{"id":13072,"date":"2019-04-18T10:40:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13072"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:40:46","slug":"53-medical-professionals-charged-in-sweeping-opioid-takedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13072","title":{"rendered":"53 medical professionals charged in sweeping opioid takedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of medical professionals in seven states, including 31 physicians, eight nurse practitioners, seven pharmacists and seven other medical workers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/appalachian-regional-prescription-opioid-arpo-strike-force-takedown-results-charges-against\">are charged<\/a>\u00a0with participating in the unlawful prescribing of more than 32 million pain pills. Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/dozens-of-medical-professionals-charged-with-illegally-prescribing-opioids.html\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Dozens of medical professionals in seven states, including 31 physicians, eight nurse practitioners,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13073,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13072\/revisions\/13073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}