Medical fraud in Huntsville

WVAS | By Melanie Hogan

Published December 20, 2024 at 1:56 PM EST

A former Huntsville doctor and her wife are being punished for fraud at three family practices in north Alabama.

The Department of Justice announced this week that Francene Gayle was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and prescription violations. Her practices billed insurers for years for prescribing drugs like methadone and oxycodone even when she wasn't seeing the patients.

More than two-million-dollars was paid out for fraudulent bills to insurers. Her wife was a co-owner of the practices and also sentenced to more than three-years.

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Melanie Hogan

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.

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