Holistic Doctor’s Expert Unqualified To Testify, Judge Finds

Mealey's (January 17, 2017, 12:20 PM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  — A federal judge in New Mexico on Jan. 11 granted the federal government’s motion to exclude the testimony of an expert designated to discuss the medical necessity of tests administered by a holistic doctor who is accused of fraudulently billing Medicare and other insurers, after finding that the proposed testimony is not relevant and does not meet the standards of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (509 U.S. 579, 597 [1993]) (United States of America v. Roy Heilbron, No. 15-CR-2030, D. N.M.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS)....