To Whom and How do you report phyiscian complaints?

Question

There's a chiropractor in waterloo, WI. He acts like he is a God and can prevent women from getting breast cancer. He has no stats to prove his claim. Of course not, he is a fraud if making such a statement. He also enjoys talking about how he has cured this patient and that patient from this disease and that disease to his other patients. He also talks about the problems he is having with his dad, mom, brother and sister. As patients, we dont need to hear about his personal life, but he blurts it out anyway. he just starts talking about other patients and about the faults of his family members and how he accusses his family of doing things all the time. He told us how he confronted his mom and dad about things that happened years ago and put all the blame on them. If you ask me, this doctor has a psychological problem. If this doctor is telling me bad things about his family and his other patients, I can only imagine what he is saying about me to his other patients.

Answer 1

Report him to both his national association and the WI State Board of Chiropractic, which is the body that licenses these professionals. He is violating ethics by discussing other patients with you ("confidentiality" violation) and making false claims about medical practices (saying he can prevent breast cancer and cure disease). This guy is a loose cannon and should have his license revoked; professional associations view ethics violations as the serious matters that they are. The association exists to police their members and promote the profession in question. Other chiropractors don't want a few screwing it up for the rest of them!

Answer 2

Umm here's a suggestion -- go to another doctor - duh.

Unless he is giving out confidential information about his patients by name there is nothing to report. If he is then he is in violation of HIPAA.

Otherwise he's just a motormouth who doesn't regulate what he says, and you're kinda dense for going to a doctor you think is an idiot.