Patients Looking For Answers After Local Doctor Charged For Accepting Kickbacks

WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) — A doctor from Westmoreland County was busted for accepting cash as part of a kickback scheme, and now his patients are having trouble getting the medicine they need.Thomas Whitten was temporarily suspended on Wednesday by the Board of Medicine after allegedly taking kickbacks from the opioid manufacturer Insys between 2013-15.
Court records show Whitten allegedly took kickbacks from Insys to prescribe its drugs to his patients and increase their dosage.
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