tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post6701980211900490952..comments2024-03-25T03:20:57.659-04:00Comments on My Daily Struggles: Workplace Mobbing -- Ignorance of Mental Health Care ProvidersMy Daily Struggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-24250287100468914762013-09-19T12:41:03.198-04:002013-09-19T12:41:03.198-04:00-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Freedman
To...<br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: Gary Freedman <br />To: dhobb <br />Sent: Thu, Sep 19, 2013 10:20 am<br />Subject: Re: complaint against Nurse Sara F. Carroll<br /><br />Mr. Hobb:<br /><br />Actually, I am satisfied with the diagnoses that have been assigned. I see no need to revisit the issue of diagnosis. I just hope that Nurse Carroll can be a little more sensitive to my experiences and refrain from commenting on facts about which she has no knowledge, specifically, my employment problems. If Nurse Carroll would like to know more about my employment problems, I would be happy to discuss them with her. Though there is no need for that.<br /><br />Also, I did not state that "workplace mobbing" was a diagnostic category. If anything, under the nomenclature, it would be considered an AXIS IV stressor -- like the crime of rape. I recognize that a therapist cannot treat or change a client's past experience; she can only treat the resulting symptoms or disorders, such as PTSD.<br /><br />Just for the record, here are some sites that contain information pertinent to my employment problems. I do not request that you or Nurse Carroll read this material (it is quite voluminous), but I want to alert you to the fact that it is available to be reviewed.<br /><br />1. Here are all the pleadings that were filed in litigation concerning my job termination in 1991 by the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. The pleadings are mine and those of my employer, so you can see both sides of the story:<br /><br />http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2011/03/freedman-v-dc-dept-human-rights-docket.html<br /><br />2. The following document describes the hostile work environment to which I was subjected for the 3 1/2 years of my employment (from March 1988 to late October 1991). I believe the pattern of subtle behaviors by firm personnel are consistent with "workplace mobbing."<br /><br />http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/10/akin-gump-hostile-work-environment.html<br /><br />Gary Freedman<br />202 362 7064<br /><br /><br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: Dennis Hobb <br />To: Gary Freedman <br />Sent: Thu, Sep 19, 2013 9:48 am<br />Subject: Re: complaint against Nurse Sara F. Carroll<br /><br />Mr. Freedman,<br /> <br />That all makes sense now. Though I don't think 'workplace mobbing' is an actual diagnostic category, I can see how such a series of incidents could lead to PTSD. (Please keep in mind that I am not licensed to diagnose in the District.)<br /> <br />Here is what I am proposing as a solution. We have a brand new clinical director starting on October 7th. Her name is Athena Gavaris. She has no history with our Center and thus none with you. What I'd like to propose is that she spend some time interviewing you for the purposes of re-diagnosing you (perhaps deleting some diagnoses, and maybe even adding others...I don't know). Is this something that would interest you?<br /> <br />Her second week here, the week of the 14th, is something I think we could look at.<br /> <br />Please let me know if this works for you.<br /> <br />Dennis Hobb <br />My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-44088863779932797072013-09-19T09:11:33.884-04:002013-09-19T09:11:33.884-04:00Mr. Freedman,
At the McClendon Center we take all...Mr. Freedman,<br /><br />At the McClendon Center we take allegations of Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse very seriously.<br /><br />Actual fraud would have been committed if Nurse Carroll had billed for services that she didn't provide. I have no reason to believe that she did not see you on the days for which she billed, so I believe no fraud was committed.<br /><br />Abuse can encompass a range of issues. It can vary from claiming too much (or too little) time with the patient, or it can be committed if you did not have a valid treating diagnosis. Your file contains the following diagnoses: Delusional Disorder (297.1), Major Depression Recurrent Severe Without Psychotic Features (296.33), Alcohol Dependence in Sustained Remission (303.90), and PTSD (309.81), and Schizoid Personality Disorder (301.20). These diagnoses were made by Aimee Calderone-Burgess, who is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social worker, and therefore qualified to diagnose mental health conditions in the District of Columbia. As you have valid DSM diagnoses and are being<br />appropriately treated by an Advance Practice Registered Nurse, I believe your allegations of Medicare/Medicaid fraud are unfounded.<br /><br />However, it is your prerogative to contact an appropriate agency such as the Office of Health Care Ombudsman to register your concerns. You have my assurance that we will cooperate fully in any investigation conducted by any oversight agency at which you register a complaint.<br /><br />Dennis Hobb My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.com