Cedar Rapids family doctor pays $100,000 settlement for prescribing opioids without medical need
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids family medicine physician has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations he prescribed opioids to patients who had no legitimate medical reason for the drugs. Dr. Paul Lottes is accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act from August 2017 to April 2019 when he wrote opioid prescriptions for two patients that had no legitimate medical purpose and were not issued in the “usual course of professional practice,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Source: thegazette.com