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Most providers administer medications responsibly. But a growing number of providers are diverting drugs for personal use or re-sale.
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| A nurse, one of three, was charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with theft of drugs and illegal processing of drug documents. The nurses will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of their nursing licenses through the Ohio Board of Nursing. This nurse is scheduled for arraignment Dec. 7 in Warren County | 115 Oregonia Rd, Lebanon, OH 45036 | Cedarview Rehabilitation & Nursing Home | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A nurse was charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with theft of drugs and illegal processing of drug documents. She will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of her nursing license through the Ohio Board of Nursing. The nurse is accused of taking patients’ painkillers and using them herself, according to Fornshell. | 325 E Central Ave, Springboro, OH 45066 | Hillspring of Springboro Healthcare Center and Rehabilitation | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| her son overdosed on prescription drugs that she stole. Detectives recovered a bottle of morphine sulfate at the home, which had a torn label, according to the statement. Baker admitted to police she stole the medication from her place of employment, Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, according to the statement. The statement says the morphine was | 1500 N Oakland Ave, Bolivar, MO 65613 | Citizens Memorial Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Mackenzie Coppock, 27, came under suspicion when hospital officials noted discrepancies in the hospital’s drug inventory. Investigators said Coppock admitted taking unnamed controlled substances to “supplement a dependency.” She told investigators she’d been dealing with pain issues as the result of a car crash. Coppock was charged with two counts of obtaining prescription drugs by | 1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville, FL 32204 | St. Vincent’s Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former WakeMed Hospital nurse is charged with embezzling oxycodone from the hospital from late January through the beginning of July. The nurse turned herself in Monday at the Wake County Detention Center after hospital police swore out a warrant accusing her of embezzlement of a controlled substance by an employee of a company licensed | 3000 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610 | WakeMed Raleigh Campus | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients. | 241 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 | MidHudson Regional Hospital (FKA: St Francis Hospital) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A registered nurse was terminated from Reading Hospital for suspected diversion of Dilaudid, a pain medication, after testing positive for Dilaudid. Subsequently, the same registered nurse faced drug charges after allegedly diverting narcotic pain medication from a second hospital, UPMC Susquehanna Muncy, court documents state. On March 31, 2018, the nurse allegedly pulled Oxycodone from | 371 S 7th Ave, West Reading, PA 19611 | Reading Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A registered nurse faces drug charges after allegedly diverting narcotic pain medication from a local hospital, UPMC Susquehanna Muncy, court documents state. On March 31, 2018, Rothermel allegedly pulled Oxycodone from Pyxis without documenting it as administered to the patient, returned to Pyxis or wasted. On April 12, 2018, Rothermel allegedly asked two co-worker nurses | 215 E Water St, Muncy, PA 17756 | UPMC Susquehanna Muncy | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| the Director of Pharmacy at New York’s Beth Israel Medical Center was charged with stealing approximately 200,000 oxycodone tablets with an approximate street value of $5.6 million. | 3201 Kings Hwy, Brooklyn, NY 11234 | Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center - Petrie Division (Brooklyn Hospital Center) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Karen Feldner, The former nursing director of a surgery center, was sentenced Thursday for stealing nearly 2,000 vials of fentanyl and even prompting a health scare. Feldner admitted taking nearly 2,000 vials of fentanyl, a powerful pain medication, from the Mountain Laurel Surgery Center in Honesdale where she worked. Investigators say Feldner changed how fentanyl | 1860 Fair Ave, Honesdale, PA 18431 | Mountain Laurel Surgery Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An LPN from Richmond, changed work places five times in a little over two years while under investigation for diversion, a complaint alleges. The Indiana Attorney General charges she was terminated from Arbor Trace nursing home in Richmond after she was suspected of diverting Percocet pain pills. She then became a charge nurse at Brookdale | 3701 Hodgin Rd, Richmond, IN 47374 | Arbor Trace Nursing Home | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An LPN from Richmond, changed work places five times in a little over two years while under investigation for diversion, a complaint alleges. The Indiana Attorney General charges she was terminated from Arbor Trace nursing home in Richmond after she was suspected of diverting Percocet pain pills. She then became a charge nurse at Brookdale | 498 NW 18th St, Richmond, IN 47374 | Richmond State Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Donna Helm, an LPN from New Castle, was terminated from a nursing home after declining to be interviewed about missing narcotics, after which she was terminated by another nursing home where she allegedly diverted dozens of opioid tablets from patients. Helm’s employment at Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center (formerly known as American Senior Communities) in New Castle | 990 N 16th St, New Castle, IN 47362 | Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Center (formerly known as American Senior Communities) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Christy Raszkowski, an RN from Union City, quit a hospital job when confronted about diversion, then went to another hospital and lied about why she left the first hospital, according to a complaint. The attorney general’s allegations are just allegations, although Raszkowski admitted obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit during criminal proceedings. “You | 1100 Reid Pkwy, Richmond, IN 47374 | Reid Health | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Stole opioid patches from two terminally ill nursing home residents. The 31-year-old dropped out of drug treatment several times before walking into two nursing homes in Bloomington and Normal on Feb. 24, including the Bloomington facility where he worked as registered nurse, and a second nursing home that previously employed him. | 1925 S Main St, Bloomington, IL 61704 | Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An Ankeny woman was charged with one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and one count of possession of a controlled substance. The indictment alleges the woman fraudulently obtained Tramadol pills from residents of The Bridges at Ankeny and diverted them for her own use. She pleaded not guilty | 3510 NW Abilene Rd, Ankeny, IA 50023 | The Bridges at Ankeny | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Katie Christine Howard, age 31, of Des Moines, was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and two counts of false statements related to health care matters. The indictment alleges Howard fraudulently obtained Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills from residents at University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in | 233 University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314 | University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Iowa nursing home employee removed Fentanyl patches from nursing home residents and diverted the medication for her own use. | Iowa | November 19, 2019 | View full detail | |
| An Osceola resident, 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 the accused fraudulently obtained Oxycodone pills from residents at Calvin Community and Valley View Village nursing homes in Des Moines and diverted | 2571 Guthrie Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317 | Valley View Village nursing home | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former medical assistant of a doctor at Intermountain Healthcare has agreed to pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled a former employee to divert controlled substances for personal use. The clinic used the physician’s DEA registration number to issue prescriptions to herself and two family members, including prescriptions | 2400 N Washington Blvd, North Ogden, UT 84414 | Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A licensed practical nurse, is accused of stealing Norco-brand hydrocodone in June from a facility receiving Medicaid funding and from a resident patient who was a Medicaid beneficiary, court documents state. The criminal complaint does not specify where the alleged crimes took place, but Kansas Masonic Homes personnel are listed among the prosecution’s witnesses. | 402 S Martinson St, Wichita, KS 67213 | Kansas Masonic Homes | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Ten Kansas nurses and aides charged with Medicaid fraud and stealing oxycodone, morphine, and hydrocodone from patients. | 1425 Leecrest St, Wichita, KS 67209 | Meadowlark Adult Care Home | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Butler County nurse charged with one count of Medicaid fraud, one count of theft, one count of felony possession of a controlled substance, one count of felony mistreatment of a dependent adult and one count of forgery. | 909 Topeka St, Wichita, KS 67214 | DaVita Kidney Care | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A person is accused of making false claims for medication and services at Premier Living by Warden in Wichita between May and July, according to Sedgwick County District Court documents. Other charges allege the accused stole oxycodone and morphine while also mistreating a dependent adult by depriving that person of medications. The accused has been | 234 S Anna St, Wichita, KS 67209 | Premier Living by Warden | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Johnson County nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing opioid drugs while working at a residential care facility in Gardner, Kan. Jeremy Keith Bailey pleaded guilty Thursday in Johnson County District Court to possession of a controlled substance, theft and Medicaid fraud. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office said that Bailey, 41, surrendered his nursing license | 427 W Main St, Gardner, KS 66030 | Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
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