Southern California Physician Sentenced to Prison
A Duarte physician was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for dispensing massive amounts of powerful and addictive painkillers including oxycodone and hydrocodone without examining patients. Dr. Daniel J. Healy received cash for the pills he was dispensing out of his office.
Healy, of Arcadia was arrested in 2009. Judge Manuel Real sentenced Dr. Healy to 500 hours of community service and 10 years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.
According to reports, from January 2005 to February 2009, Dr. Healy ordered and dispensed large amounts of painkillers to patients he did not examine. No physician in the nation purchased more hydrocodone pills than Healy. Prosecutors also say Healy profited off the purchase and sale of hydrocodone to the tune of $680,000 in 2008 alone.
On July 6, 2009, Dr. Healy plead guilty to 1 count of knowingly and intentionally distributing the painkiller oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practices and without legitimate medical purpose.
