What Happened
Sentenced stage: a Houston, Mississippi LPN who pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud (Percocet and hydrocodone) received three years in Mississippi Department of Corrections custody on each count, concurrent, with one year to serve and two years suspended on post-release supervision (sentence_months records the 36 months imposed in total). She was also ordered to pay $500 to the Attorney General's Office for investigative fees and court costs.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2016) to 36 months in prison.
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This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
Related Guidance
- Hospital Diversion Prevention Checklist — Self-assessment covering the controls that detect and deter diversion.
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and recordkeeping indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
- Employee Screening & Fitness for Duty — Screening and vetting for staff with controlled substance access.