Hospitals across the country have bought software that monitors every controlled-substance transaction and flags suspicious patterns. A federal enforcement record made public this summer shows what happens when those alerts are generated, and nobody acts on them.
West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a three-year Memorandum of Agreement to resolve civil allegations that it violated multiple provisions of the Controlled Substances Act across its registered facilities between 2017 and 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney's Offices and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The system holds 53 DEA registrations. It did not admit liability.
