In March, Synergy directed Thom to develop a telemedicine program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the counter-complaint states. Thom is also accused of failing to sign off on patient charts, resulting in delayed billings and issues with cash flow as well as taking a week of unscheduled vacation in the fall of 2019, requiring Synergy to reschedule patient appointments and lose case volume.
9 meeting, Synergy alleges it also discussed with Thom that he repeatedly and regularly arrived late and left early, failing and refusing to comply with his schedule and fulfill his assigned working hours. He then failed to sign the notes in a timely manner, Synergy claims.ĭuring the Jan.
His assistant informed him that she had been instructed not to do so. Thom acknowledged his failure to sign procedural notes, and expressed that he was too busy to comply with such requirements,” the countersuit states.įollowing the meeting, Thom allegedly again asked his assistant to sign the procedural notes. He was directed to stop, but he allegedly refused to comply. Among those concerns, Synergy claims Thom had been wrongfully directing his radiation technologist to sign procedural notes. 9 to address several concerns with respect to his alleged failure to abide by the agreement. It claims Thom failed to comply with his employment agreement. 21 against plaintiff William Thom, M.D., through attorney Natalie Lorenz of Mathis Marifian & Richter LTD in Belleville. Synergy Healthcare Solutions, which specializes in anesthesia services and pain management, filed a counterclaim on Sept. A medical center is counter-suing an anesthesiologist in a wrongful termination dispute, alleging that the physician was terminated for breaching his employment contract despite his arguments that he was terminated for refusing to accept a pay cut in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.