January 30, 2017
An Indiana doctor accused of operating a “pill mill” saw as many as 100 patients in a single day and traded pain pills for work on his farm, federal investigators say. Dr. Tristan Stonger faces 55 felony charges stemming from …
June 12, 2013
Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated federal rules governing the distribution of prescription painkillers. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday said the settlement …
May 20, 2013
Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the Midwest the multitude of jobs in the automotive and agriculture industries highlights the …
May 17, 2013
Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular regions click on the respective links below. The national “epidemic” of opioid usage has garnered a great deal of public …
May 17, 2013
Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp Deaths from prescription drug overdoses jumped 360 percent in the last decade in the Appalachian …
July 27, 2012
A southeastern Ohio health system is hoping a fingerprint collection program will help it cut down on prescription painkiller abuse. Brent Saunders, board chairman at Holzer Health Systems in Gallipolis says painkiller fraud costs insurance companies $72 billion a year. …
April 23, 2012
An Arkansas doctor convicted in a bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board lost a separate wrongful death case on April 20 and was ordered to pay $300,000 to family members of a former patient who …
February 15, 2012
A doctor convicted in the overdose deaths of four patients and implicated in eight more deaths faces has been sentenced to in federal court in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Feb. 14 to four life terms in prison, the U.S. Drug Enforcement …