Doctor’s Motion To Stay Insurers’ Billing Suit During Criminal Proceedings Denied

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — A doctor’s emergency motion to stay proceedings in a civil lawsuit brought by insurance companies accusing him and shell companies he created of submitting bills for unnecessary services provided to beneficiaries was denied April 2 by a federal judge in Texas because the overlap between the proceedings would not adversely affect the defendant’s rights under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Cigna Healthcare of Texas Inc., et al. v. VCare Health Sevices PLLC, et al., No. 20-CV-0077-D, N.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58004)....