CT Medicaid Fraud Unit will prosecute physician

A physician from Haddam (CT) has been charged withmultiple counts of illegally prescribing narcotics and othermedications at the a Meriden medical practice where she worked untilMay of 2005.  Dr. Karen Warner, 52, of 1212 Saybrook Road in Haddam was chargedMonday with 10 counts each of: illegally prescribing/sale of narcotics,prescribing/sale of controlled substances and one count each of:failing to keep controlled substance records, first-degree larceny bydefrauding a public community and reckless endangerment.  She faces a possible sentence of 300 years in prison, 50 of which wouldbe mandatory under state law, if convicted on all the felony counts.  According to a state Division of Criminal Justice news release,information in the warrant for Warner’s arrest describes how some hadsold the drugs that were obtained with prescriptions written by Warnerwhile she worked at the Pain & Headache Treatment Center LLC inMeriden. Warner is also accused of prescribing drugs to patients whohad been receiving drug rehabilitation treatment for those samesubstances.

Source:  Hartford (CT) Courant, http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hcu-doccharged-0716,0,1953735.story