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CA Health System agrees to pay $250K to resolve fentanyl diversion allegations
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 [...]
Former SD nurse sentenced for stealing patient medications
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 [...]
MN Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Narcotics At Hospital
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 [...]
Kentucky hospital to pay $4M for opioid record keeping claims
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 [...]
Pennsylvania nurse fired, charged over possible diversion of drugs
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 [...]
Oregon lead prosecutor in drug diversion investigation calls it County’s most complicated case – ever
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 [...]
Conn. Hospital pharmacy technician pleads guilty to tampering with hydromorphone
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 [...]
PA nurse accused of stealing Oxycodone for herself
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, [...]
Former NE nurse sentenced to probation for pilfering fentanyl from Lincoln hospital
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 [...]
SC nurse charged with stealing oxycodone, other painkillers from hospital
A local nurse was arrested after authorities say she stole painkillers for her own use that had been prescribed to patients. Late last year, pharmacy staff at Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown Hospital in Greenville [...]