Drug, Alcohol Clinics Stay Open Despite Fraud, Report Finds
A dozen drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinics that recently have been found to have committed fraudulent billing practices under the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program remain open in Los Angeles County, according to an analysis by the Center for …
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Former baseball star to open drug treatment center
February 27. The Associated Press. ST. LOUIS — A Florida health care company wants to open a St. Louis County substance abuse rehabilitation center named for former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry.
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Children's treatment center pulls the plug on Golden Valley location
A day treatment center for schoolchildren with mental illness has withdrawn its application for a conditional use permit in Golden Valley, citing burdensome conditions and the “extreme views” of some neighbors who opposed the project. In a letter to …
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Plan would create system of treatment centers for human trafficking victims
A new state bill looks to double down on the state's growing human trafficking problem by funding new treatment and recovery resources to those affected. A bill proposed by Reps. LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, and Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, aims to …
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Barrow opens one-stop ALS treatment center
And now, she has a new place to receive treatment — and possibly help find a cure for the disease. In December, the institute opened an ALS and neuromuscular center that offers patients a one-stop shop where medical professionals can test, treat and …
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Shumlin signs budget adjustment bill at opiate treatment center
“What this budget adjustment does is advance the money to ensure that places like this treatment center here in South Burlington can stop saying, 'We can't help you because we got waiting lines,'” Shumlin said during a news conference at HowardCenter …
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Vt. treatment center fights to keep tax-exempt status
An addiction treatment center in Underhill is pushing back against a ballot item targeting its tax-exempt status. Maple Leaf Farm treated more than 2,000 people over the last two years. Executive Director Bill Young says he's confronting a budget …
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Vermont pushes for shorter drug treatment stays, relapse rate rises
Both men said the increases are the result of a rule put in place July 1 by the state Health Department that requires residential drug treatment centers, as a condition of payment, to get pre-approval for any patient stays that last longer that 15 days …
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Doctors have reached limit on prescribing medication for heroin withdrawals
So Beacon Center, a six-facility chain of alcoholism and substance abuse treatment centers, started a program using the opioid Suboxone at its Utica facility in January to address the shortage. It plans to start another program at its Herkimer facility …
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New magnetic treatment offers hope for depression
… a new but expensive treatment option may offer hope where everything else has failed. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is an outpatient procedure during which magnetic pulses are focused on a part of the brain that becomes sluggish during …
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Pain pill in pregnancy may raise child's ADHD risk, study finds
The “safest” drug for relieving aches and pains, lowering fever and treating headaches in pregnancy may not be so safe after all, according to a new report — it may raise the risk of ADHD and similar disorders in their children. Researchers found that …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman dies amid major comeback of heroin in the US
… a professor of neuropharmacology at Washington University in St. Louis, told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview Monday. For seven years, Cicero has been monitoring trends for patients in 150 drug treatment centers across the country. In …
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