Former Chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board Arrested on Medicaid Fraud Charges

The former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has been arrested on two felony charges of Medicaid fraud, authorities said.

Police in Rogers arrested Brian Thomas Hyatt, 49, a Rogers psychiatrist, on Monday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. He was being held in the Benton County Jail for the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office with no bond set, according to online jail records. A telephone call seeking comment from his attorney, Erin Cassinelli, was not immediately returned Tuesday.

In a statement, Attorney General Tim Griffin said Hyatt’s arrest came after a Pulaski County district court judge signed a warrant from his office.

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