Dr. Sievers' RHHC Medical Practice - Operations & Website

[FelicityLemon]

After seeing nursing bras, maybe the website was to sell nursing bras designed by an actual nursing doctor. Maybe when TS was breastfeeding, something frustrated her that she knew must also frustrate other mothers and she thought of designing a better bra. It's not unusual to register a domain when you've thought of a perfect name for a product. I've done it, had (*paid for it) for almost six years before actually populating the website. I've never nursed a child, but I can think of a version of nursing bra that would sell like crazy! Relating to sore nipples.

Numb My Girls - "girls" being breasts as some people call them. A cool gelpack insert for a bra with pockets for them. There. I gave someone a BRILLIANT idea. I now expect credit and a piece of the action.

"Num My Girls" = NummyGirls - sounds cute to me!

 

[human]

I just cannot see a MD using the term "nummy" in any capacity, teen mothers or not. Shame on her if she talked down to these teen mothers. But I just cannot imagine that she did.

I was a teen mother, but married, in 1973. Stupid, I know. Anyway, I joined the La Leche League. Nobody called a breast "nummy".

High Five to La Leche League. Me too, but not a teen mom.

Hubby and I called breastmilk mama num nums. Who knows why? I don't remember. But no way were people calling it num whatever at LaLeche League. That would diminish the whole purpose of breastfeeding.

I can't see a doctor calling breastfeeding nummy.

 

[SeesSeas]

Agree, and if someone is googling for breastfeeding information, they aren't going to use the word nummy.

Plus girl is just wrong. Girls don't breastfeed, women do.

Some girls do breastfeed. Some are young teens.

TS was involved with helping teen mothers and their babies at Our Mother’s Home.
http://ourmothershome.com/website/
Our Mother’s Home is a large home with facilities adequate for housing eight teen mothers and their babies. Our Home is unique in many ways, one being that we help teenage mothers from age thirteen to age eighteen, as long as they stay in school or have a job.

 

[arizona sunshine]

I found that there is a nummygirl.com out of Scottsdale, AZ which appears to be a sex film per this link.

http://thinkfilms.com/girl.htm?offset=104632510

I also found that NumMyGirl.com aka nummygirl.com goes back to Mark Sievers and is also associated with Scottsale, AZ, leading me to suspect that they are one in the same. No proof, but it looks possble. It appears the nummygirl.com site domain is now locked and is to expire in 05/2016, so I cannot find the exact site.

I think the Mark Sievers who was/is connected to nummygirl.com is "our" Mark Sievers because I also found this link.

https://whoisology.com/archive_10/nummygirl.com

It seems the Scottsdale link is simply the address of the host company godaddy.com


https://www.google.com/maps/place/GoDaddy+Operating+Company/@33.6172707,-111.9051879,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x3fe365cc1e6c0d8c[/url]

OT godaddy has incidentally been in hot water for allowing pirate downloading/copywriting on some of its domains

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/12/dajaz1.pdf

I agree the domain nummygirl.com sounds suspiciously like a site; but when I searched it I find nothing to really back that up. Nummy, nummygirl, doesn't seem to be a term in the industry that is used. Its not going to bring in many viewers of that nature if it isn't popular terminology?

 

[Sulamith]

Dayum Minnesota Mary, GREAT POST!

I can't for the life of me think that TS would EVER allow CWW access to her computers and/or access to her family (daughters) if she had an inkling of his background. This is JMO and based on insider info previously posted on these threads. Would a loving, caring mother subject her children to CWW? I just don't believe she would knowingly do it.

Obviously, I can only speak for myself, but I did not know TS and have no idea what she did or did not know. Maybe she did know about CWW and thought he was born again or something like that so she thought she could trust him. I have a hard time believing that she was utterly clueless regarding MS and CWW. MOO

 

[dmac55]

Me too. I thought posters were saying that he should be liable for not giving patients their medical records. Am I missing something. Plus didn't LE take some stuff from the office. I don't know.

"A covered entity must produce records 30 days from the date of request. HIPAA allows a covered entity one 30-day extension if it provides written notice to the patient stating the reason for the delay and the expected date. This applies to both paper and electronic records."

https://www.privacyrights.org/content/hipaa-privacy-rule-patients-rights

Fact Sheet 8c:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule:
Patients' Rights

d. Can patients still access their records if a physician no longer practices medicine?

According to the American Health Information Management Association, state and federal law will dictate how long a physician must retain records (HIPAA does not include a record retention period).

Patients may be able to find their records by contacting:

the physician’s partners;
the health information manager or privacy officer at a hospital or facility where the physician practices;
a local medical society;
the state medical association; or
the state department of health.
e. How long does a covered entity have to deliver a patient's requested records?

A covered entity must produce records 30 days from the date of request. HIPAA allows a covered entity one 30-day extension if it provides written notice to the patient stating the reason for the delay and the expected date. This applies to both paper and electronic records.

 

[dmac55]

(i'm waaaaay behind - hope this isn't redundant)

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes...ng=&URL=0400-0499/0456/Sections/0456.058.html

The 2015 Florida Statutes
456.058 Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice.

"The rules shall provide that the records be retained for at least 2 years after the practitioner’s death, termination of practice, or relocation. In the case of the death of the practitioner, the rules shall provide for the disposition of such records by the estate of the practitioner."

 

[wondering25]

Why would it be more efficient for a doctor to start their own practice rather than buying an existing one? I'm not challenging, just like to know things so I don't get tunnel vision! I love learning things that never occurred to me before!

In my mind, buying an existing practice would have definite perks like the physical address (just step into the lease, potentially), furnishings, medical equipment and supplies, office equipment and supplies, all kinds of little things (workers' comp + other employee info) that are picked up piecemeal over time are already in place - the posters of anatomy, informational materials,. It wouldn't even have to be the same kind of a doctor.

I'm looking for a downside. I know there must be some, but my mind isn't working in that direction at the moment, lol.

Here is the downside, imo. It would be like a man marrying a woman whose husband died and having to live in a home filled with his photos. Patients will inevitably make comparisons between the new MD and TS. the phrase "well TS said this.." would be commonplace, imo. The surroundings would scream TS' name and her staff would be barraged with questions about the crime..JMO

How could one ever know if any new MD would really be like-minded.. and who will make that determination..MS? What are his qualifications to make that judgement? Why would a new doctor want to give a portion of his/her earnings to MS to assume the practice and have MS still in charge? MOO

Anything I write is just my opinion.

 

[lakshmi]

Here is the downside, imo. It would be like a man marrying a woman whose husband died and having to live in a home filled with his photos. Patients will inevitably make comparisons between the new MD and TS. the phrase "well TS said this.." would be commonplace, imo. The surroundings would scream TS' name and her staff would be barraged with questions about the crime..JMO



How could one ever know if any new MD would really be like-minded.. and who will make that determination..MS? What are his qualifications to make that judgement? Why would a new doctor want to give a portion of his/her earnings to MS to assume the practice and have MS still in charge? MOO

Anything I write is just my opinion.

wondering, your answer is perfectly in line with my thinking!

We are looking at this as MS selling that particular office. There is way too much baggage associated with it.

But let's say another physician not the case we are discussing is just plain retiring or moving to another state and there is no horrendous murder involved with the practice:

TWO EXAMPLES (with partners and without partners)

a. It is rare nowadays to have private practicing physicians in solo practice. He/She most likely has partners and one of them would continue to care for the patients of the leaving physician. And if the practice needs another physician the other physicians in the group would do the searching and find one and offer him either a salary or partnership. Patients most likely would stay because they are usually familiar with the other physicians in the practice.

b. Or there is a private practicing physician in solo practice and leaving his practice. Yes, he can sell it but all you are really going to benefit from is some office furniture and exam tables. People just are more finicky today and look for competent physicians vs. office location. There are no guarantees the patients are going to stay with the new physician buying the practice. So essentially you are buying as wondering stated "the house" and 9 times out of 10 it needs lots of renovation. Almost better to start a new practice with a great group and have a less stressful life than private solo practice.

 

[concernedmother]

I wonder how many of the people that donated to the now wish they would have waited.

 

[Wyle_E_Coyote]

Ummm... if MS sold the practice, he would be out of it completely.

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[FelicityLemon]

Here is the downside, imo. It would be like a man marrying a woman whose husband died and having to live in a home filled with his photos. Patients will inevitably make comparisons between the new MD and TS. the phrase "well TS said this.." would be commonplace, imo. The surroundings would scream TS' name and her staff would be barraged with questions about the crime..JMO

How could one ever know if any new MD would really be like-minded.. and who will make that determination..MS? What are his qualifications to make that judgement? Why would a new doctor want to give a portion of his/her earnings to MS to assume the practice and have MS still in charge? MOO

Anything I write is just my opinion.

Thank you for answering I understand what you're saying. I would hope the new occupant would make it his or her own - I know I would. The bones are the bones (facility, equipment, etc.) and so many things could be changed to suit the new doctor and potentially new staff, although having the existing staffers would smooth the transition since they know how things work. Patients and staff have said that the practice had a feeling more like a home than a doctor's office. I've worked for two businesses that were sold to new owners. The new owners came in already having put a lot of thought into what they were going to do. Redecorating was one change, but it was sort of like a readymade business-in-a-box with the "bones" in place. Smart business buyers will ride with the existing business for a bit to see how it functions and then make decisions on what to change and when.

MS doesn't come with the business, lol, so no worries there!

When they were looking for a similar doctor, the plan was to try and keep the business as-is, but if you sell the business, you sell it all. I can see a business person creating and running it as a business of it's own, just replacing the MD part as you would any staff. I'm speaking about a business model rather than a physician practice. Hospitals are run like businesses, doctors come and go. Something like that.

 

[FightTheOstrich]

The value in purchasing Teresa's practice specifically is that it was cash pay. She saw one patient in the time most docs see 10. She didn't have to pay a coder to submit insurance claims, deal with the rejections, only to receive a minimal reimbursement months after the patient was seen in the office. Cash pay is a doctor's dream.

And yes the medical records are valuable. If a patient leaves the practice before it is sold that patient's name and contact info is not part of the sale. The doctor purchasing the practice would not expect to retain all of her patients but is now able to market herself to known cash pay patients.

 

[FightTheOstrich]

wondering, your answer is perfectly in line with my thinking!

We are looking at this as MS selling that particular office. There is way too much baggage associated with it.

But let's say another physician not the case we are discussing is just plain retiring or moving to another state and there is no horrendous murder involved with the practice:

TWO EXAMPLES (with partners and without partners)

a. It is rare nowadays to have private practicing physicians in solo practice. He/She most likely has partners and one of them would continue to care for the patients of the leaving physician. And if the practice needs another physician the other physicians in the group would do the searching and find one and offer him either a salary or partnership. Patients most likely would stay because they are usually familiar with the other physicians in the practice.

b. Or there is a private practicing physician in solo practice and leaving his practice. Yes, he can sell it but all you are really going to benefit from is some office furniture and exam tables. People just are more finicky today and look for competent physicians vs. office location. There are no guarantees the patients are going to stay with the new physician buying the practice. So essentially you are buying as wondering stated "the house" and 9 times out of 10 it needs lots of renovation. Almost better to start a new practice with a great group and have a less stressful life than private solo practice.

A couple things to consider.

This practice may now be an even better investment. Someone maybe able to pick it up for nothing. I'm sure Teresa worked her behind off to build her practice, courting other docs to gain referrals etc... MS probably thought he was sitting on the golden egg. First he tried to keep running it. My guess is plan B was selling it. Now it's going to be more difficult to unload it but not impossible. Perhaps the office manager's focus after Teresa's death should have been selling the practice and not begging for donations.

Cause here's the thing, life always carries on. The dentist that killed Cecil the lion is back to drilling teeth. The publicity will eventually die down. I was sitting in an office yesterday that has housed 3 different practices and 3 different specialties in the last 10 years. It's not like the owner of that medical building is going to stop leasing her office forever. Someone is going to move in there sooner or later.

You also have to remember that TS likely leased the space so it's possible for someone to purchase the practice and not actually maintain the same location.

A group practice could always purchase the office and run it as a satellite office.

Almost 20 percent of FM doctors were in a solo practice in 2013. Sharing call isn't such a big deal if you're in a specialty like FM, we're not talking cardiology. Besides lots of solo docs band together to share call. There are still a lot of doctors out there that prefer practicing solo especially in specialties like FM or alternative medicine. They don't have the same medical equipment overhead etc... so it's a lot more doable.

And it's actually very common for a doc to start out in a group practice or hospital owned group and then move out on their own after they've built up a practice.

Some docs move around a lot. Docs aren't any different than anyone else really. We all probably know someone that never stays with an employer very longer. Some docs always think the grass is greener, some just can't get along with others, etc...

Teresa's specialty is big in south Florida. Concierge/boutique/alternative/anti-aging whatever you want to call it is an area docs want to get into because there's really good money in it. And the whole point of going into it is to make money and practice medicine the docs way. This kind of niche doc is not looking to be a part of a hospital system.

At the end of the day, I hope someone does purchase Teresa's practice. New beginnings are a good thing. Teresa had two daughters who may become financially dependent upon Teresa's estate. Because I have a feeling that their surviving parent won't be able to provide for them himself.

 

[south fishy]

After seeing nursing bras, maybe the website was to sell nursing bras designed by an actual nursing doctor. Maybe when TS was breastfeeding, something frustrated her that she knew must also frustrate other mothers and she thought of designing a better bra. It's not unusual to register a domain when you've thought of a perfect name for a product. I've done it, had (*paid for it) for almost six years before actually populating the website. I've never nursed a child, but I can think of a version of nursing bra that would sell like crazy! Relating to sore nipples.

Numb My Girls - "girls" being breasts as some people call them. A cool gelpack insert for a bra with pockets for them. There. I gave someone a BRILLIANT idea. I now expect credit and a piece of the action.

"Num My Girls" = NummyGirls - sounds cute to me!

That actually makes perfect sense to me.

I certainly have no problem imagining MS and/or CWW being wrapped up in some spiderweb of -like websites....
But as a woman with no kids who has never heard of "nummy" in ANY capacity....
I just SM polled a good many potential -viewing aged males who do not live with current or former breast feeding women and not a single one knew the term. FWIW!

 

[dmac55]

Nummy is commonly used in this context: http://www.hobomama.com/2015/07/the-best-thing-about-long-term-breastfeeding.html

TS also taught "Nurturing Parenting Class" for OMH; likely included breastfeeding http://ourmothershome.com/website/category/press-release/

the first link sounds to me at first glance like that is the word that child uses for "yummy"
like even if it was an ice cream cone it would be nummy

but i forged on and googled "the word nummy and breastfeeding"
and this is what google gave me:
"Did you mean: the word mummy and breastfeeding"
(which usually happens when it can't find readily what you have typed in)
jmo

 

[FelicityLemon]

http://nummymummies.blogspot.com/

breastfeeding mom discovered love of cooking

I get that almost anything can relate back to , but in the case of the Sievers' website domain names, I don't believe it's related.

 

[dmac55]

Just wanted to clarify some points after I reviewed Sievers and Company PLLC filings. And then I went down a rabbit hole but this is what I've gathered:

Beginning in 2005, TS was the sole member-manager of the LLC and its registered agent. In April 2009, the registered agent changes from TS to MS. In the capacity of registered agent, MS = contact person for mail/notices sent to the LLC but it doesn't mean he has management authority or an interest in the LLC.

The annual report shows any changes to manager/member status and lists people/entities with an interest in the LLC. April 2009: annual report filed, MS is added and TS is listed as member/manager with no election made to delete her from LLC. In June 2009, the LLC changes the name to PLLC. April 2010 PLLC files annual report, under MANAGING MEMBERS/MANAGERS: MS is the only name listed going forward through 2015.

MS's Universal Communications Unlimited LLC was registered in FL in 2003. TS never had a disclosed interest. In 2007, MS changes the principal place of business to the address of TS's practice in Estero. In the April 2009 annual filing, the principal place of business remains the same (TS office), but the registered agent's (MS) address changes from TS's practice to the home on Jarvis. So, maybe MS was working from a home office in 2009? Wouldn't make sense because at the same time, MS was first added to the PLLC as a registered agent/manager.

Your New Beginning LLC. TS, MS and Sievers LLC have interest in this LLC. In April 2009, the registered agent is changed from Sievers and Company LLC (at practice address) to MS at Jarvis address. Sievers and Company LLC is deleted as a manager/member of Your New Beginning LLC, and MS's address (as a member/manager) is changed to Jarvis. TS remains listed, no change to her address though, it remains the practice address.

In April 2010, Your New Beginning LLC files annual report. Same situation as Sievers and Company PLLC, no individual or entity listed under Manager/Members but MS from 2010 on.

I wonder what else might have happened in 2009/2010 to make sense of all the above changes to 3 LLCs.

welcome to the rabbit hole! - i have fallen in as well
pull up a nice comfy seat and make yourself at home
i've got popcorn poppin', and feel free to help yourself to the wine

 

[wondering25]

for what it's worth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/business/yourmoney/15aging.html?_r=0

 

[human]

for what it's worth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/business/yourmoney/15aging.html?_r=0

Wow wow wow!!!!!!!!