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Doc Who Had Office In Phillipsburg Admits Taking Bribes To Prescribe Fentanyl
A doctor who had a practice in Warren County has admitted accepting bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a painkiller containing a powerful opioid, the Department of Justice said Friday.
Kenneth Sun, 58, an Easton, Pa., resident who also practiced in Pennsylvania, received $140,000 in illicit payouts between 2012 and 2016 from the Arizona-based company, Insys. The medically unnecessary prescriptions resulted in $847,000 in Medicare reimbursements.
Sun, who owned Progressive Pain Solutions in Phillipsburg, prescribed Subsys, a …
