Jesus Caquias, M.D. Escapes Third Disciplinary Action
In 2010, the Texas Medical Board charged Jesus Caquias, M.D. with providing substandard care that involved negligence, inadequate recordkeeping, poor medical judgment, poor decision-making, failure to use proper diligence, and/or non-therapeutic prescribing and/or treatment. Caquias operates a medical office in Brownsville, Texas and worked part-time for CARE Clincs, an Austin-based facility that offered dubious and expensive services for children with autistic spectrum disorders. The charges, noted below, involved dealings with four patients. Two diagnosed with autism and another one with headaches were given IV vitamin infusions and other inappropriate treatments at his office. The fourth patient was a child whose mother brought him to a CARE satellite clinic in Florida whose staff Caquias had trained. The complaint states that staff members, who were not licensed to practice …
Continue Reading >Disciplinary Action against Jesus Caquias, M.D.
Jesus Caquias, M.D., has been disciplined twice by the Texas Board of Medical Examiners. In 2006, the board concluded that he had failed to maintain adequate medical records and ordered him to (a) resign from his role as a gatekeeper in the county indigent program, (b) undergo remedial training in recordkeeping, and (c) have his practice monitored for two years. In 2007, as shown below, he signed an agreed order under which he was fined $5,000 and agreed to stop (a) advertising in a manner that would cause confusion to the public, (b) using overly broad claims that would “tend to mislead the public as to cures for diseases” and (c) advertising with references to organizations not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. …
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