Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates
“We have lost employees to Hazelden (a private alcohol and drug treatment facility in Newberg). We've lost them to private practice, to teaching, to things that can make more money.” While behavioral health is at the cornerstone of coordinated care …
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Bitter pill: life-saving HIV drugs fuel crime and addiction in South Africa
Three years ago, Sipho Molefe (not his real name) was a normal 16-year-old boy — an athletic, easygoing high schooler who was well liked among his peers in rural South Africa. Today, Sipho is unemployed, gaunt, and mired in a life of crime outside …
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Editorial: Addiction overhaul
According to that story, the prospect of more paying patients has already prompted private equity firms to increase their investments in addiction treatment companies and families fighting the affliction are beginning to consider a new avenue for help …
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