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Law Enforcement Focuses on Pain Clinics, Ignoring Patients Who Suffer

By Robert David, Esq.

According to an article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, at least 45 pain clinics opened in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the past year, while state law makers and state and local law enforcement agencies stepped-up their efforts to put an end to the operation suspected ?pill mills.? In August 2008, 66 pain clinics were open for business in Broward and Palm Beach counties combined. The Sun-Sentinel article reports that according to data available from the Florida Department of Health, the number centers issuing narcotic pain medications currently is more than the times what it was in August 2008 - with 122 in Broward to 122 and in Palm Beach County to 108. Pain clinics ?are proliferating despite our efforts," Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti said last week, after state and federal agents executed search warrants at three pain clinics owned or controlled by Christopher and Jeffrey George in Palm Beach County...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).