‘Like a prison’: Top Arkansas psychiatrist accused of keeping patients against their will in huge Medicaid scam

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‘Like a prison’: Top Arkansas psychiatrist accused of keeping patients against their will in huge Medicaid scam
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“I never even saw his face,” mom of three Shannon Williams, 52, told NBC News of her “nightmare” at feeling like she “was in a prison” for five days.

A leading Arkansas psychiatrist is being investigated for falsely holding potentially hundreds of people in a giant Medicaid scam — with video footage showing him touring hospital hallways without spending any time with patients.

“It was like a nightmare. If I cried, then I was again threatened with more time,” she said. “I was terrified.” AG Tim Griffin’s office has accused Hyatt of running an insurance scam, claiming to treat patients he rarely saw and then billing Medicaid at “the highest severity code on every patient.” Charlie Robbins, a spokesman for the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas, said the execution of its own search warrant was “an important step in any lengthy, ongoing investigation.”

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