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A traveling nurse from Florida was ordering oxycodone for her nursing home patients and then using it herself, according to state officials.
The Attorney General’s Office announced that Anneka Brooks, 46, of Titusville, Florida, was arraigned Tuesday, October 13 on two felony counts of Fraud or Deceit Involving a Regulated Drug. The charges are the result of an investigation conducted by the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) and the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU).
Brooks was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Union House Nursing Home, a long-term care facility in Glover. On or about November 8, Brooks is alleged to have fraudulently obtained Oxycodone, a controlled substance, intended for administration to medical patients, for her own personal use.
Brooks, now residing in Florida, pleaded not guilty by remote appearance at her arraignment today in Vermont Superior Court, Orleans Criminal Division. Judge Michael Harris ordered Brooks released on conditions, including that she attend future hearings and that she provide fingerprints.
Brooks’s license as a Licensed Practice Nurse was suspended by OPR pursuant to a stipulation and consent order on August 11.
If you suspect Medicaid fraud, please submit a report using MFRAU’s online reporting form.
The Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $1,621,775 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2027. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $540,425 for FY 2027, is funded by the State of Vermont.
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Vermont is a fraud free state, because nobody gets caught, and someone is milking these funds. Comment from Richard Day.
Every time a drug is “misappropriated”, it’s not just a theft. It means that a legitimate patient was denied it’s medical benefits. In the case of a pain killer, it means that someone in legitimate medical need may have suffered unnecessary pain. Some folks continue to berate the Catholic Church because some of it’s practitioners became Priests to avail themselves of young boys for their sexual entertainment. Rarely is there the same derision applied when someone uses their profession to selfishly avail themselves of other peoples’ pharmaceuticals for their own recreational use, and we dont blame the entirety of medical professionals. Addiction is a choice.