Illegal Opioid Prescribing Leads to Prison for Albion Doctor

A family practice doctor in Albion, Michigan, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids and committing health care fraud. Dr. Horace Junior Davis, 55, must also pay restitution and serve two years of supervised release after his prison sentence, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge’s Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Davis, who owned the Albion Center for Family Medicine, illegally prescribed methadone to patients from 2011 to 2013, prosecutors said. He sought to make money from the prescriptions by fraudulently billing the patien...