Friday, November 20, 2009
West Virginia Doctor Expected To Plead Guilty
According to a filed information, Dr. John Theodore Tiano, a former cardiovascular specialist at Marshall University's medical school, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges related to his involvement in a Mingo County pain clinic. According to the information, between 2005 and March 2007, Tiano allowed nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants under his supervision to issue prescriptions for the painkiller HydroCodone and the anti-anxiety drug Alprazolam. The clinic then fraudulently billed Medicare almost $120,000, while indicating Tiano personally treated patients. According to an affidavit, Tiano earned more than $250,000, between August 2005 and September 2007, while moonlighting for Justice Medical Center near Kermit.
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