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WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fourteen defendants in eight federal districts across the United States for their alleged involvement in crimes related to the unlawful distribution of opioids. Twelve of the defendants were medical professionals at the time of these alleged offenses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"assorted-color<\/a>One of the cases announced today charged a Kentucky dentist with unlawfully prescribing morphine.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August 2020, this dentist issued three opioid prescriptions to a 24-year-old patient in a five-day period. The patient died from a morphine overdose, allegedly from one of the prescriptions the dentist issued during those five days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another case charged a former nurse and clinic director in Tennessee with unlawfully obtaining opioid pain pills for personal use and further distribution by filling fraudulent prescriptions in the names of current and former hospice patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDoctors and health care professionals are entrusted with prescribing medicine responsibly and in the best interests of their patients. Today\u2019s takedown targets medical providers across the country whose greed drove them to abandon this responsibility in favor of criminal profits,\u201d said Administrator Anne Milgram of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). \u201cDEA will use every tool at our disposal to stop drug diversion and fraud. And we are working tirelessly each day to make our communities safer and healthier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to the indictment, the defendant then used the patients\u2019 hospice benefits to cover the costs of the unlawfully obtained prescription opioids.<\/span><\/p>\n

A third case charged a Kentucky doctor with unlawfully prescribing opioids to patients whose health care treatments were paid for by taxpayer-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid. The defendant allegedly preyed on these patients for continued access in order to bill these programs for medically unnecessary procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday’s announcement also highlighted the continued efforts of the Health Care Fraud Unit\u2019s Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force. <\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past three years, ARPO has charged 111 defendants with crimes related to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids. Together, these defendants issued prescriptions for over 115 million controlled substance pills.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its inception, ARPO has partnered with federal and state law enforcement agencies and U.S. Attorneys\u2019 Offices throughout Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia to prosecute medical professionals and others involved in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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