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  2. Jan 31, 2023 · The allegations against Dr. Ronald S. Bergman, 74, of Bergman Plastic Surgery also involve the surgeon’s girlfriend and former clinic manager, who is a full-time detective with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

    • State Board: Bergman Refused Assessment
    • Lawsuit: A Workplace Rife with Sexual Misconduct
    • After Resignation, Retaliation
    • Billing Fraud Claims Cost $800,000
    • Other Suits Against Ronald Bergman

    Bergman's communications have also been chastised by the State Board, which fined Bergman $2,500 last year for "inappropriate text messages to an employee." But that citation was packaged with a settlement addressing the board's finding that Bergman suffers from hand tremors that would interfere with his ability to safely conduct surgery. Under the...

    West said in her suit that during her employment, she heard Bergman regularly make sexual comments to and about women in the office, including her. She said he showed her obscene photos of himself and his girlfriend. After a party for staff, she alleged, she heard him tell a young female employee, “I like your dress! I would like to bend you over a...

    Months after she left the practice, West said in her suit, she was contacted by the Iowa Board of Medicine and cooperated in an investigation then underway. After Bergman learned of it, she alleged, he and his girlfriend conspired to retaliate against her. Bergman filed police reports in January 2020 accusing her West of forgery and stealing more t...

    During her brief employment, West said in the suit, she also repeatedly confronted Bergman about his billing practices, including submitting bills to Medicare and Medicaid that exaggerated the procedures performed or overbilled for services provided by trainee physicians or physician assistants instead of by Bergman himself. Bergman threatened that...

    Still active against Berman is a suit filed by Rhonda Swanson, a former administrative assistant, which accuses him of harassment, unpaid wages and age and sex discrimination. Swanson's complaint echoes many details of West's lawsuit, including Bergman's offensive comments and sharing of inappropriate photos, as well as the ominous comments about t...

  3. Nov 28, 2023 · Over the years, surgeon Ronald S. Bergman of Des Moines has battled with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations of billing fraud, fended off lawsuits from former employees alleging...

    • Clark Kauffman
  4. Dec 27, 2021 · On his website, Des Moines plastic surgeon Ronald Bergman touts his ability to help women “release the beauty that is inside you.” But in his office, he has routinely subjected female employees...

    • Tony Leys
    • Health Care Reporter
  5. Sep 7, 2022 · Dr. Ronald Bergman and his medical practice, Bergman Cosmetic Surgery, P.C., of Des Moines, Iowa, have agreed to pay $800,000 to the United States and the State of Iowa to resolve allegations that Bergman wrongfully billed Medicare and Medicaid for services rendered by others and billed Medicare for medically unnecessary and unreasonable ...

  6. Jul 20, 2023 · Ronald S. Bergman, a 74-year-old Iowa-licensed physician who practices plastic and reconstructive surgery, entered into a settlement agreement with the Board of Medicine in January.

  7. Dec 28, 2021 · The sexual harassment suits, filed by two former employees and one fellow surgeon, allege that 72-year-old Dr. Ronald Bergman’s offensive language oscillated between calling women “dumb c---s...