Expert notes red flags in top 1% of Cabell prescribers with data distributors could have accessed

The Herald-Dispatch | By COURTNEY HESSLER

Jun 15, 2021

CHARLESTON — There were 24 doctors who were among the top 1% of opioid prescribers in Cabell County over two decades, but it is the outliers of those outliers who set a dreadful foundation that led to the current opioid crisis, experts say…

Lacey Keller, a data analyst for MK Analytics, testified at a trial in Charleston on Tuesday that opioid distributors had purchased pharmacy dispensing data, mainly the CS Ratings Program database, and would have had information available to them showing how many pills were being shipped and dispensed in the state as the flow of pills sharply increased.

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