McLaren agrees to $7.75 million settlement on opioid drug diversion charges
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McLaren Health Care Corp., a 14-hospital health system based in Grand Blanc, has agreed to a $7.75 million civil settlement over the health system s handling of controlled substances in its retail pharmacy program, federal officials said Tuesday.
The settlement resolved allegations that McLaren violated certain provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act, according to a statement from U.S. attorneys Andrew Birge in the Western Michigan District and Matthew Schneider in the Eastern Michigan District.
It ended an investigation over several years in which employees at multiple McLaren facilities in Michigan were alleged to have diverted drugs from about 2014 to 2019 and violated federal laws, officials said.
McLaren to pay $7.7M to resolve alleged drug violations
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DETROIT – McLaren Health Care Corp. has agreed to pay the federal government more than $7.7 million to resolve alleged violations of provisions of the Controlled Substances Act.
The civil settlement was announced Tuesday by the U.S. attorneys in Grand Rapids and Detroit.
It follows a years-long investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration that started after the agency learned an unregistered substance abuse treatment facility was improperly receiving controlled substances from a pharmacy in western Michigan.
by Allan Lengel McLaren Health Care Corp. of Grand Blanc, with 14-hospitals, agreed Tuesday with the Justice Department to pay a record $7.75 million penalty following a multi-year probe by the DEA into illegal distribution of opioids and other drugs without prescriptions. “At nearly $7.8 million, this is the largest civil Controlled Substances Act settlement in American history involving a health care system whose internal practices were so deficient that it allowed the diversion of drugs, including opioids,” said Detroit U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider in a statement. “McLaren clearly didn’t have a sufficient system in place to catch these problems. But now, under this settlement, McLaren is stepping up and implementing more robust compliance measures.
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Beaumont s new anesthesia model in place at additional hospitals
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Beaumont Health completes transfer of anesthesiology services to Texas-based NorthStar at seven of its eight hospitals
System says single anesthesiology contract that includes hiring 200-plus nurse anesthetists will improve quality, reduce costs
Some specialty nurses, surgeons and physician leaders objected to change
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Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak is among three hospitals where NorthStar Anesthesiologists has taken over anesthesia services.
Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia has taken over anesthesia services at Beaumont Health s three northern hospitals in Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe and associated ambulatory surgery centers and pain clinics, a move that angered some anesthesia nurses, surgeons and physicians when the contract was announced last summer.