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West Virginia Hospital System Settles Federal Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Case
2026-07-13
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West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia |
West Virginia University Health System facilities, including J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV | Controlled substances broadly; DEA said most diverted drugs were abused by the medical providers who took them | Between 2017 and 2024, WVUHS facilities systemwide failed to notify the DEA of thefts or significant losses of controlled substances, made errors in controlled-substance orders, failed to maintain accurate and current inventory records, and failed to ensure proper authority for DEA order forms, despite internal reports as early as 2017-2022 of suspected employee diversion | not stated | Agreed to pay $4,177,139 and sign a three-year Memorandum of Agreement with the DEA, announced July 13, 2026 | none documented | source |
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Muncie hospital pharmacy license put on probation after pharmacy manager diverted opioids using unused transaction types
2026-07
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Indiana Muncie, IN |
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital | hydromorphone, methadone, morphine | The attorney general's administrative complaint alleged the hospital failed over a 44-month period to maintain effective controls against theft and diversion of controlled substances, allowing a pharmacy manager to repeatedly remove Schedule II narcotics through normally-unused transaction types while disguising the withdrawals as legitimate transfers to two outpatient clinics. Investigators said the reported losses included more than 32,000 milliliters of hydromorphone, more than 3,300 milliliters of methadone solution, more than 4,000 methadone tablets and smaller amounts of morphine, with the hospital estimating its loss at more than $121,000. | not stated | The Indiana Board of Pharmacy voted 3-2 to accept a revised settlement placing the hospital's pharmacy license and controlled substance registration on indefinite probation for at least three years, imposing the maximum $44,000 civil fine plus a $5 statutory fee, and requiring quarterly independent audits, two unannounced compliance inspections, a drug diversion certificate program for pharmacy leadership and additional diversion-prevention continuing education. | none documented | source |
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Nurse anesthetist at a Chattanooga hospital admitted diverting leftover fentanyl from surgeries, state consent order says
2025-11
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Tennessee Chattanooga, TN |
Erlanger Baroness Hospital (Erlanger Medical Center), surgery center | fentanyl | Admitted taking and abusing unused fentanyl that would otherwise have been wasted after surgical procedures, initially once or twice a week beginning in March 2025 and increasing to daily use by June 2025; coworkers reported the nurse appeared impaired while on duty in the surgery center on or around June 30, 2025, with slurred speech, extreme tiredness, swaying with eyes closed and head nodding; the nurse failed a drug test and was fired; a hospital audit found about five instances where the automated monitoring system did not flag missing drugs, plus additional inconsistencies between drug dispensing and waste documentation that should have been flagged. | not stated | Settled the Board of Nursing case by signing a consent order in November 2025; license placed on probation while attending drug counseling; not charged with any crime related to the case. | none documented | source |
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Mid-Valley Hospital Pays $15,000 Penalty Over Nurse's Hydromorphone Theft
2024-11-15
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Washington Omak, Washington |
Mid-Valley Hospital and Clinic, Omak, Washington | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Kept leftover doses instead of wasting them and used dispensing-system overrides to withdraw extra doses while override reports went unreviewed | not stated | Hospital paid $15,000 CSA civil penalty Nov. 2024; nurse entered separate state and federal diversion agreements | $15,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Hospital nurse anesthetist accused of diverting fentanyl and propofol intended for surgical patients
2024-01
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New Mexico Las Vegas, NM |
a regional hospital | fentanyl and propofol | Accused of diverting fentanyl and propofol intended for patients' surgical pain control for his own use, and of going to extreme lengths to avoid drug testing after colleagues raised concerns. | not stated | Board of Nursing settlement reported to include two years of probation, quarterly supervisor reports, and random drug testing; an earlier proposed settlement had included 28 days of rehab, five years of probation, and more frequent drug testing. | none documented | source |
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Norfolk Children's Hospital Pays Civil Penalty for Unregistered Warehouse Fentanyl Gap
2023-11-16
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Virginia Norfolk, Virginia |
Hospital pharmacy and receiving warehouse | Fentanyl (200 one-mL syringes) and other compounded controlled substances | Compounded controlled-substance shipments routed through an unregistered warehouse with no accounting for a fentanyl delivery | not stated | Civil settlement — $68,400 penalty plus DEA corrective-action agreement (Nov. 2023) | $68,400 (civil penalty) | source |
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Cheshire Medical Center Pays $2 Million After Nurse Stole Fentanyl IV Bags
2023-06-22
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New Hampshire Keene, New Hampshire |
Cheshire Medical Center (Keene, NH) | Fentanyl IV bags + other controlled substances | Theft from dispensing machine; hospital-wide recordkeeping failures | not stated | Civil settlement, $2 million — Jun 22, 2023 | $2,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Prisma Health Midlands Pays $1 Million in Record South Carolina CSA Settlement
2022-04-05
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South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina |
Prisma Health Midlands hospital system (Columbia, SC) | Controlled substances — recordkeeping/dispensing violations | Failed to notify DEA within one business day of thefts/significant losses over a 3-year period; pharmacy filled prescriptions with no legitimate medical purpose for two patients later convicted of drug distribution | not stated | Civil settlement (memorandum of agreement), $1 million — announced Apr 5, 2022; largest CSA settlement in SC history | $1,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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