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"<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-e9baf239-3492-248f-1dbc-ee165c2bcbf5\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">MUNCIE, Ind. (Legal Newsline) - At the request of Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, investigators executed a search warrant at the Centers for Pain Relief clinic in Muncie Monday.</b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<a href=\"http://legalnewsline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newgregzoeller.jpg\"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">They were tasked with collecting evidence for an ongoing investigation into the possible over-prescribing of prescription painkillers.</b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The investigation, which also includes allegations of forgery and fraud, focuses on Dr. William P. Hedrick, who operates 12 pain relief clinics in northern Indiana. </b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Following the alleged overdose deaths of eight of Hendrick&rsquo;s patients, as well as complaints from local pharmacists about the clinic&rsquo;s alleged over-prescribing habits, Delaware County Circuit Court Judge Marianne Vorhees authorized the warrant, which included the collection of patient files, prescription records, billing information, data files and mobile devices.</b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration&#39;s Indianapolis District Office, the Delaware County Drug Task Force, Muncie Police and the Indiana Attorney General&#39;s Medicaid Fraud Unit carried out the search. </b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">No arrests have been made and no criminal charges filed yet.</b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">All material collected in the search will be reviewed by the county prosecuter&rsquo;s office to determine the validity of the accusations against Hedrick and his staff. The outcome of the investigation will determine if any formal charges will be filed, Zoeller said.</b><br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t&nbsp;<br /></p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br />\t<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">As part of the investigation, Zoeller&rsquo;s office also filed a request with the Indiana Medical Licensing Board Monday to suspend Hendrick&rsquo;s medical license.</b><br /></p><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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