Carbon County Man Pleads No Contest to Posing as Medical Professional to Prescribe Medications and Provide Care to Obtain Insurance Reimbursements

HARRISBURG – Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Carbon County man has pleaded no contest to several felonies for posing as a medical professional to administer care to patients, for which Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies paid out claims.

Adam Herman, 44, of Slatington, pleaded no contest Friday in Carbon County Court to 17 felonies and one misdemeanor. A no-contest plea has the same legal effect as a guilty plea.

Herman will be sentenced on May 12. 

According to the Office of Attorney General investigation, Herman identified himself either as a physician, certified registered nurse practitioner (CNRP), or nurse to at least nine personal care homes/assisted living facilities and treated patients who believed he was a doctor, CNRP, or nurse. 

Herman prescribed medications, incorrectly, and performed other procedures, such as blood draws and injections — even though he was not trained or licensed to do so. Herman had no medical license of any kind.

“The conduct involved here is egregious, in that the defendant put many people at risk by providing fraudulent care and prescribing medications, which had adverse effects,” Attorney General Sunday said. “The defendant’s pattern of deception also included defrauding the state Medicaid program, which enables in-need Pennsylvanians to acquire treatment and care.”

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