Long Valley Doc Has License Revoked: NJAG

LONG VALLEY, NJ — A Long Valley doctor has permanently lost his medical license for illegally prescribing opioids, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.

Dr. Jose Leyson, 72, officially lost his license in June, after voluntarily letting it expire in June 2017. He pleaded guilty in federal court to writing illegal prescriptions for Oxycodone and conspiring to commit health care fraud at his Newark medical clinic. In addition to losing his license, he was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $45,000 in fines and restitution.

Between Nov. 2013 and Jan. 2014, Leyson wrote prescriptions for an undercover law enforcement source without performing any medical care, Grewal said. The prescriptions were given in exchange for cash payments or welfare benefits. In total, he prescribed 420 pills.

He also billed Medicaid and Medicare for tests that were ordered without being medically necessary. He retired from practicing in Sept. 201, Grewal said.

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