U.S. Attorney’s Office Says Investigation Involved Alleged Health Care Fraud and Unlawful Prescribing Practices
(UCBJ) – Angela Moss, a physician in Gordonsville, has been charged with seven counts of health care fraud and 12 counts of unauthorized distribution of controlled substances, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee (USAO), Public Affairs.
Moss, who owned and operated Gordonsville Clinic, allegedly prescribed “excessive” and medically unnecessary controlled substances to patients for more than eight years, according to the release. She also allegedly failed to adequately monitor patients’ use and abuse of prescribed controlled substances while continuing to prescribe excessive and inappropriate amounts of medications.
“During that period, Moss issued prescriptions totaling more than 5.6 million pills and doses of controlled substances,” according to the release. “The indictment alleges that many of those prescriptions were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice.”
The indictment also states that Moss prescribed “… inappropriate quantities and combinations of controlled substances, resulting in medically unnecessary prescriptions that contributed to patient abuse, misuse and addiction.”
According to the release, Moss was warned about the alleged prescribing practices, including warnings from the Tennessee Department of Health.
Moss has been indicted on federal charges. An indictment is an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
“Medical professionals occupy positions of extraordinary trust and responsibility,” said U.S. Attorney Braden H. Boucek, according to the release. “When that trust is abused through the unlawful prescribing of controlled substances, patients can suffer serious harm, addiction can flourish, and taxpayer-funded health care programs can be defrauded. Our office will continue working with our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute those who contribute to prescription drug abuse and health care fraud.”
The case is part of the Department of Justice’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a nationwide effort targeting health care fraud schemes that exploit patients, contribute to prescription drug abuse and defraud federal health care programs.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The indictment was announced by Boucek, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, following Moss’s arrest and the unsealing of the indictment.
Assistant United States Attorney Chris Suedekum is prosecuting the case.
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