Attorney General Greg Stumbo Announces Indictment & Arrest of Lexington Durable Medical Equipment Provider

FRANKFORT, KY (September 22, 2005) – Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that Lexington, Kentucky businessman Richard Noland has been indicted and arrested on 7 counts of providing false information to the Kentucky Medicaid program. Richard Noland, age 42, is the owner of Orthopedic Specialties, Inc., a provider of durable medical equipment to Kentucky Medicaid patients.

According to the Attorney General's Kentucky Bureau of Investigation agents, Noland is alleged to have concealed from the Kentucky Medicaid Program a prior criminal conviction of theft. Noland was required to disclose his conviction on the Medicaid provider application forms and annual disclosure forms, but he failed to do so.

The falsified forms were then submitted to state Medicaid officials. Based in part on the falsified forms, Noland was then granted a Medicaid Provider Agreement.

Noland was arrested late yesterday afternoon and was lodged in the Franklin County Jail.

Anyone with additional information about Richard Noland or Orthopedic Specialties, Inc. is urged to contact the Attorney General's Medicaid Tip Line at 877-228-7384.