Opioid use disorder patients on Medicare had fewer fatal overdoses after moving to telehealth services, according to a study published March 29 in JAMA Psychiatry.
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Bernard Shelton, 66, formerly a physician in St. Clair Shores, Mich., was convicted of a patient's overdose death and on 21 drug distribution charges , the Justice Department said March 31.
Former Baton Rouge, La., physician Randy Lamartiniere, 64, will serve 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release for a drug distribution conviction, the Justice Department said April 4.
Former physician Jeffrey Campbell has been sentenced to eight years in prison for unlawful distribution of controlled substances, including opioids, along with healthcare fraud, the Justice Department reported March 30.
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Dalal Akoury, MD, and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, to pay $100,000 for allegedly making false claims about the treatment of addiction, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's…
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The addiction treatment market is expected to grow by a 6.7 percent compound annual growth rate and reach a $50 million potential by 2032, according to a Fact.MR study.
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Dalal Akoury, MD, and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, for allegedly making false claims about the treatment of addiction, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease…
Honolulu-based Kline Welsh Behavioral Health Foundation, which operates Sand Island Treatment Center, has been ordered to pay $451,898 in back wages to 34 staff members.
Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based substance use and mental health care provider Laguna Treatment Hospital said multiple kinds of illicit drugs across the state are increasingly testing positive for xylazine, a veterinary anesthetic and dangerous drug additive.
Researchers have found that a person who has recently been released from prison is 10 times more at risk of a drug overdose in Oregon, the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment reported Feb. 21.