Innovative Treatment Techniques Are Showing Results at Drug Rehab Center …
Thanks to brand new pain management therapy at Drug Rehab Center Hialeah, every patient can end addiction once and for all. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a friend. Drug Treatment Center Hialeah has …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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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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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Rehab Doctor OKs Treatment Without Seeing Patients
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 never …
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Best Drug Rehabilitation Launches Video Highlighting the Facility's Renowned …
Best Drug Rehabilitation, a leading treatment facility that offers recovery geared to the personalized needs of each client, has launched a new video highlighting the facility's renowned Life Skills Course. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
That sentiment could change on Monday, when the country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opens at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "I've been studying Internet addiction since 1994," says Dr. Kimberly Young, …
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Cuomo spikes drug rehab center
… citing “sufficient” drug treatment opportunities “in the greater community.” Last week's decision follows strong opposition from a local pol and residents who argued that a building filled with young families was a bad spot for the outpatient drug …
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Hazelden, Betty Ford Center say they'll merge
Even before the merger is approved, Mishek said the Betty Ford Center plans more outpatient treatment sites in southern California and Hazelden will do the same in its current markets. Hazelden aimed to double the number of people treated at outpatient …
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Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license
Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license. JAMESTOWN – South Central Human Service Center's license to provide substance abuse treatment will be suspended starting Monday, leaving some people unsure how to continue treatment.
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Substance Misuse Treatment Likely To Be Transformed by ACA
Albert Senella — director of the addiction treatment program at Tarzana Treatment Center in Southern California and president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives — said the drug treatment industry already is changing …
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Substance-abuse treatment: Cutbacks will create more problems
North Carolina farms out most treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to private centers that help people with a combination of contributions and federal and state money. No one pretends that's enough, and there are three state-run centers as well. Sadly …
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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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California lawmakers order audit of taxpayer-funded drug rehab program
California lawmakers ordered an audit today to examine the extent of fraud in the state's taxpayer-funded drug rehabilitation program and to assess why measures weren't taken to stop it sooner. The review was spurred by Rehab Racket, a yearlong …
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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. Over …
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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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