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Norwalk Doctor Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Drug Distribution Norwalk Doctor Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Drug Distribution
Norwalk Doctor Sentenced For Health Care Fraud, Drug Distribution A local doctor is going to spend several years behind bars for distributing opioids to patients with no need for drugs in Fairfield County. Milford resident Bharat Patel, a doctor working out of Family Health Urgent Care in Norwalk, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison after pleading guilty to narcotics distribution and healthcare offenses over the summer.  He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following his stay in prison. Beginning in 2011, through July last year, Patel “saw numerous patients who had no legitimate medical purpose to see Patel, and only came to h…

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by Zak Failla
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Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud
Norwalk Doctor Admits To Painkiller Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud A 71-year-old doctor from Connecticut pleaded guilty on Monday, June 25 to federal narcotics distribution and health care fraud charges. Bharat Patel of Milford entered his plea in U.S. District Court in New Haven, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for New England. In pleading guilty, Patel admitted that he wrote hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone, and received nearly $159,000 as a result, according to Durham. Accordin…

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by Jon Craig