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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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St. Francis Hospital Nurse Turned Off Infusion Pumps to Divert Narcotics
2019-08-14
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Connecticut Hartford, CT |
Hospital (St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut) | Hydromorphone, fentanyl, and morphine | Shut off patients' narcotic infusion pumps for hours at a time and diverted the withheld doses; falsified controlled substance and medical records | not stated | Connecticut consent order, August 14, 2019: $2,000 civil penalty, one-year license suspension, five years' probation | $2,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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University of Michigan Health System Pays $4.3M in Record Drug Diversion Settlement
2018-08-30
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Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan |
University of Michigan Health System, main hospital and 15 unregistered off-site clinics (Ann Arbor, MI) | Opioids including fentanyl, system-wide | Unregistered off-site narcotics distribution; recordkeeping failures; untimely theft/loss reporting to DEA | not stated | Civil settlement, $4.3 million — announced Aug 30, 2018 | $4,300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Health system settles alleged opioid diversion case over tens of thousands of missing oxycodone 30 mg tablets
2018-05
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Georgia Springfield, GA |
Effingham Health System | oxycodone 30 mg tablets | Alleged large-scale diversion of opioids; tens of thousands of oxycodone 30 mg tablets were reported missing over more than four years, and the health system allegedly failed to notify authorities of the suspected diversion within the time required by federal law. | not stated | Agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle the claims; the system said it has since overhauled pharmacy recordkeeping and reporting and implemented electronic inventory systems. At the time, the largest settlement of its kind for hospital drug diversion; the DEA investigation was launched in 2017. | none documented | source |
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Georgia hospital settles allegations over unaccounted 30 mg oxycodone tablets believed diverted
2018-05
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Georgia | a Georgia hospital | oxycodone (30 mg tablets) | allegedly failed to provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and loss of controlled substances, resulting in tens of thousands of 30 mg oxycodone tablets unaccounted for and believed diverted for illegal uses over a four-year period, and allegedly failed to notify DEA of suspected diversion within the requisite time period | not stated | $4.1 million civil settlement and performance improvement plan with DEA | none documented | source |
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UT Southwestern Pays $4.5M Over Staff Fentanyl Diversion and Two Nurse Overdose Deaths
2018-04
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Texas Dallas, Texas |
Clements University Hospital, UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX) | Fentanyl and other controlled substances | Staff diversion went undetected amid CSA recordkeeping failures — late theft/loss reporting, dispensing/wasting documentation errors | not stated | Civil settlement, $4.5 million — Nov 30, 2021 | $4,500,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Tufts Medical Center Pays $100,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Recordkeeping Violations
2016-09-20
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Tufts Medical Center (Boston, MA) | Controlled substances generally — losses tied to three former nurses | Inaccurate inventories/records, uncontrolled prescription pads, untimely DEA theft/loss reporting | not stated | Civil settlement, $100,000 — announced Sep 20, 2016; 3 years of warrantless DEA inspections | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Northern Maine Medical Center Pays $125,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations
2016-08-29
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Maine Fort Kent, Maine |
Northern Maine Medical Center / Forest Hill long-term care unit (Fort Kent, ME) | Schedule II-V controlled substances — destruction and disposal recordkeeping | Failed to document destruction method/manner; distributed controlled substances at an unregistered location | not stated | Civil settlement, $125,000 — announced Aug 29, 2016 | $125,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Massachusetts General Hospital Pays $2.3M in Drug Diversion Settlement
2015-09-28
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) | Oxycodone and other pills — ~16,000 stolen by two nurses; 20,000+ records discrepancy | Inadequate monitoring and access controls on automated dispensing machines; incomplete recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement, $2.3 million — announced Sep 28, 2015 | $2,300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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