What do Sovah Health in Abington, Va., UT Southwestern in Dallas, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have in common? Each had multimillion-dollar fines levied against them by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for violating laws that regulate the safe handling of controlled substances (CS).
The claims against these health systems, made as recently as 2022, have a common theme: failure to prevent the diversion of prescription opioids and other CS. The cases also