Conspiracy also Linked to Overdoses and Death Two Nashville men indicted in February 2020 as part of a deadly...
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FL: Florida Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in Tennessee for Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme

Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Healthcare Fraud A federal judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, sentenced two Florida men for...
US: Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging 12 Medical Professionals with Opioid Distribution Offenses

Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Combats Unlawful Prescribing Amidst Continuing Opioid Epidemic The Department of Justice, together...
GA: Georgia assistant principal gets 2-year sentence for role in drug scheme

Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill Operation A former assistant principal at an elementary school in Savannah,...
More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected...
TN: 3 states fear travel nurse tampered with hospital patients’ drugs

Healthcare Facility Drug Diversion – Travel Nurse – Drug Tampering Hospitals are increasingly dependent on travel nurses. Now one...
Healthcare Facility – Patient Harm A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the...
AL: Pain Clinic Owners Convicted of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud

Defendant caused over $50 million in fraudulent or unnecessary medical services to be charged to Insurance Companies A federal...
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Toxicology Testing Program (DEA TOX) is aimed at detecting new psychoactive substances within the US....
TN: Increased Incidence of Fentanyl-Related Deaths Involving Para-fluorofentanyl or Metonitazene — Knox County, Tennessee

Increased incidence of fentanyl-related deaths involving para-fluorofentanyl or metonitazene — Knox County, Tennessee, November 2020–August 2021 This week’s MMWR reported an...