Governor's budget proposes funding to improve Drug Medi-Cal oversight
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to add some firepower to the crackdown on fraud in California's drug and alcohol rehabilitation program for the poor. The governor's budget proposal for the next fiscal year, officially announced today, includes $ 2.2 million for …
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Did Morehead group kill Grayson rehab center?
Jan. 10, 2014 — The Journal-Times has learned that the owners of the Morehead Inspiration Center (MIC) may have influenced the decision to shift the location of a proposed drug rehabilitation center from Grayson back to Boyd County, its original …
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Private buyer looks to purchase former Carbondale hospital
A Carbondale native plans to buy a vacant city hospital and turn it into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Cynthia Bellino said the plan for Marian Community Hospital, which could potentially include an emergency room or 24-hour urgent care …
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California Governor Proposes Drug Rehab Program Changes After Investigation
(CNN) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed millions of dollars in additional funding to crack down on abuses in the state's drug rehab program as a result of an investigation by CNN and The Center for Investigative Reporting. The governor's …
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Governor's budget proposes funding to improve Drug Medi-Cal oversight
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to add some firepower to the crackdown on fraud in California's drug and alcohol rehabilitation program for the poor. The governor's budget proposal for the next fiscal year, officially announced today, includes $ 2.2 million for …
Read more on Center For Investigative Reporting

Balamban man dies on way to drug rehab center
The death of a 42-year-old man from Balamban town who was reportedly being taken to a drug rehabilitation center on New Year's Eve is being investigated. Jerome Bendebel was being escorted from his home to a private center in Cebu City. Homicide …
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Above It All Treatment Center Drug Rehab in California Extends Programs and …
Above It All Treatment Center – a drug and alcohol rehab center in the mountains above Los Angeles, CA – is continuing its drive towards excellence, quality treatment, and successful rehabilitation of patients by rolling-out a number of new features …
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Amid fraud allegations, rehab doctor OKs treatment without seeing patients
(CNN) — A Southern California doctor with a history of run-ins with regulators has approved treatment for more than 1,550 patients at publicly funded drug rehabilitation clinics now under investigation for fraud. Dr. Howard Oliver acknowledged that he …
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California Gov. Jerry Brown Slips on Drug Reform
California state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) wrote the bill in hopes to combat overcrowding in state prisons. The bill have placed more emphasis on drug treatment, probations, or community service as resolutions to the crime, as opposed to …
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Shutdown impact: A few national parks reopen
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they can handle recalls and high-risk foodborne outbreaks, but discovering them will be more difficult because many of the people who investigate outbreaks have been …
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Huffington Magazine This Week: Battle of the Beds
He argues that the "failed" California, which pundits were eulogizing not too long ago, was ushered out when the state elected Jerry Brown as its governor. "We are moving the country's largest economy into a place where we can all be … Finally, as …
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Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Issues Stern …
MALIBU, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 8, 2013) – Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon treatment center, recognized by many as one of the top inpatient rehab centers in California, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral …
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County to remodel Ceres recovery center
The center currently is used as a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol dependent persons. "This is not about a building project but a … The county contracts with Doctors Medical Center/Doctors Behavioral Health Center and hospitals throughout …
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