DENVER — A former employee of Intermountain Health in Colorado has pleaded guilty after she stole more than 100 prescriptions from patients being treated for significant pain.
According to a plea agreement, Shelbi Wolken, 35, of Wheat Ridge was working as a case management coordinator for Intermountain Health at the time of the crime. Because of her position, she had access to electronic medical records and patient information, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
In July 2024, officials at Intermountain Health learned that Wolken had used a patient’s information to pick up a prescription for oxycodone at the in-house pharmacy at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Denver, according to the plea agreement. Wolken had replaced the oxycodone with an allergy medication…