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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 68 of 92.
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South Dakota medication aide charged with ingesting a substance to become intoxicated 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 | not specified (substance other than alcohol) | not stated | medication aide | not stated | none documented | source |
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Ogden hospital emergency room nurse charged with diverting morphine and dilaudid and tampering with vials, exposing patients to hepatitis C
2017-07
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Utah Ogden, UT |
McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden and Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton | morphine and dilaudid | Alleged diversion of controlled substances by injecting herself with morphine and dilaudid and then administering the tampered drugs to patients | not stated | Indicted on eight counts of tampering with a consumer product and eight counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance; surrendered nursing license in November 2015 | none documented | source |
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Physician allegedly took back patients' prescribed controlled substances for personal use and falsified records to justify prescribing
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
private medical practice | opioid drugs | State medical board alleged the physician resumed personal unlawful use of opioid drugs, thwarted required drug screenings, diverted controlled substances he had prescribed to patients back from those patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing of controlled substances. | not stated | DEA revoked the physician's DEA Certificate of Registration and denied any pending applications after the state medical board summarily suspended his medical license | none documented | source |
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Physician accused of taking back prescribed opioids from patients for personal use and falsifying records
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
Moriarty, NM | opioid drugs / controlled substances | Alleged to have resumed personal use of opioid drugs, prescribed large and varied amounts of controlled substances to patients without adequate medical justification, taken back controlled substances he had prescribed to patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing | not stated | DEA revoked his Certificate of Registration; revocation was based on the resulting suspension of his state medical license, not on an adjudication of the diversion allegations, which remained contested and pending before the state medical board | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Ambulance Fentanyl
2017-06-22
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Massachusetts Rowley, Massachusetts |
Private ambulance company (Rowley, MA) | Fentanyl — ambulance patient supply, 650+ vials | Stole vials outright for personal use; separately withdrew fentanyl from patient-bound vials and replaced with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty Jun 22, 2017; sentenced Nov 2017 to 30 months + 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse accused of diverting hydromorphone at Memorial Hospital of Converse County by replacing it with saline
2017-06
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Wyoming Douglas, WY |
Memorial Hospital of Converse County | hydromorphone (Dilaudid); also Demerol and fentanyl | Allegedly stole hydromorphone for personal use; drew hydromorphone from vials and refilled them with saline; overrode the automated medication dispensing system; tampered with containers of Demerol and fentanyl. A hospital official said the nurse admitted to stealing the hydromorphone. | not stated | Placed on administrative leave; nursing license summarily suspended by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing; state boards and police investigating; no criminal charges filed at that point. | none documented | source |
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Wayne hospital pharmacy technician indicted for stealing fentanyl from operating room dispensers
2017-06
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New Jersey | Hospital operating rooms, Wayne, New Jersey | Fentanyl | not stated | Hospital pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Metro Jackson Hospital Nurse Charged With Embezzling Opioids
2017-05-24
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Mississippi | Hospital in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine, both Schedule II | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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