Rockford doc accused of Medicare fraud OK'd to leave jail - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

 

Rockford doctor arrested Friday and charged with Medicare fraud returned today to federal court, where a judge granted several conditions for him to be released from custody.

Dr. Charles DeHaan appeared in court wearing an orange Boone County Jail uniform and is expected to be released from jail later today. He lives in Belvidere.

State officials temporarily suspended DeHaan's physician and surgeon license and his Illinois Controlled Substance license this month, citing a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct with multiple patients.

The cases intersected in federal court as Magistrate Judge Ian D. Johnston drew up terms for his release.

DeHaan is not allowed to have contact with current or former patients. He's involved with a private practice called Housecall Physicians Group of Rockford.

Any travel he does is restricted to the court districts of northern Illinois, northern Indiana and western Michigan.

DeHaan's mother lives in Michigan, which is why he's allowed to travel there. Johnston denied defense attorney Debra Schafer's request to also allow DeHaan to visit his daughters in Oregon and Texas.

DeHaan also is not allowed to visit assisted-living facilities where former or current patients are. The state's complaint regarding his suspended licenses involves reports of inappropriate sexual conduct with elderly patients at senior residential facilities between 2009 and 2013.

DeHaan is still allowed to visit any assisted-living facility where his mother lives or may live in the near future.

His wife, Mary, will be a third-party custodian responsible for reporting to the court if her husband violates any conditions of his release. DeHaan also was issued a $4,500 unsecured bond, which he doesn't have to pay but would pay if he violated his release terms.

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FIAT Chrysler breaks with Italy in New York listing

Fiat Chrysler will list in New York and drop the Fiat name from its new logo as the newly-combined carmaker pushes ahead with a politically sensitive decision to shift away from Italy.

Fiat, which fully acquired Chrysler this month, said the two carmakers would be rechristened under a new holding company incorporated in the Netherlands known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, with a tax domicile in the UK.

The expected restructuring, approved by Fiat directors on Wednesday, completes a long and drawn-out marriage between the US and Italian carmakers which industry analysts say will safeguard the future of both, but which has sparked fears of abandonment in Italy.

The new company, almost five years in the making, will list on the New York Stock Exchange with an additional listing in Milan, granting it easier access to financing. All Fiat shareholders will receive one share in the new company for every Fiat share they own.

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Knights Templar cartel beware? Mexico strikes deal with vigilantes. - CSMonitor.com

Mexico and self-defense groups reached an agreement this week allowing vigilantes to participate in local police departments or form temporary military units. Is it setting a dangerous precedent?

By David Agren, Correspondent / January 28, 2014

The deal

The Mexican government and self-defense groups reached an agreement on Monday in the municipality of Tepalcatepec, 340 miles west of Mexico City, which would allow vigilantes to participate in local police departments or form temporary military units known as Rural Defense Corps. The vigilantes can keep their weapons – so long as defense officials deem the guns legal – and the federal government will supply equipment for communications and transportation. 

“We have no interest in weapons. We want them to put an end to this organized crime and we’ll go back to our work,” Beltrán says.

Despite the agreement, self-defense groups continued marching on communities near the city of Uruapan, local media reported on Monday.

Beltrán was noncommittal about how closely the self-defense groups will adhere to this new agreement, saying, “The communities themselves will determine if we advance or not.”

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