A
physician assistant, Michael Troyan, who operated two urgent care clinics on
the east end of Long Island was arrested on November 4, 2015 after being
indicted on federal charges of conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. At
the time of his arrest, the DEA executed search warrants at these two clinics:
East End Urgent and Primary Care in Riverhead, New York.
The
indictment and public filings allege that between November 2011 and October
2015, physician assistant Troyan with authority to prescribe controlled
substances, issued prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills to
co-conspirators for the purpose of illegally re-selling the pills for
cash. PA Troyan was allegedly captured on video in an undercover
operation writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for OxyCodone and
receiving large quantities of cash at his Riverhead medical office for prior
illegal sales. It is alleged that PA Troyan was receiving half of the
profit from the sale of the oxycodone pills.
Attorney Commentary: In a case like this, there was significant investigation before the Indictment and search warrant was executed including surveillance and recording. There are physicians who also worked at these clinics who were hired by the physician assistant to be his supervisors. While those physicians would not have written the prescriptions, they would have some responsibilites as supervising physician. Long Island has had a signficiant heroin addiction problem and the DEA is being aggressive in investigating physicians and advanced care providers who prescribe painkillers.
Posted by Tracy Green, Esq.
Green and Associates
Work: 213-233-2260
