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Southeast Missouri healthcare system agrees to pay $1,624,957.67 to resolve allegations that physician wrote invalid prescriptions

The United States has reached a civil settlement with Saint Francis Medical Center (Saint Francis) resolving the Government’s claims under the Controlled Substances Act.  According to the United States’ allegations, Saint Francis employed a Farmington, Missouri physician, Brett Dickinson (Dickinson), who wrote prescriptions for controlled substances without legitimate medical purposes and outside the usual course of professional practice.

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Action Details

  • Date:September 1, 2021
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions