Dallas—The fight against the diversion of opioids and other controlled substances is heating up in the nation’s health systems, according to experts at a packed session at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).
Two major factors are providing the wake-up call for more diversion oversight: the nation’s opioid crisis and the $2.3 million Massachusetts General Hospital fine imposed in 2015 by federal officials. The fine followed an audit