![]() Bado allegedly continued to prescribe high amounts of oxycodone even when he knew that his patients were addicted to oxycodone, were using illegal drugs, or were not even taking the oxycodone pills as prescribed. Bado would allegedly comply with patient requests for pills with specific concentrations of oxycodone, and Bado would allegedly switch patients to pills with a higher street value even though there was no medical justification for the switch. The superseding indictment alleges that Bado’s prescribing mirrored the needs of drug addicts and drug traffickers. Bado allegedly gave prescriptions for large numbers of oxycodone pills to “patients” who paid in cash for an “office visit” during which the “patient” would receive, at most, a cursory physical examination and little other medical care or treatment. The indictment alleges that Bado had been writing prescriptions for J.A.-1 despite the fact that, when tested at Bado’s office, the victim tested positive for illegal street drugs. The superseding indictment also contains the original two counts of maintaining a drug-involved premises, 200 counts of illegally distributing oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, outside the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, 33 counts of health care fraud, and four counts of making false statements to federal agents.Īccording to the superseding indictment, on January 24, 2011, Bado knowingly and intentionally distributed pills containing oxycodone to J.A.-1, and the death of J.A.-1 resulted from the use of those substances. ![]() Bado, a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, was first indicted on Februfor the alleged illegal distribution of pain medications from his Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr medical offices. ![]() Jeffrey Bado, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, charging him with distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and 82 additional counts of distribution of controlled substances. ![]() PHILADELPHIA – A superseding indictment was filed today against Dr. ![]()
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