| Alicia Danielle Swenson, age 32, of Des Moines, was charged with three counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements related to health care matters. The indictment alleges Swenson fraudulently obtained Hydrocodone pills from residents at Carlisle Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation and diverted them |
695 Cole St, Carlisle, IA 50047 |
Carlisle Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation |
November 19, 2019 |
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| A Keosauqua nurse was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements relating to health care matters. The indictment alleges she fraudulently obtained Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents at the Keosauqua Health Care Center and Savannah Heights in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, |
819 Country Lane Rd, Keosauqua, IA 52565 |
Keosauqua Health Care Center |
November 19, 2019 |
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| A woman, age 47, formerly of Keosauqua, was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements relating to health care matters. The indictment alleges she fraudulently obtained Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents at the Keosauqua Health Care Center and Savannah Heights |
601 S Prairie Ave, Mt Pleasant, IA 52641 |
Savannah Heights |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the six years he was employed by the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, radiology technician Steven Beumel swapped out Fentanyl for saline laced with Hepatitis C at least five times. Today, the 48-year-old man pled guilty to charges of tampering and theft by deception. One man died as a result of his actions, never |
4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL 32224 |
Mayo Clinic - Florida |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Western District of Kentucky, a doctor was charged with controlled substance and health care fraud counts in connection with providing pre-signed, blank prescriptions to office staff who then used them to prescribe controlled substances when he was out of the office, and for directing staff at the clinic, including individuals not licensed to |
1239 Woodland Dr Suite 105, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 |
Ijaz Mahmood M.D. PLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Western District of Kentucky, a doctor, a Florida compounding pharmacy and its owner were charged in connection with a scheme that involved the payment of alleged kickbacks in return for writing prescriptions for compounded drugs that included controlled substances, and for fraudulently inflating the costs for prescriptions that were billed for reimbursement by |
10241 Champion Farms Dr, Louisville, KY 40241 |
Bluegrass Pain Consultants, PLLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Kentucky, a doctor operating a clinic that focused on pain management allegedly provided pre-signed, blank prescriptions to office staff who then used them to prescribe controlled substances when he was out of the office. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154886/download |
92 Pickett Ln, Prestonsburg, KY 41653 |
Appalachian Primary Care, LLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, a doctor was charged with distributing “outside the scope of professional medical practice” controlled substances Suboxone, Klonopin, diazepam and pregabalin, also known as Lyrica, between March and September 2018. The indictment also charges that in April 2018, Brooks signed a blank prescription form and gave it to another person |
315 Oak St, Livingston, TN 38570 |
L & B Healthcare |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, Dr. Harrison Yang, of Manchester, was charged in an indictment in the Eastern District of Tennessee with writing prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone in October 2017 and October 2018. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154946/download |
1020 McArthur St, Manchester, TN 37355 |
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November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, two doctors were charged in an indictment with illegally distributing the opioids hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, plus the drugs morphine and gabapentin between December 2015 and March 2019. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154956/download |
103 Station Dr, Maryville, TN 37804 |
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November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, two Knoxville doctors were charged in an indictment with illegally distributing the opioids hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, plus the drugs morphine and gabapentin between December 2015 and March 2019. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154956/download |
1408 Currier Ln, Knoxville, TN 37919 |
Genesis Analgesia Center, PLLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, Four doctors, a nurse practitioner and a physician’s assistant were charged with the unlawful distribution of opioids. The supervising physician at Lafollette Wellness Center of LaFollette is charged in an indictment along with a registered nurse, a physician’s assistant and the clinic manager. The indictment said the four worked |
2212 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, TN 37766 |
Lafollette Wellness Cinic |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Eastern District of Tennessee, Four doctors, a nurse practitioner and a physician’s assistant were charged with the unlawful distribution of opioids. Dr. Henry Babenco was the supervising physician at Lafollette Wellness Center of LaFollette. An indictment charges him along withregistered nurse Sharon Naylor, physician’s assistant Alicia Taylor and clinic manager Gregory Madron. The |
2212 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette, TN 37766 |
Lafollette Wellness Cinic |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Alabama OB-GYN defrauded TRICARE, a Department of Defense Military Health System that pays for medical treatments and supplies, of more than $200,000. |
204 Lowe Ave SE #11, Huntsville, AL 35801 |
Center for Women's Healthcare |
November 19, 2019 |
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| In the Northern District of Alabama, a doctor allegedly recruited prostitutes and other young women with whom he had sexual relationships to become patients at his clinic, while simultaneously allowing them and their associates to abuse illicit drugs at his house. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155371/download |
7105 B Bailey Creek Cir SE, Huntsville, AL 35802 |
Phoenix Emergency Care, PC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Mayo system caught a toxicology lab tech who, as he tested the fentanyl for evidence of diversion, was diverting. |
200 1st St NW, Rochester, MN 55901 |
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November 19, 2019 |
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| Ashton Paul Daigle, age 28, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced to serve four and a half years in federal prison for tampering with a consumer product and creating a counterfeit controlled substance. Daigle worked as a surgery nurse at Boulder Community Hospital. Following his prison sentence, Daigle is to spend 3 years on supervised |
4747 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80303 |
Boulder Community Hospital |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Pietropinto wrote thousands of medically unnecessary oxycodone prescriptions in exchange for $50 to $100 in cash per visit. Pietropinto wrote these prescriptions to drug-addicted individuals, including one patient who overdosed on drugs, and who had previously been prescribed by Pietropinto both oxycodone and naloxone, a medication used to block the effects of opioid overdoses, because |
80 5th Ave #1605, New York, NY 10011 |
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November 19, 2019 |
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| Denver surgery technician who infected three dozen and exposed thousands while stealing Fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80220 |
Rose Medical Center |
November 19, 2019 |
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| A staff member who allegedly stole drugs from eight clients at the Benedictine Living Community of Duluth told an investigator it was easy to do so because “storage and management of medications was poor.” The Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Health Facility Complaints on Tuesday reported a substantiated finding of maltreatment at the complex’s |
935 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811 |
Benedictine Living Community of Duluth |
November 19, 2019 |
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| A staff member allegedly stole drugs from eight clients at the Benedictine Living Community of Duluth. They told an investigator it was easy to do so because “storage and management of medications was poor.” The Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Health Facility Complaints on Tuesday reported a substantiated finding of maltreatment at the complex’s |
935 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811 |
Benedictine Living Community of Duluth |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Charged with taking fentanyl and other prescription painkillers and sedatives from the Duluth hospital on at least six occasions in November. Erik Huberty is no longer employed by Essentia Health. an internal Essentia investigation revealed unauthorized access to the operating room carts containing controlled substances on six dates between Nov. 6-18. Missing were quantities of |
407 E 3rd St, Duluth, MN 55805 |
Essentia Health St Marys Medical Center (FKA: St Marys Medical Center) |
November 19, 2019 |
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| A former North Carolina doctor who admitted giving powerful prescription drugs to female patients in exchange for sex was sentenced on Thursday to three years in federal prison. Dr. Michael Alson Smith traded drugs for sex with at least seven patients at his now-closed Mt. Holly Family Practice in 2017, according to court documents filed |
305 W Catawba Ave, Mt Holly, NC 28120 |
Mt. Holly Family Practice |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Six Michigan doctors have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud health care providers out of more than $450 million and unlawfully prescribe more than 13 million opioids. Dr. Rajendra Bothra, Dr. Eric Bakos, Dr. Ganiu Edu, Dr. David Lewis, Dr. Christopher Russo and Dr. Ronald Kufner are accused of being part of |
27423 Van Dyke Ave, Warren, MI 48093 |
The Pain Center, LLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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| Six Michigan doctors have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud health care providers out of more than $450 million and unlawfully prescribe more than 13 million opioids. Dr. Rajendra Bothra, Dr. Eric Bakos, Dr. Ganiu Edu, Dr. David Lewis, Dr. Christopher Russo and Dr. Ronald Kufner are accused of being part of |
22480 Kelly Rd # 1, Eastpointe, MI 48021 |
The Pain Center, LLC |
November 19, 2019 |
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