Compliance Articles
Trust but verify
Don’t risk your DEA license. The three keys to preventing employee theft of controlled drugs are evaluate, investigate and reiterate.
Let’s start with a simple fact: Employees can and will steal from your drug inventory if given the opportunity. A Drug Diversion Digest report tracking the diversion of controlled substances over a six-month period found that 71% of incidents involved an employee. Sadly, this often includes people you consider “family.”
The privilege of a DEA registration – Two sides of the coin
As our investigative experts work with veterinary practices across the country, one regulatory compliance issue that we see causing confusion over and over again is both one of the most basic and yet seems to cause the most confusion – the DEA registration. Getting a registration and maintaining it can take just a few simple steps, but seems to be at the core of many veterinary practitioner’s questions and concerns.
DEA issues new marching orders in the war against opioid addiction
Don’t get caught in the crossfire.
On October 1, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its 2020 fiscal year work plan to its diversion investigators. The plan outlines increased enforcement efforts and administrative resources dedicated to the identification and investigation of prescribers (including veterinarians) that are dispensing disproportionately large amounts of controlled substances.
DEA scam artists target veterinarians by phone
You’ve probably received one of those scam IRS phishing calls, the ones where someone pretending to be with the IRS tells you you’re in trouble because you owe back taxes and then demands payment over the phone. Be prepared—you may be getting one from the US Drug...
Think outside ‘the box’
Is your veterinary practice in DEA compliance? Don’t confuse your automatic drug-dispensing machine for a complete solution. Here’s a question often posed by veterinarians and clinic managers: “I have a box that automatically dispenses our drugs. Doesn’t that make my...
Kirkbride Center owner pays $160,000 fine to settle improper opioid tracking allegations
CoreCare Behavioral Health Management Inc., parent company for West Philadelphia psychiatric health care provide The Kirkbride Center, has agreed to pay the United States government $160,200 in penalties to resolve allegations that it failed properly to account for...
Titan Group Launches DEA Compliance Continuing Education Online Training Courses
TITAN Group Has Expanded Its Suite of DEA Compliance Services to Include Veterinary RACE-Approved Online Continuing Education Courses Developed by Its Team of Former DEA Agents and Diversion Investigators TITAN Group, a leading industry provider of DEA-compliance and...
Insight Magazine – Companion Animal Edition – Controlled Substance Compliance
I walked into the room and sat down at the table with two DEA agents across from me. This would be the start of a veterinary horror story, but luckily Andy Eiseman and Jack Teitelman were on my side. I had the privilege of picking the brains of two retired DEA agents,...
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association – The Privilege of a DEA Registration – Two Sides of the Coin
As our investigative experts work with veterinary practices across the country, one regulatory compliance issue that we see over and over again is one of the most basic, yet seems to cause the most confusion — the DEA registration. Getting a registration and...
American Animal Hospital Association – Former-DEA agent: Veterinary hospitals are “low-hanging fruit”
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has too much time on its hands. At least, that’s how it might seem to some veterinary professionals. Jack Teitelman, retired DEA supervisory agent and current chief executive officer of DEA compliance experts Titan Group, told...