DOJ Press Release – A former medical doctor was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for unlawfully distributing...
Tag Archive for: Healthcare Diversion
Pharmacy Practice News – Consultants at Joint Commission Resources (JCR) are urging hospitals to double down on efforts to...
FL: Additional Co-Conspirators Charged in Prescription Diversion Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDOJ Press Release – A South Florida grand jury has charged five additional defendants for their alleged roles in...
PainMedicine News – An updated set of American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of...
AK: Third Arkansas Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescription Fraud
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDOJ Press Release – Donald Hinderliter admitted that he prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines to more than 150 individuals, often not...
MD: Baltimore County doctor pleads guilty to taking kickbacks to prescribe pain medication
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertBaltimore Sun – A Baltimore County doctor has pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks to prescribe highly addictive pain medication,...
COVID-19 Conceals True Impact of Clinical Drug Diversion as Incidents Left Undiscovered
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe Protenus Drug Diversion Digest details a steep drop in publicly reported incidents due to healthcare’s resource-constrained environment throughout...
TX: Oncologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Pill Mill Conspiracy
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertDOJ Press Release – An oncologist has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a pill...
AK: VA watchdog details ‘devastating, tragic and deadly’ failures that allowed impaired pathologist to misdiagnose thousands
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertFierce Healthcare News – Poor quality management processes, fear of reprisal and other failures at a Veterans Affairs hospital allowed...
US: HealthcareDiversion.org Celebrates Two Years of Tracking Drug Diversion Incidents Across the Country
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertCision News – Nonprofit calls for new push for drug diversion prevention and detection efforts as COVID-19 pandemic wanes...