McQuade also served as a law professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where she taught criminal law from 2003 to 2009.
McQuade practiced law at Butzel Long
in Detroit prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bernard A. Friedman on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School.According to the August 3rd myfoxdetroit.com article, ''26 Indicted in Massive Michigan Health Care Fraud'', Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Lamont Pugh, Special Agent in Charge of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services joined McQuade in her announcement of the indictment, returned by a federal grand jury.
Essentially, those indicted would write prescriptions in exchange for kickbacks and other inducements, and bill insurers for services allegedly provided to patients, regardless of whether or not the prescriptions were necessary, or whether they had been provided. In addition, the indictment alleges, among other things, the scheme distributed controlled substances at select pharmacies, in order to submit false claims to insurers.
Per the article, the indictment alleges the accused pharmacies ''billed the Medicare program not less than $37.7 million for medications purportedly provided to Medicare beneficiaries over the course of the scheme (since January 2006), and not less than $20.8 million for medications purportedly provided to Medicaid beneficiaries over the course of the scheme.''
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