Rockwall Doctor Accused of Fraud Has Long History of Patient Harm
The Dallas Morning News—February 29th, 2012
Dr. Jacques Roy is “a danger to the community,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday in seeking to keep him jailed without bail. They were referring to the millions he’s accused of stealing from taxpayers in a five-year Medicare fraud scheme.
But others have long called Roy a danger of a different sort — a threat to patient safety. His failures have been linked to at least one patient’s death and another’s permanent loss of sexual function, public records show.
The Texas Medical Board, however, let him keep his license despite evidence of persistent misconduct.
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