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Accused of prescribing painkillers to patients with no medical need for them.

Cedar Rapids doctor to pay $100K settlement in opioids case January 28, 2021 GMT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids doctor has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement over allegations that he prescribed opioids to patients who had no legitimate medical need for the drugs, federal prosecutors for Iowa said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release that an investigation by the Iowa’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration found that Dr. Paul Lottes had violated the Controlled Substances Act. Prosecutors say that from August 2017 to April 201...

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. Lottes also agreed not to reapply for a controlled substances registration with the Drug Enforcem...