Healthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill A federal jury convicted a doctor formerly licensed in Ohio today...
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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...
US: Percentage of overdose deaths involving methadone declined between January 2019 and August 2021
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertNational data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms, add evidence to support take-home treatment for opioid...
SC: Man who robbed pharmacies at gunpoint, took off with pills sentenced to prison
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertPharmacy Robbery – South Carolina A South Carolina man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison...
WA: Richland Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Other Controlled Substances
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesJoseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Dr. Janet Sue...
CA: San Diego Doctor Pays $200,000 to Resolve Allegations that He Wrote Illegitimate Opioid Prescriptions
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesSan Diego area pain clinic doctor Brenton Wynn, M.D., has paid $200,000 to resolve allegations that he illegally prescribed...
PA: Center City doctor agrees to pay $2 million for illegally prescribing opioids
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertDr. Stephen Padnes reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the federal government. He also pleaded guilty to...
WI: Clinic owners convicted of running Wauwatosa pill mill; prosecutors say more than 2 million painkillers were prescribed
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe owners of a high-volume Wauwatosa pain clinic were found guilty Friday of prescribing millions of opioids to patients,...
This updated version of Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder reviews the use of the...
NC: NC man pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute Suboxone, Oxycodone, other pain medications
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA North Carolina man pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to distribute medically illegitimate prescriptions for Schedule II opioids...