Arkansas Emergency Physician Pleads Not Guilty to Prescription Fraud

An emergency physician from Arkansas pleaded not guilty to charges of using fraudulent prescriptions to buy hydrocodone, according to a KFSM report.

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Joseph Kradel, MD, was arrested in late July for allegedly buying hydrocodone with fake prescriptions at almost a dozen different pharmacies. Federal investigators say he used the names of family members and friends to buy the prescription drug.

Read the KFSM report on Dr. Joseph Kradel’s prescription fraud charges.

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