Lake City Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud and Other Drug-Related Charges

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Lake City Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud and Other Drug-Related Charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Circuit Court
Judge Leandra G. Johnson sentenced Dr. Yong Am Park, 68, to two years in
prison for Medicaid fraud and prescription drug-related charges. The
Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit partnered with multiple
agencies to investigate the Lake City pill mill doctor, the last defendant
sentenced in a case involving now-defunct Trinity Community Hospital in
Jasper.

Park was convicted of three counts of Medicaid fraud, five counts of
prescription fraud, two counts of unauthorized possession of a prescription
form, one count of scheme to defraud, and one count of selling a controlled
substance.

“This pill mill doctor was endangering Floridians and defrauding the
Medicaid program out of taxpayer dollars by billing the program for many of
these illegal prescriptions,” stated Attorney General Pam Bondi. “I am
grateful to all of the partnering agencies who assisted in this
investigation and helped put this doctor behind bars.”

Investigators conducted a series of undercover visits and were prescribed
controlled substances, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, outside the
course of Park’s professional practice. Investigators discovered that the
Florida Medicaid program was paying for many of these illegal
prescriptions.

Park has relinquished his medical license. This case was prosecuted by the
Attorney General’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office for the 3rd
Judicial Circuit. Participating agencies include: the Columbia County
Sheriff’s Office, the Lake City Police Department, and the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement.

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