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| Summary of Diversion Incident | Address of Incident | Facility | Updated | |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| A Mason City woman accused of stealing prescription drugs and violating patient confidentiality laws has pleaded guilty. Mason City station KIMT reports that Samantha Rogers also pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to making false statements related to health care matters. Prosecutors dropped other charges in return for her pleas. A | Cerro Gordo County Iowa | November 19, 2019 | View full detail | |
| A former Council Bluffs nurse faces felony charges. Pottawattamie County prosecutors said she stole nearly 2,000 pain pills from a Council Bluffs nursing home. It’s red flags from the pharmacist and a billing discrepancy that brought the thefts to light. Now Bethany Lutheran home is changing policies, so it doesn’t happen again. And the nurse | 7 Elliott St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 | Bethany Lutheran Home | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The woman, identified as Christina Ann Santos, 29, is being charged with multiple felonies. She admitted to investigators she stole more than 1,600 pills of various types of painkillers from her employer, an affidavit shows. According to an arrest affidavit, Santos was a staff nurse at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio where another nurse | 9119 Cinnamon Hill Dr, San Antonio, TX 78240 | HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio (RIOSA) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Kim Marie Lesher, a licensed practical nurse, has been sentenced to a mix of jail time, house arrest and probation for stealing patient prescription pain medications from the elderly at an area nursing home. Lesher was given a 30-month intermediate punishment sentence. The sentence requires Lesher to spend the first four months in county jail | 9108 PA-198, Conneautville, PA 16406 | Rolling Fields Elder Care Community | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a former licensed practical nurse allegedly filled fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone in her name and in the names of others at a local pharmacy in order to obtain the pills for herself and to distribute to others. Brown forged the prescriptions primarily from prescription pads and paper she stole | Pennsylvania | An Unnamed Pharmacy in Pennsylvania | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Thomas was employed as a nurse practitioner by a medical facility with multiple facilities in Idaho. Each facility had a locked cabinet where controlled substances, including painkillers, were kept. Thomas did not have access to the locked cabinets. On at least seven occasions, however, Thomas accessed the cabinets at different facilities, and took bottles of | 3115 E Florence St, Meridian, ID 83642 | Primary Health Medical Group | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Record high fine, to date. Two nurses stole nearly 16,000 pills, mostly oxycodone, from automated dispensing machines. Another pediatric nurse injected himself with Dilaudid while at work. And other findings, e.g., a doctor prescribing CS for patients without seeing them, staff not securing CS, etc. DEA’s ensuing audit of MGH’s controlled substances revealed pill count | 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114 | Massachusetts General Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy charges under a plea agreement that recommends that she be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 57 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. At the time Ulibarri committed | 5981 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 | Alliance Home Health and Hospice | 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 |
| 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 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| Pierce allegedly stole morphine from one patient by signing out 10 times the amount of the drug ordered by a doctor and keeping the excess. Ten days later, she allegedly signed out 200 milligrams of fentanyl for a patient, administered 25 milligrams and retained the rest. A week after that, she allegedly took 100 milligrams | 1227 E Rusholme St, Davenport, IA 52803 | Genesis Medical Center - Davenport East Rusholme Street | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| in August 2017, while working as a nurse at the Hawkeye Care Center in Marshalltown, Zeisneiss signed out Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills as if she was administering them to four residents of the home but then kept the drugs for herself. Initially charged with four counts of prohibited acts and one count of tampering with | 2401 S 2nd St, Marshalltown, IA 50158 | Accura HealthCare of Marshalltown (FKA Hawkeye Care Center) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| in August 2015, Pierce stole a vial of morphine from an emergency kit at Vista Woods. She initially was charged with theft and prohibited acts but later agreed to a plea deal that resulted in a conviction on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, resulting in a sentence of two years’ unsupervised probation. | 3 Pennsylvania Pl, Ottumwa, IA 52501 | Vista Woods | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Indiana prosecutors filed criminal charges against a Mitchell Community Schools nurse for stealing students’ medication and ingesting it herself. Carol Sanders is charged with felony official misconduct, felony neglect of a dependent, and five counts of misdemeanor theft. Police arrested Sanders Thursday and she was booked into the Lawrence County Jail. A staff member at | 1755 W Hancock Ave, Mitchell, IN 47446 | Burris Elementary School | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |