Doc loses license for 5 years

A Boulder City doctor has lost his license to practice in the state for five years, which can be extended if he doesn’t follow requirements set forth by the Nevada Board of Chiropractic Physicians.

During the hearing on Oct. 10, Dr. Tad Tenney and his attorney, Hal Reiser, appeared before the board via Zoom to discuss the 25 charges against him. These allegations come from him who is reported to be holding workshops to provide various services, treatments, nutritional supplements related to diabetes, weight loss and heart disease.

In a unanimous vote, the board approved Tenney’s voluntary surrender of his license immediately. Within 30 days, you must pay $44,514 in fees, costs and expenses to the Nevada Board of Chiropractic. He must also pay restitution to three of the plaintiffs in the case, in the amount of about $25,000. His spokesman said that has been done and that in all, Tenney has refunded more than $150,000 to those who paid after one of his seminars and will continue to do so.

“Dr. Tenney’s failure to comply with the law or any condition of this Settlement Agreement will cause () Board staff to turn over public information related to Dr. Tenney from voluntary surrender to revocation,” the board’s report said. “After that, the license of Dr. Tenney will be considered dismissed, and Dr. Tenney may not apply for reinstatement for at least 10 years after such a change of status.”

Once the five-year term is up, Tenney will have to appear before the board for reinstatement.

Records show that Tenney was licensed to practice in Nevada in 1999. His office, now vacant and for rent, was at 806 Buchanan Way, suite 109.

“Some of the contracts reviewed contain references to an organization called Boulder Wellness,” the report says. “Upon investigation, it was determined that Boulder Wellness is a fictitious business name of Boulder Chiropractic, Inc. registered with the Clark County Clerk’s office on July 27, 2020.”

Although the contracts indicated a set price for the goods and services to be provided, they indicated that Tenney would negotiate the price of the contracts with patients, ranging from $1,500 to as high as $9,000, the document states. that means. Most of the patients of the contracts reviewed paid in cash on the day of signing the contracts.

On Nov. 5 2021, the board’s office received a consumer complaint from Patient FH (patient name withheld for patient confidentiality reasons) regarding his and his wife’s (Patient FW) attendance at a seminar and enrolling in a health program. sold by Tenney in September 2021 in Pahrump.

From April 16, 2022 to August 22, 2022, he held more than 50 workshops, sometimes twice a day, with a total of 895 participants during that time. These seminars were held in Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Another team in Boulder City had only five in attendance while 39 attended and one in Kingman.

The report says that most of those who participated in these trainings were in their sixties, seventies and eighties.

“At the end of the speech, Dr. Tenney would invite attendees to enter into a contract with him to pay for the services they performed by cash, check, credit card or credit card. The amount should have been paid in full before the program started,” it said.

A little comment from Tenney

During last Thursday’s hearing, Tenney was given the opportunity to speak but did not say much.

“I’m just thankful that the board is willing to accept this settlement agreement so we can move forward,” he said.

An email from the Review seeking further comment from Tenney was not returned.

This was said to be the fourth time Tenney has appeared before the board in the past few years since 2003. But board attorney Louis Ling said those cases are not related to this one.

Dr. Benjamin Lurie, a member of the investigative board said: “There is a lot in this case. “It was difficult to work on this case with Dr. Tenney and Mr. Reiser. I think what this case does now is that it can solve today’s problem.”

Unhappy customers

According to the Nevada Better Business Bureau, there are seven complaints listed against Tenney, all with a common theme and mostly from elderly people with diabetes or neurological disorders.

“After negotiating $63, a very high price, we ended up paying over $4,000,” one complaint said. “Once we got home, we realized we had just been bamboozled for $4,000 with nothing but a jar of protein powder to show for it. We tried to contact his office to cancel our agreement and ask for a refund. Many calls and messages have been made and they have been canceled or ignored.”

A review on Yelp by a Kingman woman says, “Sounded very professional in the language, but the follow up was a different story. I never received the promised items. The program has and many unfulfilled promises STAY AWAY FROM BOULDER WELLNESS & DR.

Another Yelp review from a man from San Francisco, echoed the prediction.

“Tad gave a polished seminar, charged me $10,000 for a milk powder that didn’t help my diabetes. I am very disappointed. My advice to anyone considering using Tad Tenney, is not. I’m confused, don’t be the next one to be scammed.”

One of the terms of the agreement, if Tenney continues to hold seminars, is that it must be clearly stated that he is no longer a licensed chemist in Nevada and that he does not represent himself. any doctor.

“These (clarifications as part of the settlement) are intended to ensure that patients enter into any future agreements with Dr. Tenney Nevada with their own eyes,” Ling said. “If they still choose to contract with Dr. Tenney and use the services he will provide, at least they will be informed that he is not doing so as a licensed chiropractic physician in Nevada.”