Stay Out of Opioid-Related Prescription Trouble

Posted by Donna Craig in Apr, 2018

  Practitioners must take significant precautions to prevent diversion of prescription narcotics and other controlled substances they prescribe and dispense in light of the increased federal law enforcement initiatives.

In an effort to stem the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic, last summer the Justice Department set up task forces in eleven different geographic regions headed up by specially-funded, full-time Assistant U.S. Attorneys dedicated to “investigating and prosecuting health care fraud related to prescription opioids, including pill mill schemes and pharmacies that unlawfully divert or dispense prescription opioids for illegitimate purposes.”

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Michigan laws regarding prescription of opiods have recently changed. Contact us if you have any questions.