Opinion ID: 1830613
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Jeffrey Gilmore

Text: ¶ 31. Between January 12, 1995, and January 12, 1996, Dr. McFadden issued to Mr. Gilmore eighteen (18) prescriptions for a total of approximately 2,250 dosage units of controlled substances. In denying this patient's claim for permanent disability for workers' compensation, the Administrative Law Judge specifically found that Mr. Gilmore was doctor shopping for a disability rating when he initially consulted Dr. McFadden in November, 1994. The Administrative Law Judge also found that Dr. McFadden was known as a physician who will render extended treatment based on a patient's subjective complaints of pain, and further found that Dr. McFadden's choice of treatment was not required by the nature of [Gilmore's] injury.... Of the eighteen prescriptions Dr. McFadden issued to Mr. Gilmore during the profile period, four (4) of them were issued with no corresponding entry in the patient's medical record. As to nine (9) of the other prescriptions, Dr. McFadden merely recorded the name of the drug and the quantity prescribed. The Board argues this is yet another violation of Section IV.E and Section IV.F of the Board's rules and regulations.