PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The 40-million figure comes from the California Health Report, in an article which discusses how drug and alcohol treatment programs will be viewed differently under the act. (The California Health Report is a nonprofit civic journalism project.) “I …
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DHCS Director Apologizes at Hearing Examining Medi-Cal Drug Program Fraud
Department of Health Care Services director Toby Douglas apologized for "lapses in state oversight" of a Medi-Cal drug abuse treatment program at a hearing yesterday in Sacramento. "I'm here to tell you that we are sorry that we did not take action …
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Substance Misuse Treatment Likely To Be Transformed by ACA
According to Richard Rawson — a professor of psychiatry and associate director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs — drug treatment in California was developed independently of medical care. "It's this weird mix of self-help, criminal …
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