Want Some Psychotropic Medication? Give This Nursing Home Psychatrist A Call.
In its seemingly endless series of well-done articles regarding the 'state of nursing homes' in Illinois and throughout the country, the Chicago Tribune, recently highlighted a well traveled Chicago psychiatrist-- Michael Reinstein. Putting it mildly, Dr. Reinstein has a very unique style of practicing medicine-- one that commonly entails use of the powerful psychotropic medicine, clozapine. Among Reinstein's unusual practice 'accomplishments': In 2007, he prescribed medication to 4,141 Medicaid patients According to an audit report, Reinstein sees 60 patients per day, 365 days per year He is a the psychiatric medical director at 13 nursing homes in the Chicagoland-area Reinstein...
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