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Tulsa Woman Claiming Thyroid Problems from Radiation Being Charged with Fraud

Monday, June 15, 2015 | 0

A Tulsa County woman who claimed that her weight gain and enlarged thyroid resulted from being exposed to radiation while assisting in a medical procedure was charged with fraud last Thursday by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.  Rixa Jeaton Miller, a medical assistant at Rehabilitation Physicians of Oklahoma, faces up to seven years in prison and $10,000 in fines for fraudulently misreporting information in order to get workers’ compensation benefits.  Miller said that during a procedure involving a fluoroscope, she wasn’t offered a thyroid guard to protect her f...

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