Tuesday, October 29, 2024

7:30am
Registration – Grand Foyer – 2^nd Floor
Coffee Service/Vendors open – Grand Foyer – 2^nd Floor

 Morning General Session – Grand Ballroom 5-8

8:30am
Opening Remarks
NADDI President James Schwartz
Ocean City (MD) Police Department

Illicit Fentanyl, Beyond A Decade of Destruction
Where We Are Today
Dan Zsido, NADDI National Director of Training & Education
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (FL) – Retired

Preventive Healthcare: Applying Broken Windows Policing Principles for a Safer Hospital
William J.C. Matthews, Senior Managing Director
Guidepost Solutions

This title captures the essence of the presentation, emphasizing the importance of addressing small issues to prevent larger problems in a healthcare setting.      

11:30am – 1:00pm         Lunch on your own

Afternoon General Session – Grand Ballroom 5-8

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Charlie Cichon, NADDI Executive Director

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard

Pledge of Allegiance 

Welcoming Remarks
Sheriff T.K. Waters, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office 

John Santana, NADDI Co-Founder
Anne Arundle County PD (MD) Retired

Introduction NADDI Executive Board
NADDI State Chapter Presidents

“DEVASTATED – Colorado’s Fentanyl Disaster”
Steffan Tubbs, Director
President & CEO Mountain Time Media

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45 years of age. The Drug Enforcement Administration calls the fentanyl epidemic “the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced.”

The film includes the heartbreaking stories of parents who have lost children to fentanyl poisoning, law enforcement, recovering addicts, politicians, the medical community, and even a drug dealer who describes his fentanyl operations.

Tragic in every way, fentanyl’s impact has touched every corner of this once proud state. Though the film focuses on Colorado, it is emblematic of what every state in the country is experiencing today.

Nurses Behind Bars: The Unique Challenges of Nursing Home Drug Diversion
Lauren Wolf, RN | Director of Workforce Development
Program Integrity Manager – Aetna

Steven D. Anderson, CIG
Kansas Medicaid Inspector General’s Office

Drug diversion from within Nursing Home facilities can vary from hospital settings, with different methods of drug dispensing, lack of computerized charting and cognitive impairment within victims. This presentation will discuss the importance of having the right interviewers, obtaining pertinent medical records and will review several case studies of convicted health care providers.

5:30pm – 7:00 pm
NADDI 35^th Anniversary Reception
Matthews – 4^th Floor
Music by Anthony Fannin on the River Deck

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Drug Free America Foundation
Amy Ronshausen, Executive Director
President, World Federation Against Drugs

Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. is a drug prevention and policy organization committed to developing strategies and educational programs that prevent drug use and promote sustained recovery. The Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. vision is a world where all people live free of the burden of drug abuse. Drug Free America Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Working Together – Enforcement Between Borders
Lorne Lipkus, Co-Founder
Lipkus Law LLP

Counterfeiters, and other fraudsters work across borders—so do we! There are some steps that protect against the importation of counterfeits and other fraudulent products from entering the country. Working with customs in different jurisdictions—how best can industry and law enforcement and customs partner together to strengthen the supply chain. Case studies and other examples of border enforcement measures in different countries, including “recording” your IP and providing customs with the best information to find the most desirable targets.

Drugs, Drugs, Drugs and More Drugs
Thea Wessel, LPC, LAC, MAC, NCAAC, ADS
Nspire Today, LLC

This session will focus on educating individuals about several known and unknown substances on the market. Substances like Fentanyl, Fentanyl analogs, Nitazines, and research chemicals like bath salts, spice, etc. appear to be new, but they have long and complex histories.

Fighting the Fentanyl Crisis
Derek Maltz, Executive Director Government Relations
Former DEA Special Agent in Charge, SOD
PenLink

Efforts to weaken fentanyl production and smuggling by Chinese chemical manufacturers and Mexican drug cartels have failed to curb the supply in American communities.

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, law enforcement seized “more than 360 million deadly doses” of fentanyl in 2023, but the drug remains cheap and widely available

Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison after Stealing Pain Medication from At Least 50 New Mothers at Waterloo Hospital
SA Tim Baker, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations

After getting her nursing license from the state in 2004, Olson started working at a Waterloo hospital in its labor and delivery unit in 2017. Under her care were late-term pregnant women, women in active labor, and women in postpartum recovery. Prescribed to these women were narcotics such as hydromorphone, oxycodone, and fentanyl for pain relief.

“Olson admitted she stole narcotics from no less than 50 victims. To cover up her crimes, Olson used a variety of fraudulent means, including falsely documenting that she had administered pain medication to new mothers when she had not done so. Olson also admitted to tampering with pain medication — replacing fentanyl inside a vial with saline and diverting the narcotic for her own use.”

Overcoming How Addiction and Diversion Destroy Lives
Patrick Chaney
Brett Young
St. Chistopher’s Addiction Wellness Center

While the road to addiction varies, there are so many similarities in the stories of people who find their way to addiction. The important question we should be discussing is where are we going now that we have made it to this point?

Thursday, October 31, 2024

PLAYIN’ BALL – FBI Case Study
SA Andy Lenhart of the Northern Virginia RA Office in Manassas

The case was initiated following the overdose death of a patient of DR. KIRSTEN BALL, which coincided with multiple referrals indicating the existence of an oxycodone distribution conspiracy operated out of Dr. Ball’s residence and medical office in Arlington, VA.

Operation Genuine Valor
Byron M. Jones Sr. | Special Agent | DT / Tactics Instructor
National Program Manager
Government Supply Chain Investigations Unit
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
HSI HQ Global Trade Division
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center

Operation Genuine Valor (OGV), which is a comprehensive program designed to secure the VA supply chain against the infiltration of counterfeit and substandard medical products. This initiative is a collaborative effort among HSI, the IPRC, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of Veterans Affairs – Office of Inspector General (VA-OIG) and the General Services Administration – Office of Inspector General (GSA-OIG).

Dallas Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering with IV Bags Linked to Cardiac Emergencies During Routine Surgeries
Special Agents Chad Medaris and Daniel Allgeyer
FDA Office of Criminal Investigations

A Dallas physician cloaked himself in the white coat of a healer, but instead of curing pain, he inflicted it,” said U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton for the Northern District of Texas. “He assembled ticking time bombs, then sat in wait as those medical time bombs went off one by one, toxic cocktails flowing into the veins of patients who were often at their most vulnerable, lying unconscious on the operating table.

Surgeon Sentenced to 45 Years for Girlfriend’s Overdose Death
Jennifer Harrison, Assistant State’s Attorney
State’s Attorney’s Office, Montgomery County, MD

Detective Ian Iacoviello
Montgomery County Police Department (MD)

Dr. James Michael Ryan was convicted of second-degree depraved heart murder and involuntary manslaughter after the death of Sarah Harris in the home they shared in Clarksburg. Harris was 25 and died of ketamine, propofol and diazepam intoxication after prosecutors said Ryan, then 50, gave her powerful drugs from his practice.

Guilty as Charged – Diversion and Tampering EMS
Diahan Underwood, Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Priority Ambulance

It is ironic that EMS providers who reverse drug overdoses with naloxone often have access to the same narcotic medications that cause drug addiction. The EMS industry is a key player in the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic, but the industry is not immune from it.

Nationwide, more than six out of 10 drug overdoses involve an opioid, such as fentanyl or morphine. EMS providers still commonly use these opioids to treat patients in severe pain, and they can be diverted by anyone with access.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Florida Drug-Related Outcomes Surveillance and Tracking System (FROST)
Chris Delcher, PhD 
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Science Department
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

FROST is an interactive, publicly available data dissemination tool for investigators, analysts, researchers, public health professionals and the general public to quickly explore Florida drug-related outcomes.

Diversion Case Study
Detective Cpl. Philip Antonio
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

Multiple sources identified 62-year-old physician as a potential source of writing the illegitimate prescriptions, specifically for Promethazine Codeine Syrup and Oxycodone. During the investigation, Detectives learned, the physician sold Promethazine Codeine Syrup prescriptions and hundreds of Oxycodone prescriptions.