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Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

… General Rabbitt. “These cases hold accountable those medical professionals and others who have exploited health … pharmacy, New Moon Pharmacy, and dispensing of prescription medications, including large amounts of Oxycodone, when the …
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… for the community to anonymously dispose of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 local drop-off locations … Drug Take Back Day has helped Americans remove unnecessary medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… and anonymous way to dispose of unneeded prescription medications. With nearly 4,500 collection sites nationwide, … Americans safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 23, DEA encourages Americans to safely dispose of unneeded medications that too often become a gateway to addiction … the only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO, ER Director, And Blairsville Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills

… and obtaining thousands of doses of prescription pain medications outside the usual course of professional medical practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. They … illegitimately, thousands of doses of prescription pain medications and now face serious federal charges,” said U.S. …
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New Charges For Former NY State Assemblyman Brook-Krasny

… charges are based on the continuing investigation into two medical clinics in Brooklyn allegedly involved in Medicaid … account associated with the office manager of Parkville Medical, a primary care clinic in Midwood, Brooklyn. …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinic Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

… of Kevin Lowe, the owner of “Astramed,” a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New … found, Kevin Lowe operated a series of purported medical clinics that functioned as prescription pill drug trafficking dens where doctors wrote almost 35,000 medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone, …
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New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

… a drug dealer masquerading as a doctor.  Through his sham medical practice in Manhattan where patients and dealers would line up, Mirilashvili wrote more than 10,000 medically unnecessary prescriptions totaling close to a …
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Two Employees Of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Including Logistics Warehouse And Mail Center Supervisor, Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… Jeffrey G. Hughes said: “The arrest of two VA Medical Center employees comes as a result of an outstanding … Postal Service and the mailroom at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx, New (the “Medical Center”), to receive and distribute narcotics, …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Johnson, a physician’s assistant who formerly provided medical services to Team-1, with various offenses … the distribution of oxycodone.  As alleged, Johnson wrote medically unnecessary Percocet prescriptions for Hart on a … and a warning to those who distribute diverted prescription medication throughout our communities - law enforcement will …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

… districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in … and their families), and private insurance companies for medically unnecessary prescription drugs and compounded medications that often were never even purchased and/or …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

… districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in … and their families), and private insurance companies for medically unnecessary prescription drugs and compounded medications that often were never even purchased and/or …
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State lawmaker indicted for stem cell fraud scheme, illegally distributing prescription drugs

… as an assistant physician, operates three Ozark Valley Medical Clinic locations in Springfield, Ozark, and Branson, … who knowingly abuse their power by prescribing medications, without ensuring they are for legitimate …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… This event offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … the only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Local Pain Doctor Named In A 114 Count Indictment; Accused Of Illegally Issuing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances

… or both. “As alleged, this defendant took advantage of his medical license and the trust placed in him by his patients, … There is an irrefutable link between the abuse of pain medication and heroin abuse which has devastated families in … indications that the patients were abusing and misusing the medications; falsifying completion of training requirements, …
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Physician pleads guilty to 16 felony charges: operated Brooklyn pill mills and directed fraudulent Medicaid/Medicare Billing

… the guilty plea of Dr. Lazar Feygin, the operator of two medical clinics in Brooklyn, in connection with schemes to … to receive a five-year prison sentence and forfeit his medical license under the terms of his plea. Guilty pleas to …
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… the defendants were 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, all alleged to have participated in … of our citizens.”            “The abuse of prescription medication, particularly opioids, is one of the largest … the criminal doctors and medical professionals from writing medically unnecessary prescriptions, and by preventing the …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… and anonymous way to dispose of unneeded prescription medications. With nearly 4,500 collection sites nationwide, … Americans safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals responsible for over $2 billion in fraud losses

… including 150+ doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in … and their families), and private insurance companies for medically unnecessary prescription drugs and compounded medications that often were never even purchased and/or …
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… of KEVIN LOWE, the owner of “Astramed,” a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New … potent opioids, all under the guise of a legitimate medical clinic.  Instead of medical care, Lowe and others … working under LOWE’s direction wrote tens of thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone, a highly …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

… bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … public may now use drop boxes at Veterans Administration medical centers to dispose of controlled substance …
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… for the community to anonymously dispose of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 local drop-off locations … Drug Take Back Day has helped Americans remove unnecessary medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from …
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… for the community to anonymously dispose of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 local drop-off locations … Drug Take Back Day has helped Americans remove unnecessary medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from …
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Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill

… the addictive opioid painkiller oxycodone for no legitimate medical purpose from an Upper West Side medical practice. As … indications that patients were not themselves taking the medication, including ignoring the results of medical tests …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owner Of Bronx Clinic And 23 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

… drug distribution ring that operated out of a purported medical clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New … who they sent into the clinics in order to obtain medically unnecessary prescriptions. The prescriptions were …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 23, DEA encourages Americans to safely dispose of unneeded medications that too often become a gateway to addiction … the only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… This event offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations … the only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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Warren County doctor sentenced for illegally distributing opioids and Medicare fraud

… today to two felony charges, illegally distributing opiate medications and making a false statement to the Medicare … According to his plea agreement, Dr. Dean operated a medical office in Warren County, Missouri. Dr. Dean had …
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DEA Hosts 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday, April 25th

… to properly dispose of your unneeded, unwanted, or expired medications,” said RMFD Special Agent in Charge David …
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Former Physician is Sentenced to 30 Months after Conviction for Diverting Prescription Opioids

… to dispense controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose. According to court documents, Paul Silva, … family members, former patients and others, after his medical license expired and then was suspended. Co-conspirators picked up the prescription medications and distributed them to unknown individuals and …