The former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has been arrested on two felony charges of Medicaid fraud. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that police in Rogers on Monday arrested 49-year-old Brian Thomas Hyatt, a psychiatrist. A telephone call Tuesday seeking comment from his attorney, Erin Cassinelli, has not been returned. Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a statement that Hyatt’s arrest came after a Pulaski County district court judge signed a warrant from his office. The ne
ROGERS, Ark. — The former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has been arrested on two felony charges of Medicaid fraud, authorities said.. He was being held in the Benton County Jail for the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office with no bond set, according to online jail records. A telephone call seeking comment from his attorney, Erin Cassinelli, was not immediately returned Tuesday.
“Prior to Dr. Hyatt’s arrest by the Rogers Police Department, prosecutors from my office and defense counsel had already reached an agreement for Dr. Hyatt’s surrender and appearance in court. We are honoring that prior agreement and look forward to his appearance in Pulaski County court later this month,” Griffin said in a statement.Fraud trial: Trump acknowledged penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not 30,000 he later claimedHyatt was appointed to the medical board by then-Gov.
Griffin said in March that Northwest Arkansas Hospitals had agreed to pay the state more than $1 million in connection with 246 Medicaid claims based on medical evaluations, diagnoses and supporting documentation certified by Hyatt and nonphysician providers working under his control and supervision.
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