Owner of rehab facilities pleads guilty in million Medicare fraud
Luis Duluc, who owned rehabilitation facilities in Venice, Lake Wales and other locations, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from leading a $ 28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. He was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and making a …
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Permit OKs rehab center at former Mercy Academy site
The former Mercy Academy property at 1176 E. Broadway. Zoning officials have approved a permit to convert it into a rehabilitation center for recovering addicts. / Martha Elson/The Courier-Journal …
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Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern …
“I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of uncomfortableness that we think we should have to endure,” said Elaine Stano, treatment specialist with the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, referring to the …
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NIDA releases guide on treating teen substance abuse and online education for …
Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug …
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New Substance Abuse Treatment Resources Focus on Teens
Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug …
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Facility offers addiction treatment close to home
(AP) — There's a bridge out near the southern end of Lafayette County Road 244. The road reaches only a few houses, some farmland and timberland, and a driveway marked "The Oxford Centre." The Oxford Centre is a residential addiction treatment center, …
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Darryl Strawberry to open substance abuse treatment center
It is a common story line that doesn't always end well, but that was nearly 20 years ago and Strawberry, now a pastor, continues to walk the line and is now opening a substance abuse treatment center. The Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center (DSRC) will …
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Question by karen star: How would “reconciliation” work in the current health care debate?
I have read about filibuster, and recall some filibusters from days past, the gang of 14, and so on, but can someone explain this in simple terms for me? (Wiki articles were not particularly helpful, so just a clear explanation will be good.) I’m not looking for partisan bickering, but for simple direct explanation of the process. Thanks, in advance, for civility.

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Answer by titou
How about “rehabilitation”? After all, the requisite for any recovery is first admitting that there is a real problem. To hear the politicians and insurance companies, as well as some health-care professionals who know which side their bread is buttered on — you’d think that what is called for in the catastrophic US health-care industry (sic) is just some fine tuning. As someone experienced with the phenomenon, I can tell you it rings like an alcoholic explaining and adjusting his drinking habit. I’ve even heard the claim that “We have the best health care in the world.”!
Right. And my drinking is OK because it’s top shelf.

ENOUGH verbiage and self-promotion in the guise of negotiation. This sophomoric nonsense has led too often to the logical conclusion: “The operation was a success, but the patient died.” No exaggeration: that is exactly what happened to my own mother. Diagnosed with Stage 3 metastatic breast cancer, such was the juggernaut of bureaucratic red-tape and protocol (not to mention physicians and hospitals lining their pockets and covering their own asses) that by the time anyone got around to actually helping her, she was dead.

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After Outbreaks, Experts Await Block Safety Advisory
The 20-state outbreak of meningitis triggered by contaminated methylprednisolone acetate from the New England Compounding Center, a Massachusetts-based compounding pharmacy, harmed 750 patients and resulted in 64 deaths, according to the Centers for …
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Navigating Health Care Can Often Leave Refugees Lost in Translation
Therapist Julanne Bibro-Ruch works with Adu Sit, a Burmese refugee, at the Squirrel Hill Health Center. … Those services include everything from having interpreters in a slew of languages in the courts and schools and drug and alcohol treatment …
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Sports: NASCAR Chase Changes; Serena Loses Down Under; NBA, NHL, PGA
(AP) — Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism. That's according to his agent, who declined to say which facility will treat Rodman and how long he will be there …
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Pa. man in drug rehab charged with selling heroin
(AP) – A central Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he was selling heroin from a recovery center for drug addicts. Investigators from the Lancaster County Drug Task Force said 46-year-old Carlos Rafael Almestica-Serrano had about $ 30,000 worth …
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Counties urge Pa. to upgrade 911 systems, restore safety-net funding
Suspend, rather than eliminate, Medicaid coverage to inmates while in custody to assure rapid placement in treatment once they're released. Permit inmates to get low-cost health care benefits. Diversify the tax bases of counties beyond property taxes …
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