Michigan physician barred from prescribing controlled substances

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based David Sova, DO, has entered a settlement agreement with a federal court to never prescribe controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said July 25. 

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Dr. Sova must also pay $170,000 to resolve civil allegations that he issued opioid prescriptions for one of his patients but used them for himself.

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