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April
29, 2005
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Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor
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Rachel
Sacharow
609-984-1936
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Passaic
County Pharmacist to Pay $35,000 in Restitution
to Medicaid Program
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TRENTON
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division
of Criminal Justice, announced that a
Passaic County pharmacist has agreed to
pay more than $35,000 in restitution to
the Medicaid Program after pleading guilty
to participating in a fraudulent billing
scheme that resulted in Medicaid paying
for prescription drugs that were never
provided to patients. The Medicaid Program
provides health care services and prescription
drugs to persons unable to afford such
services and medicines.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden-Brown, Kenneth Horwitz, 43,
Mohawk Lane, Randolph, Morris County,
a pharmacist formerly employed at the
Medicaid Treatment Center, located at
935 Allwood Road, Clifton, Passaic County,
was sentenced by Passaic County Superior
Court Judge George F. Rohde, Jr. to three
years probation and ordered to repay $35,012
to the Medicaid Program. Horwitz pleaded
guilty to a criminal Accusation charging
Medicaid Fraud on April 10, 2003. In pleading
guilty, Horwitz admitted that between
February and August, 2001, he submitted
more than 100 fictitious prescription
drug claims to the Medicaid Program for
payment or reimbursements. The forged
claims were submitted under the names
of nine legitimate Medicaid recipients
who were unaware of the fraudulent claims.
The investigation was conducted by the
Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
which investigates fraud and abuse in
the Medicaid Program. State Investigator
Carlos Ortiz and Deputy Attorney General
Riza Dagli were assigned to the investigation.
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