Bluegrass Pain Consultants owner faces federal drug fraud charges

A Louisville physician is one of 60 people charged by federal officials for illegally prescribing and distributing opioids and other narcotics and for health care fraud. Dr. Christopher Nelson, owner of the now-closed Bluegrass Pain Consultants PLLC, was charged with a Florida compounding pharmacy and its owner in connection with a scheme that involved the payment of alleged kickbacks in return for writing prescriptions for compounded drugs that included controlle d substances. They also were charged…
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