“Gotcha Covered,” Said the Doctor

It’s been a while since I reported on physician fraud and abuse as it related to opioid dispensing. But this article from WorkCompWire about a West Coast doctor is just too egregious not to highlight.

Evidently this physician’s license authorized him to write Schedule II though V controlled substances. Unfortunately for him, the monitoring system identified him as a “high prescriber”. Fast forward to undercover law enforcement posing as new patients requesting hydrocodone and oxycodone for “vague pain complaints,” and this is what the Feds found:

Limited or no patient physician examinations;

An initial physical exam in one situation of only 8 seconds;

Prescriptions written to pay back friends with pills, to give away to employees as incentives, and to replace pills lost at a concert.

The provider’s current charges could land him in prison for 20 years.

Herein lies a good example of why your workers’ comp network matters if you want to do better.

Call us. We can do better.

William Faris, JD
Chief Executive Officer
502-495-5040
william.faris@omca.biz
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