National data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms, add evidence to support take-home treatment for opioid...
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US: CDC Foundation Advances Overdose Response Strategy with Nationwide Support
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertCDC Foundation Drug overdoses have dramatically increased over the last two decades and from 2019 to 2020 deaths increased...
NC: Court Orders North Carolina Pharmacy and Pharmacists to Pay $300,000 Penalty
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesCourt Orders North Carolina Pharmacy and Pharmacists to Pay $300,000 Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution A federal...
NY: Jury Convicts Man of $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud, and ID Theft Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Fraud – Insurance Fraud A federal jury convicted a New York man today in an over $600...
MI: Bingham Farms Physician Convicted of Drug and Health Care Fraud Charges
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill-Mill Operation Bingham Farms physician David Jankowski, 62, was convicted today by a...
Healthcare Facility Fraud – Insurance Fraud A federal jury convicted a New York man today for defrauding Medicare and...
TX: Pharmacist and Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pharmacy Fraud Three Texas men have been sentenced for illegally dispensing opioids and...
The Florida Department of Health has issued the following Public Health and Safety Alert. The State of Florida has...
FL: Addiction Treatment Facilities’ Medical Director Sentenced in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Fraud – Addiction Services Fraud A Florida doctor was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for...
Healthcare Rx Drug Diversion – Rx Fraud Two nurses employed by VA Butler Healthcare have been charged with conspiring...