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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Casper physician suspended over alleged excessive painkiller prescriptions and oxycodone conspiracy
2016-12
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Wyoming Casper, WY |
Casper, WY | oxycodone, methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, phentermine, hydromorphone, tramadol, testosterone cypionate | The board found the physician prescribed high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl to one patient and may have conspired to acquire a scheduled drug by deception for use by someone other than that patient; prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and may have obtained them by fraud; and increased and decreased oxycodone doses for another patient, which the board said could be careless disregard or conspiracy to acquire a narcotic by fraud. | not stated | Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended the physician's license until a formal complaint and hearing; the physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. | none documented | source |
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Illinois nursing home nurse diverted hydrocodone by falsely recording resident requests
2016-10-17
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Illinois | Long-term care facility in Belleville, Illinois | Hydrocodone (Schedule II opioid) | not stated | Nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Emory Hospital Pharmacy Technicians Diverted More Than 1 Million Doses of Controlled Substances
2016-02-01
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Georgia Atlanta, GA |
Hospital pharmacy (Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA) | Alprazolam, hydrocodone, and codeine products | Pharmacy technicians misappropriated buyer credentials to order and receive controlled substances, bypassing receiving and inventory checks | not stated | Georgia Board of Pharmacy consent order finalized February 2016; $200,000 fine and 3-year pharmacy license probation | $200,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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University hospital employees fired for diverting controlled substances including alprazolam and hydrocodone
2016-02
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Georgia | Emory University hospital | alprazolam (Xanax), codeine, hydrocodone | Two hospital employees illegally diverted more than a million doses of controlled substances in a scheme that lasted nearly five years. | not stated | The employees were fired; a consent order fined the hospital $200,000 and placed its pharmacy license on probation for three years; the matter was reported to the DEA. | none documented | source |
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West Virginia Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2016)
2016
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West Virginia West Virginia |
Physician (West Virginia) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally prescribing the pain medication hydrocodone; defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by submitting materially false claims | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2016) to 96 months in prison, $15,000 fine | $15,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Mississippi Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2016)
2016
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Mississippi Mississippi |
Nurse - LPN at a Eupora nursing home (Mississippi) | Hydrocodone, oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: Medicaid fraud and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2016) to 36 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted over 216,000 Norco tablets from a retail pharmacy while the pharmacist-in-charge failed to detect the theft
2015-08
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California West Hills, CA |
retail pharmacy (Target) | Norco (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) | A pharmacy technician diverted the drug over a roughly two-year period by repeatedly ordering large quantities to be delivered on days she worked, intercepting and hiding the bottles in the storeroom, destroying the packing invoices, and removing the drugs to her car while the on-duty pharmacist was on break. The pharmacist-in-charge failed to review delivery invoices, restrict access to the phone-ordering passcode, or conduct random audits that could have detected the diversion sooner. | not stated | The California State Board of Pharmacy found grounds for discipline after a hearing and revoked the pharmacist-in-charge's license but stayed the revocation, placing the license on three years' probation with conditions; a petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging the discipline was denied, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse diverted hydrocodone intended for a patient and falsified records
2015-06
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West Virginia Parkersburg, WV |
Camden Clark Medical Center | hydrocodone | Admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given to the patient. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge; terminated from employment on June 27, 2015; faces up to four years in federal prison; sentencing set for October 1, 2018. | none documented | source |
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