Fraud accusation preceded Mississippi pain cream scheme: Timeline
Long before a massive multimillion-dollar health care fraud involving high-priced pain creams and other medications unfolded, two of the scheme's central architects worked together at another company accused of fraud. Wade Walters, Hope Thomley and others were named in a lawsuit filed by Pearl River County Hospital in November 2013 alleging Performance Accounts Receivable and Performance Capital Leasing, Walters, Thomley and other individuals and entities "acted in concert to coerce the hospital to defraud Medicare and Medicaid." Walters is listed as owners of both companies, which are now d...
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