What Happened
In April 2022 the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania filed a civil complaint against Dr. Peter J. Baddick, III, a family medicine practitioner who practiced in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, through Penn Medical Group. The United States alleges he issued medically unnecessary prescriptions for Subsys, a fentanyl-based spray, including to two patients who did not have cancer between April and December 2015. Federal health programs paid $308,701.94 for eighteen of those prescriptions. The claims are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability.
“alleging that he issued medically unnecessary prescriptions for Subsys, a fentanyl-based spray manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, Inc.”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.