A LITTLE "off topic" but VERY IMPORTANT question for my brilliant sleuthers....WHAT WAS THE LAST DAY TERESA SIEVERS WAS PHYSICALLY IN HER OFFICE AND SEEING PATIENTS??....she worked 4 days a week M thru THURSDAY. Was she actually in the office on June 18th, or did she leave early to catch her flight to Connecticut. I have not been posting because I have been searching for so long, finally gave up. Can anyone please help me with that? And for that matter, WHEN WAS THE LAST DAY MS WAS IN THE OFFICE, PRIOR TO TERESA'S DEATH??
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Its here somewhere! Don't know where tho I think her Sister said they had planned in advance this trip. Its in her sisters comments I believe.
I specifically recall that as well, human.
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Yup, I remember this article as well. It stuck in my mind as odd because that article said he FLEW to FL and Skinner said he DROVE here most of the time.
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here it is:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-Jr-hung-twice-Teresa-Sievers-dead-home.html
"Wright worked as a computer technician for Sievers's practice in Estero, a source told NBC 2."
"He worked remotely from Missouri and would occasionally fly to Florida to work on the office's computer systems."
Thanks dmac!
Sunkist did a great post on one of the other threads in regard to who was in jail for how long, probations, and parole violations for both. I could have sworn I read 7/2014 somewhere but must be confused. Nevertheless, I still don't buy the computer "specialist" story. Just how often would a Dr.'s office need an ITT tech anyway? Maybe someone with knowledge could speak to that. I am told by a local Dr. who has 4 Doctors working in the same office that it is rare, and usually when the office buys new software (maybe once each year or two). I still think MS was paying "palimony" to CWW and Dr. Sievers was footing the bill.
JMO's
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-do-their-paths-cross&p=12092361#post12092361
JMO's
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-do-their-paths-cross&p=12092361#post12092361
MAYBE HE WAS A MEDICAL CODER(sounds like a good cover to me:blushing
:".... Working primarily in the back room of medical practices and hospitals, or from their home office, medical coders are good with numbers, pay attention to detail, don't mind administrative work and working independently, and are good communicators who are comfortable working with doctors and medical professionals.https://www.flexjobs.com/jobs/medical-coding
I was surprised to see that some companies offer sign on bonuses for telecommuters of up to $4,000!
There probably wasn't any programming required (unless CWW convinced them otherwise) as there are off the shelf packages that medical offices use. They may call him to install software, set up new equipment, troubleshoot computer problems. This should not be very frequent, and is not specialized work.
There should be someone on staff, for example, a receptionist, who has administrative rights to change passwords and add/delete users, which is very routine stuff.
edited to add:
I forgot to include, that he probably set up the office website, but someone on staff should be able to edit the pages if necessary and only contact him, if they needed to add lots of new content or ran into problems.
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I wonder when Teresa's office went to EMR? Did the office start out that way or change over? When offices startup or changeover it can be a nightmare depending upon the system the office purchased. If the office changed over at some point, every chart had to be put in manually.
MAYBE HE WAS A MEDICAL CODER(sounds like a good cover to me:blushing
https://www.flexjobs.com/jobs/medical-coding
I was surprised to see that some companies offer sign on bonuses for telecommuters of up to $4,000!
I don't think they would need a medical coder unless they were billing insurance and we know she had cash only patients.
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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/crim...-trying-to-get-their-medical-records_77008870
Thought we had a thread for the practice but don't see it now so posting this here.
The death of Bonita Springs doctor Teresa Sievers has left some patients struggling to obtain their own medical records.
Lenka Spiska, a medical intuologist who used to work with Sievers in the doctor’s Estero medical practice, said this week that she’s been contacted by patients trying to figure out what’s going on.
“Patients have been reaching out saying, ‘How can I get my records?’” Spiska said.
Peg Phillips had been going to Dr. Sievers for more than three years before Sievers’ death in late June.
“There’s no way I’ll ever be able to replace her,” Phillips said. “She was a medical doctor, an MD, but her goal was for me to be whole, and that meant physically, spiritually, emotionally, financially. It’s going to actually take me three doctors to replace Dr. Sievers.”
After the doctor was killed, Phillips said she received an email from Sievers’ husband, Mark, who was the office manager. The email instructed her to call his cellphone or email back a form giving him permission to forward medical records to another physician.
Phillips said she emailed back the form and never heard back. When she showed up for an appointment with another doctor six weeks later, the records still hadn’t been sent over.
Because Dr. Sievers sent her home with paperwork recapping their appointments after each visit, Phillips said she was able to patch together records on her own. She was able to persuade a lab that had done recent blood work for her and sent the results to Dr. Sievers office to send them to her new doctor.
“The labs have been very empathetic,” she said. “I called them directly and just told them my doctor’s been murdered.”
Dr. Sievers’ website lists two phone numbers for patients to contact. The main phone line rings through to an answering machine, asking patients to leave a message. A man who answered the phone on the listed after-hours line said it was a wrong number and that he didn’t know anything about Dr. Sievers’ practice.
Spiska said she left Dr. Sievers’ practice a few weeks after her death after waiting to see if a new doctor would come in. At that point, none of the other staff was still working there, she said. Although her name is still on the answering machine, Spiska said she is no longer associated with the practice and now works out of Joyful Yoga in Bonita Springs.
Because she is not a medical doctor, Spiska said she never had access to patient records and hasn’t been able to help resolve anything for patients who are still having a hard time obtaining them.
Patients who are having trouble obtaining their records can file a complaint with the Florida Department of Health. Under state law, the department cannot confirm or deny the existence of any such complaints until 10 days after probable cause is found. A spokesman said there was nothing to confirm as of Wednesday.
Both Spiska and Phillips said they want people to remember the doctor for her thorough and caring manner with her patients.
“We miss her dearly but she had a very powerful message of taking charge of your health and demanding more from your doctors,” Spiska said. “She was like a doctor from 200 years ago that knew your grandparents and your children. Doctors became a part of the family, and that’s kind of how she was.”
Phillips said she will miss her visits with Dr. Sievers, which sometimes lasted up to an hour.
“Dr. Sievers knew everything about me. She truly, truly cared about the patient,” Phillips said. “She taught me so much, and my life is so serene today because of what I learned from her.”
Thought we had a thread for the practice but don't see it now so posting this here.
The death of Bonita Springs doctor Teresa Sievers has left some patients struggling to obtain their own medical records.
Lenka Spiska, a medical intuologist who used to work with Sievers in the doctor’s Estero medical practice, said this week that she’s been contacted by patients trying to figure out what’s going on.
“Patients have been reaching out saying, ‘How can I get my records?’” Spiska said.
Peg Phillips had been going to Dr. Sievers for more than three years before Sievers’ death in late June.
“There’s no way I’ll ever be able to replace her,” Phillips said. “She was a medical doctor, an MD, but her goal was for me to be whole, and that meant physically, spiritually, emotionally, financially. It’s going to actually take me three doctors to replace Dr. Sievers.”
After the doctor was killed, Phillips said she received an email from Sievers’ husband, Mark, who was the office manager. The email instructed her to call his cellphone or email back a form giving him permission to forward medical records to another physician.
Phillips said she emailed back the form and never heard back. When she showed up for an appointment with another doctor six weeks later, the records still hadn’t been sent over.
Because Dr. Sievers sent her home with paperwork recapping their appointments after each visit, Phillips said she was able to patch together records on her own. She was able to persuade a lab that had done recent blood work for her and sent the results to Dr. Sievers office to send them to her new doctor.
“The labs have been very empathetic,” she said. “I called them directly and just told them my doctor’s been murdered.”
Dr. Sievers’ website lists two phone numbers for patients to contact. The main phone line rings through to an answering machine, asking patients to leave a message. A man who answered the phone on the listed after-hours line said it was a wrong number and that he didn’t know anything about Dr. Sievers’ practice.
Spiska said she left Dr. Sievers’ practice a few weeks after her death after waiting to see if a new doctor would come in. At that point, none of the other staff was still working there, she said. Although her name is still on the answering machine, Spiska said she is no longer associated with the practice and now works out of Joyful Yoga in Bonita Springs.
Because she is not a medical doctor, Spiska said she never had access to patient records and hasn’t been able to help resolve anything for patients who are still having a hard time obtaining them.
Patients who are having trouble obtaining their records can file a complaint with the Florida Department of Health. Under state law, the department cannot confirm or deny the existence of any such complaints until 10 days after probable cause is found. A spokesman said there was nothing to confirm as of Wednesday.
Both Spiska and Phillips said they want people to remember the doctor for her thorough and caring manner with her patients.
“We miss her dearly but she had a very powerful message of taking charge of your health and demanding more from your doctors,” Spiska said. “She was like a doctor from 200 years ago that knew your grandparents and your children. Doctors became a part of the family, and that’s kind of how she was.”
Phillips said she will miss her visits with Dr. Sievers, which sometimes lasted up to an hour.
“Dr. Sievers knew everything about me. She truly, truly cared about the patient,” Phillips said. “She taught me so much, and my life is so serene today because of what I learned from her.”
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So the reporter called the provided by MS after hours number for the practice and a man answered saying he'd never heard of Dr. Sievers or or practice .... yet reverse search places the number in MO
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MS was attached to the cell phone number assigned to him in Missouri, apparently.
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Oh I know. Stand up guy.
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Loyal. :stay::toast::hug:
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words!
Oh hownkee I agree NO MEDICAL CODER WAS NEEDED... but: per Skinner
"Maybe had some patient billing, to trusted clients, too. I don't know)."
CASH can be a lot of things to different people...credit card payment, checks, auto debit, debit cards, money orders, cashier checks...and finally the "lesser used paper currency---green backs."
Per Skinner:
"Getting off and away from insurance billing transpired maybe, Mmmmmm, 5 years ago?, give or take."[/B] If I "take" a little, that would be about the same time CWW came on board, (W)right? Hmm, so now we have CWW (who sold stolen computers in the past?) having access to not only medical records, but also a lot of financial records.
I definitely see an opportunity for VARIOUS types of financial fraud to occur, unbeknownst to Dr. Sievers.
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I suspect CWW setup and tweaked the EMR system to meet the needs of the practice. I assume he stayed on in a consultative role and therefore had access to an incredible amount of info. Each chart would likely contain the patient's social security number, a photocopy of his/her driver's license, employer info, address, emergency contacts, DOB, etc... He also would likely have had access to financial info depending on how the office electronically ran debit/credit cards. Basically everything a criminal needs to steal someone's identity.