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Stacy Makhnevich
Stacy Makhnevich is a terrible dentist in New York City.
Makhnevich has been sued by a former patient (Robert Lee) for alleged unethical behavior.
- After Lee signed the contract, Makhnevich drained his tooth and, on a subsequent visit, put in a filling, charging $4,800 for the two procedures. According to Lee, she demanded that he pay for the procedures out of pocket, but promised to submit documentation to his insurance company to allow him to be reimbursed.
- But he says Makhnevich's office never submitted the necessary documentation. And when Lee requested a copy of his records so he could submit a claim himself, he was asked to pay hundreds of dollars for a copy of his own dental records.
Lee complained about this behavior on Yelp, and Makhnevich responded by suing him citing the privacy agreement that Lee had signed before the dental procedure was performed. Lee has claimed that this contract was illegal and invalid. The contract in question was produced by a company called Medical Justice, which has since withdrawn it from use.
[edit] Source
- Timothy B. Lee at ArsTechnica.
