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Most providers administer medications responsibly. But a growing number of providers are diverting drugs for personal use or re-sale.

It is estimated that more than 10% of all healthcare workers will steal opioids and other substances from patients and hospitals at some point in their career. It’s happening in all hospitals, in every town.

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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 View full detail
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 View full detail
Jennifer L. Fanopoulos, a Boise nurse, was sentenced to three years of probation for obtaining controlled substances by fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis. According to court records, Fanopoulos was employed as a registered nurse at a Boise hospital, where she had access to a system that monitored the distribution and management of 1055 N Curtis Rd, Boise, ID 83706 Saint Alphonsus Hospital November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
Registered Nurse's license restricted after Jacksonville hospital found diverted intravenous painkillers and hypodermic needles stuffed in a toilet. 800 Prudential Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32207 Baptist Medical Center November 19, 2019 View full detail
4747 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80303 Boulder Community Hospital November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
Louisville doctor accused of taking bribes and kickbacks from a compounding pharmacy in Florida, among dozens nailed with drug charges from a 7-state bust. 13555 Automobile Blvd ste 230, Clearwater, FL 33762 Assured RX November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
In the Middle District of Tennessee,, a nurse practitioner from Murfreesboro, is accused in an indictment of prescribing oxycodone and oxymorphone to four patients without a legitimate medical purpose between 2016 and 2018. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154961/download 1272 Garrison Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 View full detail
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 November 19, 2019 View full detail
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 View full detail
A nurse is charged with stealing patient pain medications while she worked at a local nursing home. Jennifer L. Lewellyn was charged with Level 6 felony failure to make, keep or furnish records, Level 6 felony furnishing false or fraudulent information, Level 6 felony obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit and a Class 1707 Bethany Rd, Anderson, IN 46012 Bethany Pointe Health Campus November 19, 2019 View full detail
Anderson prescribed nearly a million oxycodone pills to patients he knew had no legitimate medical need for the medication, including Grande, who sold the pills on the streets of New York. Anderson often saw his patients, some of whom displayed visible signs of drug addiction, without appointments and with little notice, in the middle of 3733 Richmond Ave # 5, Staten Island, NY 10312 November 19, 2019 View full detail

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