Saturday, February 06, 2010
Mingo County Clinic Owner Charged
WEST VIRGINIA....
The owner of a Mingo County medical clinic near Kermit, West Virginia is facing federal charges involving the illegal sale of prescription drugs. A federal information filed Friday in U.S. District Court charges 30 year old Cameron J. Justice, the owner of Justice Medical Complex, with conspiring to misuse a physicians' registration number and aiding and abetting health care fraud. Investigators say Justice and an employee claimed doctors had examined dozens of patients when it was really nurse practitioners who used the physician's name while providing the services. During the four-year scheme (2005-2009) they used the physician's Medicare provider number to bill for services he didn't personally provide and to issue prescriptions to acquire controlled substances. Justice is accused of billing Medicare for nearly $300,000. If convicted, Justice faces 14 years in federal prison and a half-million dollar fine.
Dr. Augusto T. Abad of Charleston is facing similar charges, while Dr. John Theodore Tiano is scheduled for sentencing on March 18th after pleading guilty to charges.
The owner of a Mingo County medical clinic near Kermit, West Virginia is facing federal charges involving the illegal sale of prescription drugs. A federal information filed Friday in U.S. District Court charges 30 year old Cameron J. Justice, the owner of Justice Medical Complex, with conspiring to misuse a physicians' registration number and aiding and abetting health care fraud. Investigators say Justice and an employee claimed doctors had examined dozens of patients when it was really nurse practitioners who used the physician's name while providing the services. During the four-year scheme (2005-2009) they used the physician's Medicare provider number to bill for services he didn't personally provide and to issue prescriptions to acquire controlled substances. Justice is accused of billing Medicare for nearly $300,000. If convicted, Justice faces 14 years in federal prison and a half-million dollar fine.
Dr. Augusto T. Abad of Charleston is facing similar charges, while Dr. John Theodore Tiano is scheduled for sentencing on March 18th after pleading guilty to charges.
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