State Senator Promotes Bill to Create Fentanyl Task Force in Southern California
Sen. Pat Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) has introduced a measure in the California Legislature to create a task force in Southern California to combat the region’s growing problem with the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Senate Bill 75 (SB 75), a bipartisan measure, would form a task force under the auspices of the California attorney general to coordinate law enforcement efforts and assist local agencies in their work to reduce reduce fentanyl-related deaths.
“As a former social worker who once worked in communities ravaged by drugs, California must do more to save people from fentanyl-related tragedies,” Bates said in a Dec. 21 press release. “A task force would help maximize existing resources and improve communication among various agencies.”
Dr. Randy Rosen is charged with 88 felony counts in two criminal cases in Orange County.
Court documents show Rosen, 57, and his 41-year-old girlfriend, Liza Vismanos, used so-called body brokers to find and pay sober living facility patients to complete medical visits that were then billed to insurance companies. Among the procedures were cortisone injections and implants of naltrexone, a drug that can reduce cravings for opioids and alcohol.
The pair and four others are connected with the $52-million scheme, according to the district attorney’s office. About $12 million was kicked back to the body brokers, whom prosecutors called “junkie hunters,” and a smaller portion was given to each individual who was treated. Rosen bragged on texts about pocketing $18,400 for a single injection, records show.
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Doctor accused of using addicts in medical fraud scheme is out of jail with COVID-19 [Los Angeles Times]
A Beverly Hills surgeon accused of scamming nearly $29 million in insurance money after prosecutors said he recruited patients to undergo unnecessary medical procedures has been released from jail after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Dr. Randy Rosen is charged with 88 felony counts in two criminal cases in Orange County.
Court documents show Rosen, 57, and his 41-year-old girlfriend, Liza Vismanos, used so-called body brokers to find and pay sober living facility patients to complete medical visits that were then billed to insurance companies. Among the procedures were cortisone injections and implants of Naltrexone, a drug that can reduce cravings for opioids and alcohol.
Orange County Sheriff slams judge s order to release inmates amid COVID-19
Orange County Sheriff slams judge’s order to release inmates amid COVID-19
OC Sheriff Don Barnes is rejecting a judge s order that asks inmates to be released from county jails amid coronavirus concerns.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is rejecting a judge s order that asks inmates to be released from county jails amid coronavirus concerns. I refuse to release murderers and pedophiles, Sheriff Barnes said.
The order from a Superior Court judge asks for the release of nearly half the inmates in Orange County jails under their own recognizance, with ankle monitors, for example. More than 40 inmates tested positive across the county, but most are asymptomatic, according to officials with the Orange County Sheriff s Department.