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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Addiction Treatment Resources Available Online
The Serene Directory of Addiction Treatment Resources and information is now available online at www.SereneDirectory.com. This is a web-based directory of services for the United States and Canada. It allows for free contact listings in one of 22 …
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Intensive Substance-Abuse Treatment Fails to Deliver Better Results: Study
Addiction drugs also were prescribed if appropriate. Patients received reminders, and care providers worked in collaboration with one another. Those in the other group received a medical care visit, a list of addiction-treatment resources and a phone …
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Specialized Online Treatment Programs for Military Service Members …
Online Substance Abuse Treatment [OSAT] makes recovery resources readily available with an extraordinary internet based substance abuse treatment program, including live individual and group Online Counseling Programs, an Online Self Directed …
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Amid fraud allegations, rehab doctor OKs treatment without seeing patients
Dr. Howard Oliver acknowledged that he never saw most of the rehab patients he approved for counseling — the law doesn't require it. But his signature on their paperwork triggered the taxpayer funding that kept the private clinics in business. Oliver …
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Substance abuse treatment before, after liver transplantation have lower …
Findings indicate that alcohol relapse was 16% among liver transplant recipients who had substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation. In patients who received pre-transplant or no substance abuse treatment the relapse rates were 45% and …
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Aldon Smith admitted to rehab
… 49ers are in after their loss to the Colts.Tags: 49ers, First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless · San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been admitted on an in-patient basis to a facility to be treated for alcohol abuse, a league source …
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Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program
Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds or …
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Specialized Online Treatment Programs for Military Service Members …
Online Substance Abuse Treatment [OSAT] makes recovery resources readily available with an extraordinary internet based substance abuse treatment program, including live individual and group Online Counseling Programs, an Online Self Directed Treatment …
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Behavioral Health Expert Ben Brafman Expands Treatment Facilities to Address …
Behavioral health expert Ben Brafman, MS, LMHC, CAP, is President and CEO of Destination Hope, a nationally recognized substance abuse and dual diagnosis treatment facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and The Sylvia Brafman Mental Health Center.
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Politics of health care reform, cuts impact mental health, substance abuse …
St. Marys Center for Recovery is a residential substance abuse treatment facility designed to help clients overcome addictions and transition to independence, security and good health. Laura Seitz, Deseret News. Summary. Given the uncertain landscape …
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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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Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program
Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds or …
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Church seeks to expand drug treatment in North Waco
HOME2. Mary Burt, left, and Brandy Honeysuckle both went through Grace House's yearlong residential treatment program for substance abuse. Buy this photo · HOME1. Staff photo— Jerry Larson …
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Drug treatment program at Polk County Jail offers new bridge to sobriety
Bridges of Iowa began operating out of the jail in September 2012, two years after officials were forced to shut down an in-house drug treatment program because federal funding ran out. Multiple studies have estimated that about 80 percent of those in …
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Group advocates better drug abuse treatment options
The Healing Place of Southwestern Virginia is a newly incorporated organization that hopes to open a peer-run residential program for substance abuse treatment. The Healing Place model was founded in Kentucky and spread to other states. Richmond is …
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