NDEWS Announcement: Weekly Briefing December 9, 2022 In a recently published study by NDEWS investigators and RADARS collaborators, recent...
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NY: Two Individuals Arrested for Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Kickback Schemes
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pharmacy Fraud Two New York women were arrested today on criminal charges related...
FL: Former Sarasota Pain Doctor Sentenced In Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Healthcare Fraud U.S. District Judge William H. Jung has sentenced Dr. Steven Chun...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent an untitled letter to Connecticut-based contract testing lab Valisure for...
US: Taking the spectrometer to the field for the analysis of illicit drugs
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertOverview The use of portable spectrometers in the field has expanded significantly over the past forty years. Modern systems...
The drug, a mix of ketamine, MDMA and pink food colouring, is being sold by a new generation of...
NV: Drug-Diversion Program Cut Controlled-Substance Discrepancies at Mount Sinai
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA daily audit of EHR and dispensing machines revealed documentation mistakes, other errors After a pharmacy team introduced a...
KY: Pikeville Medical Center to Pay $4.39 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Allowed Drug Diversion
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Civil Action The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky...
Drug Enforcement Administration agents and the Front Range Task Force arrested the suspect on suspicion of unlawful possession and...
Two Richmond residents were arrested last week on suspicion of selling fentanyl in Marin County after authorities seized more...