Ivermectin-Crazy Physician Assistant's License Is Suspended

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Scott Miller allegedly tried to bully local hospital staff into giving his COVID patients ivermectin

Ivermectin-Crazy Physician Assistant’s License Is Suspended
Scott Miller allegedly tried to bully local hospital staff into giving his COVID patients the unproven drug.
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8:20 PM · Oct 16, 2021

A Washington State physician’s assistant who mounted a “public campaign touting the use of ivermectin” for treating COVID, allegedly bullying hospital staffers to prescribe the unproven drug, had his license suspended by the state medical commission.

Scott Miller runs a private pediatric medical practice in Washougal that provides services such as genetic testing, lactation counseling, and treatment for pediatric autism, ADHD, and sleep disorders. A quote from Miller on his office website says there is “there is no greater calling and joy in [his] life than helping my patients achieve wellness.”

In recent months, Miller has become a presence at Washougal-area community meetings where, according to the Washington Medical Commission, he has spread rampant COVID misinformation, including claims that science does not support mask-wearing on airplanes.

At a May 10 school board meeting, he said he had begged parents to unenroll their children from school after the district asked them to talk to their kids about mask-wearing and social distancing, according to a report from the medical commission. He said he often shows patients who are concerned about COVID outbreaks pictures of himself and his friends “in Montana, skiing, in a bar ... listening to live music.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/physician-assistant-scott-millers-license-is-suspended-over-ivermectin-push

[3catwoman3]

1. This guy runs a private pediatric practice...

…without a collaborating/supervising physician?

[DURHAM D]

2. Like you I thought they had to be supervised by a physician.

Something ain't right.

[3catwoman3]

3. We need Aristus to...

…weigh in on this.

[Aristus]

5. Washington State requires the filing of a practice agreement between a Physician Assistant

and an MD. It is possible for a PA to own his own practice and hire an MD in order to fulfil the requirement. I wonder if this guy offered an MD a no-show job so he could practice without supervision.

Truth is, I never have an MD, or anyone else, looking over my shoulder during the clinic day. I have a huge amount of autonomy. But an MD is never further away than a phone call if I need a consult.

What this guy is doing is so paralyzingly unethical, I don't even know where to start. He's a disgrace to the profession, and I'm glad they yanked his license.

[3catwoman3]

6. I was pretty sure this is what you would think.

I looked at this guy's website, and in one of the parent comments, he is described as "the best pediatrician ". This man is NOT a pediatrician. I'm betting he did not correct anyone who called him doctor. I also could not find anywhere he listed his education/credentials.

NPs can also have their own practices, in some states (can't remember how many), with a collaborating physician. The collaboration varies from contract to contract.

I had as much autonomy as I wanted. My former practice has 3 offices, with 2 providers seeing patients each day - either 2 docs, or one doc and me. No one read my charts, or questioned me. I liked the security of having one of my physician colleagues right on hand for "curbside" consultations in minutes. There were some things I always wanted a quick second opinion on - especially newly heard heart murmurs in any age kid, and potential hip dislocation clunks in newborns.

I never had any interest in being in solo practice.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Leave Montana the fvck out your mouth, Miller boy.

We have enough of our own assholes here, we don't want you.