KNOXVILLE – Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for a woman in connection with a case involving healthcare fraud at a former medical practice in Knoxville.
In August 2009, TBI Special Agents with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit received information pertaining to healthcare fraud and the illegal distribution of narcotics at Horizon Family Medicine, formerly located in Knoxville. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that between January 2009 and June 2012, Melinda Church was involved in a fraudulent scheme that required patients to undergo unnecessary medical testing and procedures. Further investigation revealed that Church, a nurse practitioner, participated in the scheme to generate more revenue for the medical practice.
Last week, the Knox County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Church with Theft over $60,000 and Computer Crimes over $60,000. On Thursday, Church, 61, was arrested in Morristown and booked into the Knox County Jail and released on a $10,000 bond. The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with specific information pertaining to this investigation should contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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