Federal judge bans Tampa pharmacy from prescribing opioids Prosecutors say the pharmacists at WeCare Pharmacy ignored “red flags” in writing and filling thousands of narcotics prescriptions. By Josh Solomon Published Jan. 31 Updated Jan. 31 TAMPA — A pharmacist, their spouse and their business partner are accused of writing and filling suspicious narcotics prescriptions in [...]
A former pharmacist at Home Choice Partners in Roanoke was sentenced on Thursday at the U.S. District Court for tampering with a consumer product — more specifically, hydromorphone — which affected interstate commerce. According to a statement released by the Department of Justice on Friday, Jan. 29, 35-year-old Bryan Wade Lewis of Roanoke was sentenced [...]
A 71-year-old former hospice worker in Chattanooga who was charged back in October with identity theft and possession of drugs for resale now faces new charges. M. Grimsley is charged with theft and felony possession without prescription. An affidavit obtained by NewsChannel 9 says the arrest happened last Thursday evening. It says a woman called [...]
A former nurse who worked at the Meadows at East Mountain is facing up to two years in prison after law-enforcement said she took a card of painkillers intended for a patient and used them herself because of a drug addiction. Melissa Haynes, 40, of Poultney, pleaded not guilty on Monday in Rutland criminal court [...]
On December 9 and 10, 2020, defendants Cynthia Clemons, Courtney Newman, and Holli Carmichael Womack, all of whom are nurse practitioners, were sentenced for their roles in prescribing massive quantities of opioids from pill mills in Knoxville, Tennessee. Clemons was sentenced to 42 months in prison, Newman was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and [...]
Ex-Wichita Nurse Pleads to Medicaid Fraud, Other Counts A former Wichita nurse accused of stealing drugs and mistreating patients has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud and other counts. By Associated Press, Wire Service Content Oct. 30, 2020, at 1:31 p.m. Ex-Wichita Nurse Pleads to Medicaid Fraud, Other Counts WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Wichita nurse [...]
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs suspended the license of a nurse at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo on Wednesday. An administrative complaint filed by the department alleged that Alison Marshall, a registered nurse, took fentanyl from the hospital pharmacy and replaced it with saline. According to the complaint, the tampered vials were [...]
A Registered Nurse from Springfield is accused of stealing medications from patients at a Dayton psychiatric hospital. Judith L. Ivory, 48, was indicted Wednesday on seven felony counts of theft of drugs by a Montgomery County grand jury. “The defendant was working as an RN at Access Hospital and is accused of taking medication intended [...]
A physician with a practice in Warren saw approximately 45 patients during a 6.5 hour period each week in another state, and has since lost her license. Pramila Byahatti, who ran the Park Avenue Pain Management practice, would travel to Rhode Island to prescribe people high dosages of opioids like fentanyl and oxycodone. She would [...]
A Vancouver Island nurse is facing professional discipline after the B.C. college of nurses found she falsified medical records and removed significant quantities of injectable narcotics from a Campbell River hospital, creating “serious risks to patient safety.” A disciplinary hearing by the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals found that, over a six-month period in [...]