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Sep 16, 2020
3 min

Co-Conspirator In Health Care Fraud Scheme Faces Harsh Prison Sentence

They say “birds of a feather flock together”. They also say “monkey see, monkey do”. Neither of these idioms is generally uttered in a complimentary way. They are often used to describe someone who is either copying or acting like another person who is a bad influence. When it comes to the law, you can’t sit idly by while someone you know is committing a crime and not expect to be held accountable. And, of course, you can’t conspire to take part in the illegal activity and no

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Jul 23, 2020
2 min

HHS-OIG Special Agent And Accomplice Charged With Multiple Crimes

Individuals who work for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) have extremely important jobs. They are tasked with identifying and combating waste, fraud and abuse in the HHS’s more than 300 programs. These programs include Medicare as well as others conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The last thing you would expect from an HHS-OIG age

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May 28, 2020
3 min

California Man Faces Prison Time For Role In Opioid Scam

The world is facing a very tough time right now. The global pandemic has taken hundreds of thousands of lives and the majority of us are still doing our best to stop the spread of COVID-19. It needs to be noted, however, that our nation continues to face a variety of other harsh circumstances. Among them is the opioid crisis. It continues to take lives in spite of these deaths not always making news headlines. One of the mandates of the Allegiant Experts Blog is to highlight

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May 7, 2020
3 min

The Opioid Crisis Continues Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic

For obvious reasons, the world has been focused on the coronavirus pandemic for the past few months. However, as the Allegiant Experts Blog has highlighted on numerous occasions, the opioid crisis continues to ravage the United States. Sadly, such drugs as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine are responsible for an abundance of overdoses leading to death. And many of those overdoses result from illegal prescriptions. Fairfax, Virginia’s Dr. Felicia Lyn Donald is just

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Jan 30, 2020
2 min

Manhattan Doctor Gets 57-Month Prison Sentence For Role In Fentanyl Scheme

Fentanyl is an opioid that is commonly used as a pain medication. When combined with other drugs, it can work as an anesthetic. Unfortunately, fentanyl is also used as a recreational drug and is often mixed with either heroin or cocaine. It is commonly administered by injection but can also be inhaled or ingested orally. Fentanyl holds the distinction of causing the overdose that took the life of the much-beloved pop superstar, Prince in April of 2016. Fentanyl is a culprit i

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Jan 9, 2020
2 min

Philly Physician Gets Sentenced To A Year In Prison For Distributing Opioids

On behalf of the entire Allegiant Experts team, we’d like to wish you all a very happy new year! Yes, we realize that 2020 is already over one week old. But, with this being our first blog of the new decade, we still wanted to offer you our well wishes! We also wanted to reiterate the fact that our team is in the office and ready to assist you with any questions you may have about the clinical expert services we provide. We had an enjoyable holiday that saw us take off the be

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Dec 5, 2019
3 min

Two More Illegal Opioid Distributors Land On Santa’s Naughty List

With December now here, we imagine that Santa Claus and his entire North Pole crew are harder at work than ever preparing toys for boys and girls all across the world. Those on the “nice list” are certainly in for a big treat three weeks from now. Those on the “naughty list”, however, may have to contend with some coal in their stockings. Should this legend hold true, 43 year-old, Timothy W. Forester is in for a very less than Merry Christmas. As reported by the Western Distr

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Oct 31, 2019
3 min

Pennsylvania Woman Gets A Year In Prison For Forging Opioid Prescriptions

Over the past couple of weeks, the Allegiant Experts Blog has returned its focus to the topic of America’s opioid crisis. As we’ve highlighted in many a blog, it’s an epidemic that is taking lives at an alarming rate. Created to be pain killers, opioids of all kinds are becoming the culprits in numerous overdoses across the country. And, sadly, several medical practitioners are to blame for having opioids illegally distributed. 63 year-old Belinda Dietrich isn’t a medical pra

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Oct 17, 2019
2 min

The Opioid Crisis Continues: More Physicians Taken Down For Overprescribing Drugs

The fact that there is an opioid crisis in the United States is practically common knowledge. With such drugs as fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone being so highly addictive, these pain killers are now known to be the chief causes of overdoses all over the country. In the past several weeks, many of our blog entries have covered stories about medical professionals exacerbating our nation’s opioid epidemic. It’s a major concern that deserves our attention. “Too

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Sep 26, 2019
2 min

Two Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Actions Result In 100 Charges

If the weekly posts that appear here, on the Allegiant Experts Blog, have made anything clear, it’s that health care fraud takes place in various forms all over this country – all the time! It’s a sad fact that’s made a little less melancholy by the fact that fraudsters are continuously being brought to justice in droves. Of course, not every perpetrator gets caught. But, it’s certain that health care fraud is being cracked down upon. Florida and Georgia health care fraud law

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Sep 19, 2019
2 min

Detroit Health Care Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Scheme

It’s no secret that the United States of America is currently entangled in a very serious opioid epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, opioid overdoses accounted for more than 42,000 deaths in 2016. That’s more than any previous year on record. An estimated 40 percent of all opioid overdose deaths involved a prescription opioid. In 2017, HHS declared a public health emergency and announced a 5-Point Strategy To Combat the Opioid Crisis. Opio

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Aug 29, 2019
2 min

Nevada Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Role In Worsening Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis in America is not one to underestimate. The damage it has caused and continues to cause is irreparable. Overdoses are taking place at alarming rates and medical professionals all over the country seem to be making the situation worse. When drugs are illegally prescribed, they obviously get into the wrong hands. And, in those wrong hands, those drugs are used for purposes other than what they were intended for. Used for recreational purposes, opioids can have

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Mar 28, 2019
2 min

California Doctor Faces Prison Time For Writing Bogus Opioid Prescriptions

The opioid crisis in the United States is a growing epidemic. Opioids, which are a family of drugs that include oxycodone, morphine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), fentanyl and codeine (which is found in Tylenol No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4), are taking the lives of Americans at an alarming rate. Generally, such drugs are prescribed to relieve pain. But, sadly, they are too often illegally prescribed and obtained and therefore, misused. According to the Centers for Disease Control and P

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Jan 31, 2019
3 min

Clearwater Doctor Receives Prison Sentence For Role In Opioid Crisis

Being based in the wonderful state of Florida has many benefits. Among them is the warmth and sunshine we get to experience when our friends up north are enduring cold and snowy weather. Now, as clinical experts, the Allegiant Experts team pays close attention to the many instances of health care fraud that occur all throughout the United States. But, as Floridians, we can’t help but pay special attention to our state’s cases. And, of course, Florida is not immune to having i

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Oct 18, 2018
3 min

Michigan Health Care CEO Latest To Fall In Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

America is experiencing an opioid crisis. The epidemic stems from the fact that numerous prescription drugs are being used for recreational purposes. As a result, these drugs are causing deaths in growing numbers. How do people get their hands on prescription drugs without prescriptions? The answer is made up of the names of numerous medical industry professionals who work for profit over the health of our nation’s citizens. 38 year-old, Mashiyat Rashid is one such individual

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Aug 30, 2018
2 min

Ohio Doctor Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Running A Pill Mill

A pill mill is described as an operation in which a medical professional prescribes or dispenses drugs without a legitimate medical purpose. Naturally, the main objective of an individual who runs a pill mill is to illegally profit from sales. Of course, what pill mills result in are the distribution of many illegal narcotics as well as the flooding of communities with prescription drugs that are used for non-medical purposes. Make no mistake about it – pill mills are illegal

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Apr 12, 2017
3 min

Louisiana “Pill Mill” Doctor Guilty Of Health Care Fraud And Death Threats

Sometimes, it seems as if the stories that come out about health care fraud in our country just keep getting crazier. Some of them – the really bad ones – include more than just defrauding our nation’s health insurance programs. They involve threats of violence or worse, violence itself. And, of course, the absolute worst stories include the deaths of innocent people. Enter Dr. Shannon Christopher Ceasar. We’re thankful to report that the story of this 44 year-old Louisiana-b

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