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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Online Addiction Treatment Provider, Lionrock Recovery, Announces …
Leading online addiction treatment provider, Lionrock Recovery, is proud to announce the certification of its local outpatient program by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, now part of the California Department of Health Care …
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Prison Minister Proposes Solution to Gov. Brown for California Prison Problems
"If California truly wants to reduce recidivism in their jails or prisons then this is the program to immediately bring onboard." Angelo continued. "This program offers a full fledged therapeutic accredited residential drug treatment program inside a …
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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 …
Read more on NBC Bay Area

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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Five Directions, tribal youth treatment center closing
Five Directions, an alcohol and drug treatment center for Native American teens run by the Klamath Tribes, is closing. “It's truly a sad day for the ….. Before ,it was also called Wemble House and Klamath Youth Residential Treatment Center. It serves …
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Native American Treatment Center Closing
The treatment center has been operating for the past 10 years, under the names of 'Wemble House', 'Klamath Youth Residential Treatment Center', and '5 Directions'. Gail Hatcher of Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services says the closure could put …
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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

Dawn Cutaia: Proposal to help troubled York youth: Mentoring treatment court
My last column was about the violence in York city that we see young kids engaging in, and how we seem to have given up on helping them. I wrote about what kind of a kid I was (I did drugs and ended up in rehab) but was able to change into a relatively …
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Help or Hurt? Outpatient Drug Treatment for the Homeless
Using multiple regression analysis, substance use status did not predict treatment participation and retention, whereas race, gender and employment composite score were significant predictors. Specifically, patients attended more sessions and remained …
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Trenton drug rehab patients forced to look to Florida for help
“We try to get patients help, but there aren't any places here to recover, I know of only one and it has 15 beds … this will not house all the addicts in this city,” Morgan said. “The pain of the addiction has to be greater than the recovery and rehab …
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Prison Minister Proposes Solution to Gov. Brown for California Prison Problems
"If California truly wants to reduce recidivism in their jails or prisons then this is the program to immediately bring onboard." Angelo continued. "This program offers a full fledged therapeutic accredited residential drug treatment program inside a …
Read more on Christian News Wire (press release)

Delaware Voice: Delaware must expand its drug rehab programs
We have an epidemic of alcoholism and prescription drug abuse in Delaware and the nation. Our state has one state-funded detoxification center on Kirkwood Highway. Citizens come from Sussex, Kent and New Castle County every day for treatment, only to …
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