DOJ Press Release – An oncologist has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a pill...
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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...
DOJ Press Release – A federal jury convicted a West Virginia doctor Thursday for prescribing a buprenorphine product in...
CT: Drug Addict Nurse Sentenced to Just Eight Days For Swapping Fentanyl For Saline, Leaving Patients in Agony
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertCBS News – She stole 175 vials for herself, while oblivious women underwent agonizing procedures with salt water instead...
MD: Attorney General Frosh Charges Prince George’s County Pharmacist For Allegedly Operating A Pill Mill
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertBayNet News- BALTIMORE, Md. – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Aloysius Ikuni Okei, 61, of...
TX: El Paso Doctor Indicted for Distributing Controlled Substances and Health Care Fraud Resulting in Five Deaths
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDOJ Press Release – The indictment alleges that he prescribed and dispensed controlled substances, including methadone, fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine,...
CT: “I Think You’re Lying”: Opioid-Scam Doc Falls Short In Stay-Out-Of-Prison Plea
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertNew Haven Independent – The doctor, Jennifer Farrell, prescribed oxycodone to patients whom she had never seen and who...
AK: Two Arkansas Physicians Sentenced to a Total of 150 Months in Federal Prison for Prescription Fraud
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDOJ Press Release – Evidence in the case revealed that a large number of prescriptions were issued without a...
A nurse found stealing fentanyl at work faces drug-related charges. Woodburn’s 41-year-old Matthew Krem worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital...
NY: Former North Shore University Hospital nurse charged with stealing fentanyl, Nassau DA says
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertDefendant allegedly stole 1,467 vials of fentanyl and 223 vials of midazolam A former North Shore University Hospital cardiac...