Jim Gottstein to host webinar on plans to curb the over-drugging of children

Jim Gottstein to host webinar on plans to curb the over-drugging of children
2010 February 8
by giannakali
Planned for February 24th.

ICSPP’s 2010 Distinguished Lecture Series will begin with Attorney Jim Gottstein’s webinar presentation on PsychRights‘ Medicaid Fraud Initiative Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children & Youth

Background:
The massive psychiatric drugging of America’s children, particularly poor, disadvantaged children and youth through Medicaid and in foster care is an unfolding public health catastrophe of massive proportions. This catastrophe is being caused by the fraudulent promotion of these harmful practices by pharmaceutical companies sacrificing children and youth’s health, futures and lives on the altar of corporate profits. In 2009, Eli Lilly agreed to pay $1.4 Billion in criminal and civil penalties for such off-label promotion of Zyprexa and Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 Billion for the illegal off-label promotion of Geodon and other drugs, yet the practice has not stopped. It is merely a cost of doing business to these pharmaceutical Goliaths and, in fact, caps their liability for these crimes. Most importantly, these settlements have not stopped the practice of child psychiatrists and other prescribers giving these drugs to children and youth and Medicaid continuing to pay for these fraudulent claims.

Purpose:
PsychRights‘ Medicaid Fraud Initiative Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children and Youth is designed to address this problem by having lawsuits brought against the doctors prescribing these harmful, ineffective drugs, their employers, and the pharmacies filling these prescriptions and submitting them to Medicaid for reimbursement. Each offending prescription carries a penalty of between $5,500 and $11,000. This is why it is expected that once their financial exposure becomes known to them prescribers and pharmacies will curtail the practice. Anyone with knowledge of specific offending prescriptions can sue on behalf of the government to recover for such Medicaid Fraud, and receive a percentage of the recovery, if any.

This webinar will walk through the requirements of the Federal False Claims Act as it pertains to this type of Medicaid Fraud and is for people and lawyers who may be interested in bringing such suits.

A bio of Attorney Gottstein, Esq. can be found here.


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