A Cedar Rapids surgery center has agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve allegations that it violated civil provisions of the Controlled Substances Act stemming from a criminal case of a nurse stealing fentanyl from the center. The settlement resolved allegations that First Choice Surgery Center, which is affiliated with Fox Eye Laser & Cosmetic Institute [...]
Palomar Health has agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that fentanyl was diverted from one of its facilities in Escondido, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday. After the health care system reported to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that one of its employees might have diverted controlled substances, a government investigation found that "numerous [...]
A former registered nurse at Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center has been sentenced to two years probation and a fine of $100 for stealing patient medication, according to a Tuesday press release from the United States Attorney’s Office. Brittany Anne Enstad, age 40, of Tea, was charged with eight counts of obtaining a controlled substance by [...]
A nurse working in Dodge County has pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced. Jennifer Lee Garrison, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court before Judge Jerry W. Blackwell to one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. A sentencing hearing has not yet been [...]
A Kentucky hospital system will pay a $4.4 million civil penalty for faulty recordkeeping that enabled a pharmacy technician to divert 60,000 doses of opioids, federal prosecutors announced. Pikeville Medical Center self-reported the diversion, cooperated with a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation and has taken “substantial steps” to address its problems ahead of the settlement, which [...]
A nurse with UPMC Altoona was fired and later charged over the possible diversion of controlled substances in late 2023, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) said. B. Eyer, 42, of Cassandra, was charged after an investigation in which she allegedly said she failed to document the administration of controlled substances to several patients, [...]
The lead prosecutor in a prospective criminal drug diversion case can't say today whether the case involves deaths, but he says it involves dozens of victims. Jackson County Chief Deputy District Attorney Patrick Green is leading the District Attorney's (DA) investigation into whether crimes were committed tied to allegations of drug diversion at Asante Rogue [...]
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Montville woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Bridgeport federal court to a charge related to her tampering with pain medication at Backus Hospital in Norwich, where she worked, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Tiffany Moss, 34, waived her right to be indicted on [...]
LEWISBURG — A registered nurse at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg allegedly lied about her patients' pain levels in order to dispense Oxycodone for herself, according to the state attorney general's office. S. Kreamer, 40, Selinsgrove, was charged with a felony count of acquisition of a controlled substance by misrepresentation; and two misdemeanor counts of [...]
The former nurse convicted of stealing fentanyl from her workplace at a Lincoln hospital has been sentenced. A Lancaster County Judge sentenced 36-year-old Krista Lierz to three years probation for one count of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud. Lierz pled guilty to the class IV felony on Jan. 29. Prosecutors alleged that Lierz used [...]