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Phoenix-Area Pharmacist and Technician Diverted More Than 200,000 Opioid Tablets from Two Pharmacies
2018-11-28
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Arizona Peoria / Phoenix, AZ |
Two retail pharmacies, Phoenix metro area, AZ | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, and promethazine with codeine | Processed fraudulent prescriptions through two pharmacies to distribute over 200,000 opioid tablets and thousands of alprazolam tablets into the community | not stated | Convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and launder proceeds; sentenced Nov 28, 2018, to 120 months (pharmacist) and 48 months (technician) in prison | none documented | source |
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Las Vegas nurse practitioner and surgical technician pleaded guilty to distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone prescriptions for cash
2018-10
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Nevada | Parking lots in the Las Vegas Valley; prescriptions written on the nurse practitioner's pad with a physician's pre-signed DEA number | Hydrocodone and oxycodone | not stated | Advanced practice registered nurse and a surgical technician without a medical or DEA license | not stated | none documented | source |
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Meridian nurse practitioner pleaded guilty to swapping hydrocodone in clinic cabinets for muscle relaxants and forging prescriptions
2018-03-14
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Idaho | Multi-site medical facility in Idaho | Hydrocodone/APAP | not stated | Nurse practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Dakota medication aide charged with hydrocodone possession in 2017 health care fraud sweep
2017-07-13
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South Dakota | not specified in release; one of two cases in Yankton County and Turner County | hydrocodone | not stated | medication aide | not stated | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacist diverted hydrocodone, zolpidem and tramadol for years and altered records; license suspended indefinitely
2017-02
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Minnesota | Multiple pharmacies where the licensee practiced | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, zolpidem, tramadol | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Missouri Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2017)
2017
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Missouri Missouri |
Physician (Missouri) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: fraudulently obtaining pain relief drugs, including Percocet and Norco, by writing over seventy false prescriptions | not stated | Pleaded guilty; convicted (2017); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | 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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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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