Last year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a series of reports on what it called an epidemic of mistreatment and unhealthy conditions at personal home care facilities throughout the state, stemming largely from a lack of oversight by state and local authorities. According to the newspaper, a boom in growth of these facilities combined with a […]
This week, two physicians turned themselves in to federal authorities on charges stemming from an alleged drug distribution conspiracy. Federal prosecutors claim that the two men, Dr. William Richardson and Dr. Nevorn Askari, were involved in a conspiracy to distribute painkillers in metro Atlanta “pill mills.” The charges against the men include both conspiracy to […]