Trinidad Hospital, Doctors to Pay $650,000 over Alleged Opioid Prescribing Violations

Mt. San Rafael Hospital agrees to pay $650,000 in settlement, possibly shedding further light on Las Animas County’s opioid crisis  - The Chronicle

Back in May, Trinidad’s hometown pharmacy agreed to pay $250,00 for alleged unlawful dispensing of opioids: In 2025, LAC leads Colorado in highest rate of opioid overdose deaths, No. 2 for highest opioid prescribing counties, more   T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News On Monday, Nov. 24, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado released information regarding a litigation that alleged that Mt. San Rafael Hospital, along with t…

Trinidad hospital, doctors to pay $650,000 over alleged opioid prescribing violations

by Ruth Stodghill TRINIDAD —  Mt. San Rafael Hospital and its Rural Health Clinic, along with three of its physicians, have agreed to pay a total of $650,000 to resolve federal allegations that they unlawfully prescribed opioids and other controlled substances and sought payment for those prescriptions from Medicare and other federal health programs. The […] The post Trinidad hospital, doctors to pay $650,000 over alleged opioid prescribing viol…