PITTSBURGH – A key figure in a years-long scheme that allegedly drained nearly $2 million from a regional non-profit healthcare provider is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday to change his plea.
Drew Pierce, a former top executive for Primary Health Network, is slated for a change of plea hearing before U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan in Pittsburgh.
The hearing, set for 1:30 p.m., marks a turn in a complex case that prosecutors say involved a sophisticated pattern of fraud spanning almost a decade…