Two mid-state residents are charged in separate cases with TennCare fraud involving prescription drugs.The Office of Inspector General has announced the arrest of Marti A. Compton, 50, of Alexandria and Chad W. Peveler, 33, of Gallatin. Their arrests were assisted by the Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the Smyrna Police Department.
Marti Compton is indicted on four counts of TennCare fraud for using TennCare to obtain the painkillers Morphine and Lortab while planning to sell a portion of the drugs.
Chad Peveler has been indicted by a Rutherford County Grand Jury and charged with two counts of TennCare fraud, two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and two counts of identity theft. Allegedly, Peveler presented a forged prescription on two separate occasions for the painkiller Hydrocodone, using TennCare to pay for it.
The Office of Inspector General, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to over $2.5 million paid in restitution and recoupment to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance of over $171 million for the TennCare program, according to latest figures. To date, over 1,300 people have been charged with TennCare fraud.
