With Arrest of Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore, A Feared Increase in Overdoses
With Arrest of Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore, A Feared Increase in Overdoses. Kishore closed 29 offices and treatment centers amid charges of Medicaid fraud, essentially leaving up to 3,000 recovering addicts without access to the powerful anti-addiction drug Vivitrol. Now, state officials and addiction centers are scrambling to pick up the slack and prevent an onslaught of overdoses. [Biz Journals]