A doctor’s fraud puts a methadone clinic in jeopardy

A psychiatrist is convicted of forging prescriptions. How his methadone clinic will soon be under fire:

On July 21, addiction specialist Marc Shinderman was found guilty of 58 crimes connected with his practice of forging another doctor’s name and federal registration number on prescriptions for patients of his Westbrook methadone clinic. He now faces a prison sentence, and his clinic, CAP Quality Care Inc., is the subject of a federal civil action.

That threatens the future of his clinic, which currently serves 488 clients and runs a waiting list, and could have a chilling effect on the creation of new clinics in the state, said Kim Johnson, director of the state Office of Substance Abuse.