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Drug fraud charges lead to suspension of license for Winter Haven nurse practitioner

WINTER HAVEN — Advanced registered nurse practitioner Jodi Lynn Levins’ license to practice has been suspended and may be revoked after she was arrested on charges that ... violation of standards of c... read more

Trial Begins For Doctor Charged In Drug Case

Dr. Joseph Zolot and his former nurse practitioner, Lisa Pliner, are charged with conspiracy and drug trafficking for allegedly distributing methadone, oxycodone and fentanyl without legitimate medica... read more

Doctors Charged With Taking Millions Of Dollars In Return For Prescribing Opioids To Patients Who Didn’t Need Them

Five New York doctors are charged in connection with the investigation. “Instead of caring for their patients, these doctors were drug dealers ... Collins, a nurse practitioner who was once ... read more

Cuyahoga County judges say mentally ill jail inmates are denied proper treatment, medications

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The ... And only one nurse practitioner is administering mental-health care in a jail that at times houses 2,500 people. The judges say inmates are not receiving medications after ps... read more

Nurse practitioner accused of prescription fraud

“Prescription drugs ... nurse practitioner of prescription fraud. Helen H. Vickers, 51, of Hamilton Road in Morehead City, was charged Thursday with five counts each of obtaining controlled substance ... read more

Nurse Charged With Writing Fake Prescriptions For Oxycodone

WINTER HAVEN, FL—A registered nurse practitioner ... is charged with six counts of criminal use of personal identification and seven counts of trafficking in Oxycodone. She was taken into custody and ... read more

Twelfth defendant charged in Montgomery pill mill investigation

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A twelfth defendant is now charged ... nurse practitioners, a nurse, and various staff members. The court records state Sanchez and other doctors falsely told some patients the ... read more

Amid efforts to combat opioid crisis, Trump is still pushing to cut insurance protections for addicted Americans

takes a series of steps to bolster addiction treatment and clamp down on drug trafficking. Among other things, the legislation will make it easier for patients to get inpatient treatment for substance ... read more

President Trump signs opioid package into law

It was recently estimated that more than 500,000 years of life were lost in Ohio over a seven ... with Sunshine Act requires drug companies and medical device makers to publicly disclose the payments ... read more

How One Family's Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder Charges Turned a Texas Teacher Fugitive

Authorities are seeking Velasco on charges that she allegedly managed the finances and transferred property for her family's violent drug trafficking operation ... Samuel and Ruth, a nurse practitione... read more

Chantilly Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced on Drug Trafficking, Fraud Charges

A federal judge handed down a 15-year prison sentence Friday to a Chantilly pain clinic owner who was charged with drug trafficking ... who had no background in pain management. The lead nurse practit... read more