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Lebanon Doctor Convicted in Opiate Prescription Scam
A medical doctor who operated two rural healthcare practices in Lebanon, Virginia has been convicted of federal drug and healthcare fraud charges.
Dr. Dwight L. Bailey, 65, of Lebanon, Va., was found guilty of all 63 counts charged against him following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Abingdon.
Bailey, who operated Family Healthcare Associates of Southwest VA and Ridgewood Health Care Clinic, was convicted of illegally prescribing drugs to his patients. Evidence presented at trial showed that Dr. Bailey and the other providers in his office continually wrote prescriptions for opiates, benzodiazepines, and sleeping pills to patients who were clearly misusing, abusing, and diverting those controlled substances.
Most of the patients at Bailey’s clinic were receiving an opiate and/or a benzodiazepine. Bailey’s income from his clinic and work at the emergency room topped $750,000 in a single year.
Specifically, Dr. Bailey was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute schedule II controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, one count of conspiracy to distribute schedule III controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, one count of conspiracy to distribute schedule IV controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, one count of conspiracy to distribute suboxone, one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, 24 counts of distribution of schedule II controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, three count of distribution of schedule III controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, 32 counts of distribution of a schedule IV controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, and one count of maintaining a place for the purpose of distributing controlled substances.
“This conviction underscores our office’s commitment to holding healthcare providers, who put greed above the safety of their community and patients, accountable for their role in the opioid crisis,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bubar.
Sentencing is scheduled for January 3, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. before United States District Judge James P. Jones in Abingdon.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Virginia State Police. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorneys/Virginia Attorneys General Janine Myatt and Nicole S. Terry and Assistant United States Attorney Randy Ramseyer.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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