Carol M. Ostrom reports:
A medical-office billing clerk who stole patient information and prescription pads to get thousands of dollars’ worth of narcotic prescription drugs to sell was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal court judge Thursday.
For the scam, Alyce Burrell, 28, of Seattle, often brought along her two children when she presented pharmacists in Oregon and Washington with fake prescriptions, according to court papers.
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According to records filed with the case, the two forged the names of three doctors on prescription forms and charged the drugs to the health insurance held by those whose identities Burrell had stolen.
Those included at least 60 patients whose records Burrell stole while she worked as a billing technician at Pacific Retina Specialists in Seattle last fall. The information included names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and health-insurance policy numbers, many of them for Medicare Advantage plans.
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