Doctor accused of vastly overprescribing antipsychotic to nursing home residents loses license
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 12, 2014
A Chicago psychiatrist has been stripped of his medical license over charges that he received kickbacks and overprescribed antipsychotic drug clozapine to nursing home residents.
Pharma company Teva to pay $27 million over charges of kickbacks to promote dangerous antipsychotic
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 12, 2014
Teva Pharmaceuticals and subsidiary IVAX LLC have agreed to a $27.6 million settlement over charges that they paid kickbacks to a psychiatrist for putting nursing home residents on the antipsychotic drug...
Authorities: Psychiatrist sent more than 50,000 fraudulent Medicare, Medicaid nursing home claims
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 20, 2012
A Chicago psychiatrist is accused of submitting $190,000 in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid and receiving kickbacks for prescribing antipsychotics.
Many nursing home residents still take antipsychotics, studies find
Jan 13, 2010
Antipsychotic medication use is still widespread in nursing homes, even after the federal government issued a “black box” warning on the drugs in 2005. That is according to two new studies.