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By Michael Mashburn From Daily Voice

A former New York nurse practitioner will spend over a year in federal prison after admitting she billed insurers for care she never provided and illegally issued Adderall prescriptions for years.

Anja Salamack, 50, of Delray Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars in Albany federal court in late October, the US Attorney’s Office announced Monday, Dec. 1.

It followed her guilty plea to health care fraud and unlawful drug distribution.

Prosecutors argued that Salamack falsely claimed to be practicing in Albany while living in Florida and submitted fraudulent bills to New York health care programs for psychotherapy and evaluation services she never provided.

Her conduct caused more than $163,000 in losses, prosecutors said.

Salamack also admitted to issuing 108 prescriptions for amphetamine—a controlled substance commonly known under brands like Adderall—for non-medical purposes.

Prosecutors said she wrote these prescriptions between 2018 and 2023 in the name of a person who had not been her patient since 2016, acting at the request of a relative of that former patient.

In a separate civil settlement, Salamack agreed to pay $188,850 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act. Prosecutors said she submitted false Medicare claims for psychotherapy services she did not perform and misused $48,670 in federal Provider Relief Funds intended to help health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This medical professional abused the privilege of providing care to others, and now she will pay the price for it,” said Acting US Attorney John Sarcone. He added that Salamack “is out of business” and must compensate both her victims and the federal government.

In addition to prison, Salamack must pay more than $160,000 in restitution, a $10,000 fine, and complete a year of home detention. She was also ordered to surrender her DEA registration.

The case was part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a nationwide operation that charged 324 defendants accused of participating in schemes involving $14.6 billion in false billings and more than 15 million diverted pills.