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Doc Is Sued In Huge Prescription Fraud Case
He was part of the largest prescription fraud case in Chicago, feds say. They allege he received kickbacks from Teva Pharmaceuticals. The 140,000 scripts were for medications with serious side effects.
A psychiatrist who lives in Skokie is being sued for orchestrating what federal authorities are calling the largest prescription fraud case ever in Chicago. The defendant, Dr. Michael J. Reinstein, received illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies and submitted at least 140,000 false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for antipsychotic medications he prescribed for thousands of mentally ill patients in area nursing homes, according to a civil health care fraud lawsuit filed today. Reinstein also submitted at least 50,000 claims to Medicare and Medicaid, falsely stating that he provided “pharmacologic management” for his patients at more than 30 area nursing homes and long-term care facilities, the lawsuit alleges. Earlier: Elderly …
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