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Critics say tribal clinic flooded Blackfeet Nation with opioids
Former staff and tribal leaders say the clinic’s prescribing practices helped flood the Blackfeet Nation with opioids, prompting federal scrutiny.
- Concerns about prescribing practices at the Southern Piegan Health Center, a tribally operated clinic on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwest Montana, prompted federal investigators to launch a probe into potential over-prescribing.
- Dr. Mary DesRosier, the clinic's medical director, and Fonda Red Fox, former centralized billing director for the Blackfeet Tribal Health System, reported concerns about potential over-prescribing to federal investigators.
- St. Goddard, the clinic's director and administrator, denied the facility was a "pill mill" while acknowledging staff struggled with a "lack of resources." She resisted reform efforts despite the mounting scrutiny.
- Investigators from the Office of Inspector General "requested all of our pain-management files," while the Drug Enforcement Administration simultaneously examined the clinic's prescribing records and patient charts.
- Donald MacCord, Northwest representative for American Molecular Laboratories, was brought in to perform drug testing at the clinic as the tribe addressed the ongoing federal inquiry into prescribing practices.
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Critics say tribal clinic flooded Blackfeet Nation with opioids
Some believe a tribal clinic with a pain-management program was fueling harm by flooding the Blackfeet Nation with opioids. Supporters saw it as a haven for suffering patients.
·Omaha, United States
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