Senator Ted Lieu Calls for Audit of Rehab Programs in California
Lieu, the alleged fraud in the Medi-Cal program is not only outrageous, but also damaging to the efforts of legitimate rehab centers trying to utilize their resources from the state of California to help rehabilitate ex-drug and alcohol users. He has …
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Rehab racket: Frauds, felons and fakes
Drug Medi-Cal paid out $ 94 million in the past two fiscal years to 56 clinics in Southern California that have shown signs of deception or questionable billing practices, representing half of all public funding to the program, CIR and CNN found …
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Assembly sets hearing on rehab fraud
A California lawmaker has scheduled a hearing to examine disclosures of significant fraud in taxpayer-funded drug rehabilitation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. Dr. Richard Pan, chairman of the Assembly Health Committee, wants to …
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