What Happened
The Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended a Casper physician's license after reviewing allegations of excessive painkiller prescribing to multiple patients, including high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl.
The board found the physician prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and stated he may have conspired to acquire scheduled drugs by deception for use by someone other than a patient The physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
What the Record Shows
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.
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a news source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: 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.. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.