ULSTER, Pa. (WETM) – A Bradford County nurse who allegedly had sexual relationships with sufferers is dealing with 22 felony fees for allegedly prescribing greater than 3,700 unlawful prescriptions and charging personal insurers lots of of 1000’s of {dollars}.
Pennsylvania Legal professional Basic Josh Shapiro introduced that Stephanie King, Registered Nurse and proprietor and operator of The Heart for Holistic and Integrative Psychological Well being (CHIMH) was accused of the felony fraud fees.
In accordance with the AG, King allegedly entered right into a sexual relationship with a affected person throughout his remedy classes in 2016. She later allegedly billed a personal insurer for his or her “rendezvous throughout this time”.
In accordance with the felony grievance filed, the connection continued for a number of months till she began a sexual relationship with one other affected person within the spring of 2017. The AG stated that King discontinued his medical care however continued to prescribe managed substances to him with out collaborating with any physicians.
Beneath Pennsylvania legislation, nurses are required to collaborate with licensed Pa. physicians to be able to diagnose sufferers and prescribe managed substances, in addition to “present the expanded remedy capabilities” of her follow, in response to the felony grievance.
The felony grievance additionally alleged that unlicensed staff of King additionally offered providers to Medicaid sufferers and billed them underneath King’s identify “as if [King] was the one which rendered the providers.”
The investigation discovered that King allegedly falsely billed personal insurers greater than $300,000 and billed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania $100,000 “for providers beneath acceptable medical remedy requirements.” The AG’s workplace additionally alleged that King issued over 3,750 prescriptions to sufferers whereas not assembly necessities to put in writing these prescriptions.
She was charged with the next 22 felonies:
- Violation of the Managed Substance, Drug, System and Beauty Act (3 counts)
- Insurance coverage Fraud (2 counts)
- Medicaid Fraud (6 counts)
- Forgery (6 counts)
- Tampering with Public Information (2 counts)
- Theft by Deception (3 counts)
She was processed and launched and granted $75,000 unsecured bail, in response to the Magisterial District Courtroom and the Bradford County Jail.
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The total felony grievance and affidavit might be learn beneath: