What Happened
Adrian Dexter Talbot, M.D., 59, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced in February 2025 to 87 months in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II drugs, including oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care programs of more than $5.4 million. He owned Medex Clinical Consultants, a clinic that accepted cash payments for prescriptions. After taking a job in Pineville in 2015, he pre-signed prescriptions for people he did not see or examine and falsified patient records. A jury had convicted him in July 2024.
“he pre-signed prescriptions, including for opioids and other controlled substances, to be distributed to individuals there whom he did not see or examine”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.