NIXA, Mo.- A physician in Nixa, Mo was sentenced in federal court today after taking bribes from a drug manufacturer in exchange for prescribing its fentanyl drug to his patients. This made him ranked one of the highest in the state of Missouri in net sales of the product and 38th in the United States.
Randall Halley, 65, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to obtain insurance coverage for a fentanyl prescription and to one count of conspiracy back in December.
Today Halley was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Halley to pay $400,565 in restitution to Medicare and to pay a fine of $150,000.
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