California Rehab Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Pad Client Lists
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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Students popping 'molly' cause for sweat
The death tolls are increasing yearly – more than 105 percent since 1992, and it kills more than car crashes and guns combined, reports from the Drug Enforcement Administration state. The unremitting murderer that has cost the U.S. more than $ 51 …
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American Horror Story Episode 308 Recap: The Sacred Faking
Queenie is wandering around the underpass, where she passes rats, hobos, meth camps, and Adam from Girls. …. Meanwhile, back at Miss Robichaux's Rehab Center for Hat Addiction, Cordelia has summoned Madison, Zoe and Nan for a meeting.
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Ventura County, CA Addiction Treatment Center Expands Services
The affordable luxury drug rehab treatment center in Ventura County, California improves success rates and announces revised licensing and health insurance acceptance. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a …
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Teen Rehab Center Three Stones Wellness Addresses Teen Addiction and …
Three Stones Wellness, an adolescent residential alcohol drug abuse treatment facility offering a holistic approach for teens with substance abuse problems, announces the grand opening of its new location in Santa Clara, California on November 18, 2013.
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Audit: LA County Failed To Properly Regulate Drug Treatment Clinics
In July, an investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN found that $ 94 million has been awarded over the past two years through the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program to 56 clinics in Southern California that have engaged in fraudulent …
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LA County Officials Predict Substance Misuse Care Will Expand Under ACA
Albert Senella — president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives and president and CEO of Tarzana Treatment Centers — thinks there could be a capacity problem because federal regulations allow reimbursement only for …
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Voters back Gov. Brown's plan for prisons
Jerry Brown's latest plan to cut the prison population has wide support among California voters, who view rehabilitation as a key way to address overcrowding in state lockups, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. Federal … Under …
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Inside a New York Drug Clinic, Allegations of Kickbacks and Shoddy Care
And in July, California halted payments to 16 centers amid reports by CNN and the Center for Investigative Reporting about phony billing. Oversight of …. Imbert checked herself into a New York hospital to begin detoxing from the alcohol and painkillers.
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Review: problem gambling and substance abuse linked, says sociologist
Dr. Flora Matheson, sociologist at St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health, says problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need.
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California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
The review was spurred by Rehab Racket, a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN that found widespread forgery and fabrication at alcohol and drug counseling clinics, as well as wide gaps in state and county oversight.
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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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Yaroslavsky calls for review of taxpayer-funded rehab program
In response to a scathing report about a lack of government oversight and improper payments to taxpayer-funded rehabilitation clinics, a local official is calling for a review of Los Angeles County's authority over such contracts and its ability to end …
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New Report Alleges Fraud in California Drug Rehab Programs
Some private California drug rehabilitation clinics have defrauded taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars, according to a new report from the Center for Investigative Reporting. The CIR's year-long investigation found that some clinic operators …
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Sen. Lieu calls for audit of rehab programs
Lieu, “The alleged fraud in the Drug Medi-Cal program is not only outrageous, but potentially damaging to efforts to utilize rehabilitation as a solution to California's incarceration and drug abuse problems.” Saying that his support for the programs …
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