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14 charged, 11 arrested for alleged TennCare fraud in Tennessee Save Email Print
Posted: 11:33 AM Aug 15, 2008
Last Updated: 2:52 PM Aug 15, 2008

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MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Fourteen people are charged with TennCare fraud following an undercover investigation in Warren county.

According to the Office of Inspector General, 11 of the 14 suspects have been arrested.

They are each charged with selling prescription drugs paid for by TennCare.

Here's a list of the 11 people arrested so far:
- Amanda D. Chaple, 24, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling the painkiller Hydrocodone to an undercover agent which was she obtained through a physician’s visit which was paid for by TennCare;
- Jennifer L. Parson, 41, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone which she obtain through a physician’s visit at a local pain clinic paid for by TennCare;
- John Reed, 45, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone to an undercover agent, which he had obtained through a physician’s visit which was paid for by TennCare;
- Kristy D. Herron, 26, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone, paid for by TennCare;
- Tabatha A. Avalos, 25, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone to an undercover agent, with TennCare paying for the doctor visit where the prescription was written;
- April Hickey, 31, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication, which she had obtained using TennCare to pay for a provider’s office visit;
- Emmanuel Taylor, 49, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone for selling to undercover agent, which was paid for by TennCare;
- Heather Lopez, 32, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone to an undercover agent, which TennCare had paid for;
- Tatum Marlin, 22, of McMinnville, charged with one count of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone to an undercover agent, which TennCare had paid for;

- Theresa Smith, 49, of Rock Island, charged with two counts of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone to an undercover agent which TennCare paid for on two separate occasions;
- Thomas Hart, 58, of McMinnville, charged with two counts of TennCare fraud for selling Hydrocodone for selling to an undercover agent, which TennCare paid for on two separate occasions.

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Posted by: Randi Location: Knoxville on Aug 20, 2008 at 08:23 AM
I think they need to hit all 95 counties in the state this is a huge problem for us who works and pays for our insurance most not all use TennCare to get drugs and then the people who truly need TennCare can't get it or can't keep it they will cut people off who truly needs it and keep the drug dealers on it. Then most of these have their childern on it but then won't take their kids to the dr. they will send them to school and make yours sick and then you take yours to the dr.and keep them home get them well and send them back to school only for them to come home with it again or something new. This needs an overhaul and with age restrictions and health problems classified for payments and the others need to be told get up get a job. I knew this girl who was on SSI and she drank and done drugs but that how she got SSI was because she couldn't control her life due to this WOW right I can't control my life either kids, bills, husband, family,jobs, and just life but itself.

Posted by: betty Location: grainger on Aug 17, 2008 at 05:29 PM
get the doctors for dishing them out like candy. they load every body down with drugs

Posted by: Elizabeth Location: Knoxville on Aug 17, 2008 at 09:06 AM
These idiots make it hard for the people who really have pain issues, like myself, to obtain the narcotic pain medicine for relief. Doctors will not hardly prescribe these medications anymore in fear of being reprimanded by the DEA. I work hard and pay an outragous amount for health insurance every month, and it really ticks me off that these fools are getting free insurance that I and every other tax payer provides. I hope the MAN sticks it to them!!!

Posted by: Ron Location: Tn on Aug 15, 2008 at 06:17 PM
Yet another example of how universal health care won't work.Get a job and stop mooching off hard working taxpayers!

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 15, 2008 at 04:57 PM
if not disable get a job

Posted by: joann Location: ohio on Aug 15, 2008 at 04:07 PM
THEY NEED TO GET THE DOCTOR FOR GIVING THEM THE DRUGS.AND TENNCARE FRAUD.THEY COULD'NT SELL THEM IF THE DOCTOR DID'NT GIVE THEM OUT.

Posted by: gail Location: tenn. on Aug 15, 2008 at 04:02 PM
how about the doctors that are giving these people all this medication!i think they should be punished too!

Posted by: judy Location: athens on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:42 AM
they sure take all their tenn care away and make them get a job instead of living off the gov with foodstamps and wellfair

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