Utah doctor to pay $1.5 million for illegally prescribing pills
Compliance Monitor, September 16, 2009
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Stack was indicted in 2007 on one count of conspiracy; five counts of dispensing drugs outside the bounds of medical practice, resulting in death; seven counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance; and five counts of healthcare fraud. In accordance to a plea agreement, Stack will serve eight years in prison for conspiracy and two counts of health care fraud. As part of the agreement, the counts involving a patient death were never proven and dismissed from the case.
Prosecutors allege that from January to March 2007, Stack would see as many as 80 patients a day to prescribe painkillers without performing a medical exam, reports the DOJ. Stack coined this practice “Express Scripts.”
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