What Happened
Scott Henry Cooper, 61, a primary care physician at Comprehensive Medical Associates in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was sentenced in January 2024 to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawful prescribing of controlled substances. He admitted that during 2013 to 2018 he continued prescribing oxycodone and other drugs to patients he did not routinely see. For one patient, he wrote monthly prescriptions totaling over 7,000 dosage units for almost three years while the patient was in prison, and a relative picked them up. He has not been allowed to prescribe controlled substances since 2020.
“the defendant prescribed oxycodone and other highly abused drugs for almost three years without having patient visits or contact with the patient”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.