California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
Karen Johnson, chief deputy director of the California Department of Health Care Services, speaks before the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee. She said authorities welcome a state audit of the Drug Medi-Cal drug rehab program for the poor.
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Best Drug Rehabilitation CEO Per Wickstrom Salutes Detroit's Hometown …
Per Wickstrom, the CEO of holistic treatment facilities including Best Drug Rehabilitation, recently took center stage at the Detroit's Hometown Heroes event in order to share a critically important message that, he believes, is going to ultimately win …
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Middleboro divided over drug rehabilitation facility
A town board has kept alive, at least from the present, the bid of High Point Treatment Center to open a a 72-bed mental health and drug rehabilitation facility in the downtown. The Zoning Board of Appeals had heard two hours of testimony at a meeting …
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California Lawmakers Order Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Drug Rehab Program
Karen Johnson, chief deputy director of the California Department of Health Care Services, speaks before the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee. She said authorities welcome a state audit of the Drug Medi-Cal drug rehab program for the poor.
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CNN/CIR rehab fraud investigation spurs lawmakers into action
(CNN) — 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, …
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With Lax Oversight, Fraud Flourishes in California's Drug Rehab Clinics
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. The …
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Alcohol Use Among Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment Drops in …
Newswise — According to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the percentage of pregnant woman in substance abuse treatment using alcohol (with or without drug use) dropped from 46.6 percent to …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
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Drug treatment center OK'd at Sam's Plaza at I-95 and Hypoluxo Road
A substance abuse treatment center got permission Thursday to open in a commercial plaza near Boynton Beach despite some last-minute concerns from a prospective neighbor – a Sam's Club store. Wellington Retreat, now located at 2200 N. Florida Mango …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
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New drug–treatment center offers counseling, social support
YUCCA VALLEY— Residents who need treatment for drug abuse have a new resource for help. Yucca Valley Center for Change is a new provider of substance abuse counseling and recovery. The center, which operates as part of Mental Health Systems, …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
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California Suspends 16 Medi-Cal Alcohol, Drug Treatment Centers
State officials are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers suspected of violating health care laws — from hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients to bilking Medi-Cal for services they never performed …
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State suspends 16 Medi-Cal drug treatment centers
(AP) – State health care officials say they are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers that are suspected of violations. The allegations include hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients and bilking Medi-Cal …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
Read more on Los Angeles Times

California Suspends 16 Medi-Cal Alcohol, Drug Treatment Centers
State officials are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers suspected of violating health care laws — from hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients to bilking Medi-Cal for services they never performed …
Read more on NBC Bay Area