A Phoenix man is set to spend the next few years in prison for placing patients in unlicensed sober living homes for money.
Corey Dion Beckhum was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail last week after being found guilty of “patient brokering,” the Arizona Attorney General’s Office reported on Monday.
“Mr. Beckhum tried to profit off the suffering of vulnerable Arizonans by selling access to Medicaid patients like they were commodities,” Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a news release. “That’s not just illegal—it’s reprehensible. My office will continue to pursue and prosecute those who exploit our behavioral health system for personal gain. We will not allow criminals to treat people in crisis as paydays.”…