U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Agreement to Ensure Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder at Big Sandy Regional Detention Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. – United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier, IV, announced Monday that the federal government has reached an agreement with the Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, which operates the Big Sandy…
Former Roswell Park Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Medications Intended For Patients
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kelsey A. Mulvey, 30, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of tampering with a consumer…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Agreement to Ensure Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder at Fayette County Detention Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. – United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier, IV, announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s Department of Community Corrections, to ensure that people…
Former Nurse Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Tampering with Morphine Medications at Moses Lake Clinic
Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Esther Rae Tuller, age 41, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced today in…
Nearly 24,000 Pounds of Unused Medications Collected in Pacific Northwest During DEA Drug Take Back Day
Spokane – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa Waldref and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob D. Galvan announced the collection of thousands of pounds of unused…
Lyndonville Woman Sentenced for Selling Misbranded Pet Medications
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Lisa Wheeler, 56, of Lyndonville, Vermont was sentenced by United States Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford on April…
DOJ and Skagit County health clinic resolve False Claims Act investigation over the use of imported birth control medications
Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice today reached a settlement with Skagit Family Health Clinic of Mount Vernon, Washington, over the importation of birth control medications that were unlawfully imported from…
U.S. Attorney Rollins Announces Correctional Facilities Statewide to Maintain All Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that it has completed a review to ensure that state and county correctional facilities will maintain all medications used to treat Opioid Use Disorder…
Federal Civil and Criminal Investigations Result in Six Convictions and Recovery of Over $8.7 Million in Connection with Compounded Medications Formulated by DelCo Pharmacy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced the criminal and civil resolutions of multi-year investigations of various health care fraud schemes involving prescriptions for compounded medications formulated by Heritage Therapeutics,…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Settles Disability Discrimination Allegations with the Massachusetts Trial Court Concerning Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
BOSTON – United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced today that an agreement has been reached with the Massachusetts Trial Court to resolve allegations that its drug court violated the Americans with…
New Data on Cost Impact of Treating Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) with FDA-Approved Medications, Including Salix’s RELISTOR® Subcutaneous Injection (Methylnaltrexone Bromide), in The Emergency Department Is Published in Advances In Therapy
Research Reveals Reduction in Hospitalization Rates, Length of Stay and Health Care Costs When Treating OIC with FDA-Approved Prescription Medications LAVAL, QC, March 24, 2022 — Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC)…
Pharmacist Charged in a Scheme to Bill Insurance for Medications Not Dispensed
DETROIT – A Dearborn Heights pharmacist was arrested today for committing health care fraud. United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison was joined in this announcement by the FBI’s Acting Special Agent-In-Charge, Josh…
Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications
ATLANTA – Curant, Inc., which owns pharmacies in Smyrna, Georgia and St. Petersburg, Florida, along with its owners and related entities, agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated…