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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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| Summary of Diversion Incident | Address of Incident | Facility | Updated | |
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| A Chicago physician prescribed opioids to patients without a medical examination or visit and then fraudulently billed Medicare for the nonexistent treatment. | 3900 Washington St, Gurnee, IL 60031, USA | August 8, 2022 | View full detail | |
| 3076 Electra Dr S Colorado Springs, CO 80906 | Julie Lynn Halling, MD | August 2, 2022 | View full detail | |
| A pharmacist and pharmacy owner pleaded guilty to filling fraudulent and counterfeit prescriptions for oxycodone and codeine in exchange for cash. | 185 Central Ave #1, East Orange, NJ 07018 | Parkway Central Pharmacy | August 2, 2022 | View full detail |
| A former EMT paramedic pleads guilty of tampering with liquid fentanyl vials at the ambulance company at which she worked. | 137 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA | Cataldo Ambulance Service | August 2, 2022 | View full detail |
| Towards the end of the day the head pharmacist began preparing prescriptions for the next day but noticed some Co-Codamol and Methadone were missing. | 145 Shaw Heath, Stockport SK2 6QZ, United Kingdom | Cale Green Pharmacy | August 2, 2022 | View full detail |
| The veterinarian pleaded guilty to adulteration of a drug and distribution of a controlled substance without a written prescription. | 3327 S Amherst Hwy, Monroe, VA 24574 | VCA Amherst Animal Hospital | July 31, 2022 | View full detail |
| Animal hospital office manager prescribed herself more than 10G dog cough pills containing an opioid drug. | 157 Airport Rd, Hyannis, MA 02601, USA | Barnstable Animal Hospital | July 31, 2022 | View full detail |
| Gastroenterologist accused of providing “grossly” insufficient medical treatment to patients and prescribing drugs to himself. | 602 W Sherman Ave a, Vineland, NJ 08360, USA | Dr. Gary A. Matusow, DO | July 31, 2022 | View full detail |
| Police department investigates health aide who allegedly stole a student's Adderall and swapped it for Claritin. | 13006 Point Pleasant Dr, Fairfax, VA 22033 | Greenbriar East Elementary School | July 31, 2022 | View full detail |
| Surgical tech who exposed thousands across four states to hepatitis and HIV sentenced to more than 6 years for drug theft. | 1 Boone Rd, Bremerton, WA 98312 | Naval Hospital Bremerton | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Surgical tech who exposed thousands across four states to hepatitis and HIV sentenced to more than 6 years for drug theft. | 7308 Bridgeport Way W #102, Lakewood, WA 98499 | Lakewood Surgical Center | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Denver surgery technician who infected three dozen and exposed thousands while stealing Fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. | 18300 St John Drive Nassau Bay, TX 77058 | Christus St John Hospital | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Denver surgery technician who infected three dozen and exposed thousands while stealing Fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. | 400 East Main Street, Mt Kisco, NY 10549 | Northern Westchester Hospital | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Denver surgery technician who infected three dozen and exposed thousands while stealing Fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. | 6011 E Woodmen Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80923 | Audubon Surgery Center | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Hospital pays $4.36 million to settle claims it violated the Controlled Substances Act. One of its pharmacy technicians sentenced for federal drug charge, and a registered nurse admits to tampering with fentanyl vials and hydromorphone injectables. | 142 S Main St, Danville, VA 24541 | Sovah Health Danville | July 29, 2022 | View full detail |
| Iowa nurse surrenders her license after a history of drug addiction and being fired from nursing homes where patient medication had gone missing. | 5608 SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA 50315 | Genesis Senior Living Center | July 21, 2022 | View full detail |
| Iowa nurse surrenders her license after a history of drug addiction and being fired from nursing homes where patient medication had gone missing. | 701 Riverview St #2343, Des Moines, IA 50316 | Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines | July 21, 2022 | View full detail |
| Iowa nurse surrenders her license after a history of drug addiction and being fired from nursing homes where patient medication had gone missing. | 114 Carter St SW, Mitchellville, IA 50169 | Mitchell Village Care Center | July 21, 2022 | View full detail |
| A firefighter has agreed to plead guilty in connection with conspiring to distribute controlled substances including oxycodone, suboxone, Klonopin and Adderall. | MA-60, Malden, MA 02148, USA | Malden Fire Department | June 22, 2022 | View full detail |
| Massachusetts nurse entered a patient’s room in the critical care unit and used a syringe to steal fentanyl administered to the patient through an IV line. | 725 North St, Pittsfield, MA 01201, USA | Berkshire Medical Center | June 22, 2022 | View full detail |
| A Michigan pharmacy has agreed to pay $1.5M and enter into a 3-year Memorandum of Agreement to resolve allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act. | 1020 6th St, Traverse City, MI 49684, USA | Sixth Street Drugs, Inc., a Munson Healthcare subsidiary | June 22, 2022 | View full detail |
| Kansas City paramedic pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl and morphine by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and subterfuge. | 3211 Indiana Ave, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA | Kansas City Fire Department (KCFD), Station 18, Medic 5 | June 22, 2022 | View full detail |
| Consent decree approved between the United States and Baltimore-based pharmacy and pharmacist alleged to have illegally dispensed controlled substances. | 4419 Falls Rd B, Baltimore, MD 21211 | Falls RX, LLC d/b/a Ultra Care Pharmacy Baltimore | June 7, 2022 | View full detail |
| The pharmacist and her employee conspirators systematically filled fraudulent prescriptions for resale by street-level drug dealers. | 225 E State St # 4, Trenton, NJ 08608 | Healthcare Pharmacy | June 2, 2022 | View full detail |
| 60 tampered vials were identified at the vascular surgery center with only 1.3-7% of the declared concentration of fentanyl. | Massachusetts | June 2, 2022 | View full detail |
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