California crackdown on rehab fraud misses clinics with troubling audits
Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services, says his staff is continuing to crack down on fraud in the Drug Medi-Cal system. So far, the crackdown has hit 88 rehab clinics with 135 satellite sites – including half of …
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Human Energy System And Trauma Discussed At California Coastal Treatment …
Avalon Malibu is a Mental Health and Addiction treatment center located on the Coast in Malibu, California. They are hosting an informative evening with an educational emphasis on trauma and the human energy system. The focus will be to encourage …
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Shumlin signs budget adjustment bill at opiate treatment center
One such cost is the governor's initiative to support heroin and opiate addiction treatment in the state. Currently, opiate addicts have to travel long distances to treatment centers with long waiting list. “What this budget adjustment does is advance …
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
That's what the pilot program at Journey Mental Health Center in Madison has been trying to study since the first participant started receiving the treatment in November, thanks to funding from a state grant. A number of other local drug treatment …
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Opiate treatment facility differs from other two in Gaylord
GAYLORD — Denali Healthcare Gaylord, 114 S. Center Ave., opened its doors last November and one of its services was providing treatment to opiate-addicted patients. Unlike the two methadone treatment programs expected to open in Gaylord in spring, …
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VA's lack of pain treatment options led to opiate addiction, veteran says
Justin Minyard, an Army infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he became addicted to opiates prescribed by VA doctors to mute chronic back pain that began after he helped in the 9/11 rescue effort at the Pentagon. “There were better …
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VA's Lack of Pain Treatment Options Led to Opiate Addiction, Vet Says
You could see only the whites of my eyes," Minyard told ABC News and the Center for Investigative Reporting. "I was just not responding." It was Christmas 2011, and Minyard said he was stoned on opiates prescribed by doctors at the Department of …
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Ocean City Democrats Endorse William Hughes in Nationally Significant …
The Second Congressional District is among the top 28 races nationally this year. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee established 16 … “Mental illness and substance abuse go hand-in-hand,” Hughe said. “People self medicate with oxycotin …
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After 18-year search, Missouri man finds half-brother 80 miles away
Not long after the newspaper story, Schroeder gained the help of Niels Zussblatt, an analyst at the National Personnel Records Center with a reputation for finding relatives of babies conceived while U.S. soldiers served overseas. Zussblatt found …
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Medi-Cal agency to overhaul drug rehab program after critical audit
California's Medi-Cal agency is launching an overhaul of its drug rehabilitation program in light of a damning internal audit that spotlights ham-handed oversight and confirms many findings of a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative …
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Alta Sierra resident credits Cardiac Rehab for adding years to his life
Carmody attributes the professional staff at the cardiac rehab program at Sierra Nevada Memorial with changing his whole attitude about exercise, along with convincing him to change his dietary habits. “The ladies there are really something,” he said.
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Legal fight over Calif. prisons could intensify, and end, in 2014
It's a debate that took center stage at the state Capitol in 2013 as it appeared the judges had finally run out of patience and were insistent on the early release of perhaps thousands of prisoners. Instead, it now looks as though the saga may peak in …
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Residents recruited for California rehab clinics
A recent investigative series by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN uncovered rampant overbilling in California's publicly funded drug rehabilitation system for the poor. It prompted a state crackdown that has cut funding to 177 Drug Medi …
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92 drug overdose deaths in Westmoreland shatter last year's record
Pennsylvania has the third-highest rate of heroin use in the nation, behind only California and Illinois, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The drug is cheap, potent and highly addictive, … Dr. Neil Capretto …
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Rehab Racket: Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Fill Client Lists
Michael Farkas-Jones was a van driver and counselor for Changing Steps and Clean & Free drug rehab clinics. He says he used to pick up residents of Grandview Retirement Home and give each a pack of cigarettes. After the counseling sessions, the clients …
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Calif. rehab clinics recruit group home residents to pad client lists
That's why Thomas cherished the days when vans would pull up to take her and other residents to drug and alcohol rehab. Thomas didn't go for the therapy. She said she's been drug-free for a couple of years. She went, she said, for a temporary escape …
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