From May 19 to June 27, 10 inmates overdosed inside the Monroe County jail. Between May 19 and June...
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TN: Treatment Clinic Owner Convicted of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Unlawful Prescribing A federal jury convicted a Tennessee physician yesterday in the Middle...
TN: Two Nashville Men Headed To Federal Prison In “Blue Heroin” Distribution Conspiracy
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesConspiracy also Linked to Overdoses and Death Two Nashville men indicted in February 2020 as part of a deadly...
FL: Florida Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in Tennessee for Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare 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
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesAppalachian 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
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertHealthcare 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
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertHealthcare 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
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDefendant caused over $50 million in fraudulent or unnecessary medical services to be charged to Insurance Companies A federal...