BUSTED!
OWNERS OF TRI-STATE MEDICAL CLINIC, ALONG WITH PRACTICING PARTNER, CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENT ACTS IN ONGOING STATE INVESTIGATION
TRI-STATE MEDICAL CLINIC, LOCATED ON RIGHT SIDE OF THIS MEDICAL BUILDING ON HIGHWAY 644, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE LOUISA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADJACENT TO THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER.
LOUISA, Ky. — A stunning set of events went down late Friday afternoon, August 12, in Louisa.
A lengthy investigation conducted by the Kentucky Attorney General’s office in Frankfort led to a raid at Tri-State Medical Clinic on Highway 644 by a special enforcement unit of the Ky. Attorney General’s office. The officers took into custody both the owners of Tri-State Medical Clinic, along with one of the owner’s practicing medical physician partner.
Dr. Kevin Gauze, 47, and his wife, Janice Gauze, 46, who are the owners of Tri-State Medical Clinic along with another physician who works at Tri-State; Dr. Alfred Baldera, 63, were arrested on multiple charges involving medical fraud.
All three were taken into custody according to the arrest citations by the Attorney General’s Office via Frankfort, apparently involving a special unit of the A.G. office that has arrest enforcement powers. Both Kevin and Janice Gauze posted high-cash bonds within an hour of being booked into the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. After making their bail and getting released, they in turn also helped get Alfred Baldera released by posting his bond as well.
Dr. Kevin Gauze was arrested and booked Friday August 12, at 4:35 P.M., and was charged with:• UNAUTHORIZED PROCUREMENT OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, • PRESENT FRAUDULENT CLAIMS TO DEFRAUD KMAP OF > $300, • FORGERY OF A PRESCRIPTION 1ST OFFENSE, • DISPENSE, PRESCRIBE, ADMINISTER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST OFFENSE, • WRONGFULLY FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS 1ST OFFENSE.
Janice Gauze was arrested and booked Friday August 12, at 4:25 P.M., and was charged with: • UNAUTHORIZED PROCUREMENT OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
Dr. Alfred Baldera was not present at the Tri-State Medical Clinic Friday afternoon and was not arrested with the Gauze’s as he was present at his own medical office in Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Baldera was arrested and booked later Friday evening, at 7;23 P.M., at his home by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. where he was charged by the Attorney General’s Office with: • PRESENT FRAUDULENT CLAIMS TO DEFRAUD KMAP OF > $300, • FORGERY OF A PRESCRIPTION 1ST OFFENSE, • DISPENSE, PRESCRIBE, ADMINISTER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST OFFENSE, • WRONGFULLY FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS 1ST OFFENSE.
It is not clear yet if the state has ordered Tri-State Medical Clinic shut down.
