word is that 3 of the 6 Texas docs actually saw some progress toward resolution of their cases this week, so the mediations were apparently not an entire waste...
I'd heard that Gibson Pratt was no longer with OCA, but he reportedly appeared at a meeting in Texas last week on behalf of OCA. Perhaps his presence accounts...
The brief filed by OCA with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals makes interesting reading. (The appeal resulted from at least 3 rulings that the OCA Business...
-Continuation: In section 2.2 of their brief, OCA claims that even if some provisions of the contract are declared illegal, the contract could be "reformed,"...
According to an August 15, 2007, article in the Las Vegas Sun, accreditation of orthodontic program at UNLV- started by Dr. Lazarra's Orthodontic Education...
OCA's new blog is clearly aimed at creating a positive image for the company. To take a look, just go to the doctor's website www.orthodon.com, and click in...
For those of you new to this board, or those who weren't following things on the old Yahoo! board, Bart has a new company, which he's named "Practice Health."...
OCA has won two rounds, in the cases of Wisconsin affiliate Dr. Machi and Ohio affiliate Dr. Scotese. True to form, they've thoughtfully posted their wins on...
A conference was held yesterday with Judge Brown, whose court is handling the remaining issues from the OCA bankruptcy. Judge Vance, the local District Court...
A final ruling recently came out regarding the Hobson case. The ruling, as well as all other filings in federal cases against OCA, is available on Pacer, the...
Yahoo is acting strangely - the last post appears to have been lost. Here it is again: Even though OCA's appeal made it impossible for Hobson to collect on his...
"OCA and OCC's goal in throwing all of these procedural hurdles in the way of Hobson's efforts to offset these claims is transparent. The $270,460 bond posted...
In thinking about the Hobson case, it occurs to me that it might be helpful for other OCA affiliates. 1. The documented overcharges have gotten other...
A letter arrived in my office on Thursday, June 21. In it, it would appear to me that Dr. Lazarra is attempting to sell positions in the orthodontic residency...
Since I don't think there's any sort of bulletin board for those involved with Imagine Orthodontics, this one may serve the purpose nicely? An interesting...
An interesting brief has been filed with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of at least 2 Texas doctors. There are several more Texas docs who are...
Welcome aboard, USBowl. You're member #13. Presumably, other non-members are also reading the board? We used to have some lively discussions on the old Yahoo...
OCA has just filed an objection with the bankruptcy court in New Orleans, dated September 20, 2007. It's entitled NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO PROOFS OF CLAIM AND...
Subject: Re: OCA Objection to Paying ANYONE! In carefully reviewing the 9/20 filing by OCA, page 4, BASIS FOR OBJECTIONS TO CLAIMS, I'm more than a little...
The attorneys are analyzing OCA's attempt earlier this week to avoid paying any of the doctors. At last one attorney feels that it's yet another attempt by...
Things appear to be heating up in the Brehnan case in No. California. They're scheduled for a jury trial in November. Yet OCA is still playing their usual...
In looking over some of my old OCA files today, I came across a report by Deen Kemsley, Ph.D. He's Tulane University accounting professor who was retained as...
In the lastest edition of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthodopedics (the house publication of the American Assn. of Orthodontists,)...
A copy of a letter dated 9/25/07, purportedly written by Dr. Lazarra, has been forwarded to me. It's entitled "letter of correction," and refers to his...
The judge in the New Orleans Bankruptcy Court FINALLY delivered a ruling in the case of Dr. Bush, which took place March 5 - 14. This supposed to be the...
