Board Suspends Doctors for Deposition No-Show, Opioid Charges

The New York State Workers' Compensation Board has suspended or removed four doctors in the last three weeks, one for alleged opioid distribution and one for failing to give a deposition. The board temporarily suspended internist Dr. Tonuca Basu, of Glendale, after she failed to appear at a deposition regarding her care and treatment of injured workers. “The chair believes that Dr. Basu may be guilty of misconduct pursuant to WCL § 13-d(2)(f) by refusing to testify at a deposition concerning her care and treatment of injured workers and that such misconduct would detrimentally...