Federal authorities have charged a Chicago doctor with taking kickbacks.<\/p>\n
Federal authorities filed suit against Dr. Michael J. Reinstein, a Chicago psychiatrist, on November 15, alleging that in exchange for kickbacks from drug companies, he prescribed a potentially dangerous psychotropic drug to thousands of Chicago-area nursing home patients with mental illnesses.<\/p>\n
In a statement, acting U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro said the lawsuit is \u201cthe largest civil case alleging prescription medication fraud against an individual ever brought in Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a 2009 joint investigation, the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found that Reinstein relied very heavily on clozapine, a risky and powerful psychotropic drug. In 2007, Reinstein prescribed the medicine more than all the doctors in Texas combined, according to the investigation.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit, filed recently in U.S. District Court in Chicago, alleges that Reinstein made no less than 140,000 false Medicare and Medicaid claims for antipsychotic drugs he had prescribed based on kickbacks from the manufacturers (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Federal authorities have charged a Chicago doctor with taking kickbacks. Federal authorities filed suit against Dr. Michael J. Reinstein, a Chicago psychiatrist, on November 15, alleging that in exchange for kickbacks from drug companies, he prescribed a potentially dangerous psychotropic…<\/span><\/p>\n