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Andrews indicted on various Medicaid fraud charges Melodie Phelps News Editor A Monticello dentist is back in jail this week, after he was indicted on multiple charges of Medicaid fraud. Dr. Raleigh, better known as Drew, Andrews had been released from the Wayne County Detention Center several weeks ago on a $50,000 cash bond, but he was back in custody last week after the grand jury returned indictments against him on Tuesday, July 20. Andrews had been jailed earlier this year, after he was indicted on various drug-related charges. His office in Monticello has been closed since July of 2003. The office of Attorney General Greg Stumbo apparently investigated Andrews and Chris Dunkle, an investigator from that office, appeared as a witness before the local grand jury last week. The indictment alleges Andrews devised a scheme to bill the state for services for which he had already been paid, for services never performed, for services not medically necessary and in many cases for less complex services than those billed. The indictment alleges the incidents began in March 1997 and continued through April 2003, and that Andrews defrauded the Kentucky Medicaid Program of as much as $200,000 or more. Andrews was arrested Wednesday, July 21 and was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center on a $200,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and fines and penalties up to $600,000. Add a comment |
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