Southern California Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Drugs Including to Out-of-State Residents Without an In-Person Physical Examination

The investigations of physicians for prescribing scheduled drugs to patients including Oxycodone, Xanax, Soma and other medications continue...

Indictment Filed Against Northern California Physician For 36 Counts of Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone by Prescribing It "Outside the Course of Usual Professional Practice"

When it comes to prosecuting physicians for unlawful prescribing of opioids or scheduled drugs, federal authorities have more stringent laws...

CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pays $5 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of the Controlled Substance Act in Sacramento Federal Case

As is the norm, national chain pharmacies get fines and compliance plans while small businesses get criminally prosecuted. A recent settleme...

Kansas Doctor Charged in Federal Indictment With Prescribing Outside Course of Medical Practice and Unlawful Distribution. Allegation that Patient Died From Methadone and Xanax Prescription. Eight Patients Charged With Unlawful Distribution.

In a recent case, not only is the physician charged but patients as well who obtained Schedule II and III medications and sold them.  This i...

West Virginia Physician Pleads Guilty to Federal Illegal Prescribing and Health Care Fraud

The number of prescribing cases filed in federal courts increases especially in areas that have been hit hard by prescription drug addiction...

Santa Barbara Doctor Sentenced After Trial to over 25 Years in Federal Prison for Writing Prescriptions for Schedule II Narcotics

The war on prescription drug abuse and the physicians who were prescribing to pain management patients continues. Long sentences are being h...

Michigan Doctor Sentenced to Long Sentence For Unlawful Prescriptions and Health Care Fraud in Case Involving Illegal Patient Marketing

The criminal cases for physicians improperly prescribing pain medications continue. Pain management physicians and regular practitioners wil...

New York Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

A physician assistant, Michael Troyan, who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island was arrested on November 4, 2015 ...

Obama Says US Will Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse

The New York Times reporting on President Obama’s visit on Wednesday October 21, 2015 to West Virginia is in this article entitled “ US Will...