Healthcare Facility Drug Diversion – Travel Nurse – Drug Tampering Hospitals are increasingly dependent on travel nurses. Now one...
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FL: Former Pain Management Clinic Owner Sentenced to Over 16 Years for Unlawful Opioid Distribution
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Fraud – Pill Mill A Florida man was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida to 200...
Healthcare Facility – Patient Harm A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the...
Healthcare Facility Drug Diversion – Nurse Diversion A southeast Iowa woman is accused of swiping medications intended for her...
OR: Former Oregon Corrections Official Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates While Serving as a Nurse
Lisa McElhaney / / / News Alert, Press ReleasesNurse charged with Sexual Assault A federal indictment was unsealed today in Portland, Oregon, charging a former Oregon Department...
MI/OH: 16 Defendants, Including 12 Physicians, Sentenced to Prison for Distributing 6.6 Million Opioid Pills and Submitting $250 Million in False Billings
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesMedical professionals exploiting the well-being of their patients for profit. Sixteen Michigan and Ohio-area defendants, including 12 physicians, have...
A federal jury convicted a New Jersey rheumatologist today for defrauding Medicare and other health insurance programs by billing...
TX: Pharmacy Owner Convicted of Unlawfully Dispensing 1.5 Million Doses of Controlled Substances
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesUnlawfully distributed over 1.5 million dosage units of controlled substances A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas...
DE: Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Opioid Pills
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA former Delaware doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for unlawful drug distribution and maintaining a...
US: FDA issues warning about dangers of unapproved antidepressant tianeptine
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertTopping the list of possible risks from taking the drug: accidental poisoning and addiction Tianeptine — commonly marketed online...