Jasper —
Dr. Yong Am Park, 68, Lake City, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the Trinity Community Hospital case, according to reports.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Nov. 1 that Circuit Court Judge Leandra G. Johnson (Lake City) sentenced Dr. Yong Am Park, 68, to two years in prison for Medicaid fraud and prescription drug-related charges. Park is the last defendant sentenced in a case involving the now-defunct Trinity Community Hospital in Jasper.
The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit partnered with multiple agencies to investigate Park, described as a Lake City pill mill doctor by Bondi.
Reports show Park was convicted of three counts of Medicaid fraud, five counts of prescription fraud, two counts of unauthorized possession of a prescription form, one count of scheme to defraud, and one count of selling a controlled substance, according to the attorney general’s office. Park has also relinquished his medical license.
“This pill mill doctor was endangering Floridians and defrauding the Medicaid program out of taxpayer dollars by billing the program for many of these illegal prescriptions,” Bondi stated. “I am grateful to all of the partnering agencies who assisted in this investigation and helped put this doctor behind bars.”
Investigators conducted a series of undercover visits and were prescribed controlled substances, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, which are outside the course of Park’s professional practice, according to the press release from Bondi’s office. They also discovered the Florida Medicaid program was paying for many of those illegal prescriptions.
This case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office for the 3rd Judicial Circuit. Participating agencies included the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the Lake City Police Department, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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