NY Senate Task Force on Opiate Addiction to Meet
NY Senate task force on opiate addiction to meet
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The bipartisan Senate task force was created to study the rise in opiate abuse and recommend better treatment and prevention programs. The task force is chaired by Republican Sen. Phil Boyle, who leads the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Drug …
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Suicide Prevention Sheds a Longstanding Taboo: Talking About Attempts
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Dental Management Company Agrees to Be Excluded From Medicare and …
Dental Management Company Agrees To Be Excluded From Medicare And …
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Michael C. Burgess, MD (R-TX), and Diane DeGette (D-CO) urging the OIG to use its authority to exclude anyone that has engaged in Medicare, Medicaid or other federal healthcare programs fraud or abuse. The letter faulted the OIG for not … owned by …
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To kill a tumor: UF physicians target the genes of lung, colon cancers
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Medicare Records Provide Tantalizing New Details of Payments to Doctors
Medicare Records Provide Tantalizing New Details Of Payments To Doctors
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The federal government published data tracing the $ 77 billion that Medicare paid to physicians, drug testing companies and other medical practitioners throughout 2012, and what services they were being reimbursed for. The data … While the database …
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Portman and Brown to Holder: Draw from community strategies when fighting …
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Can I Be Court Ordered to Drug Rehab?
Question by NoTell: Can i be court ordered to drug rehab?
I have clinical (major) depression and I also have a substance abuse problem. If I tell my psych doc or therapist about my addiction, can they court order me into rehab?
Best answer:
Answer by Serene E
No idea. Depends on the state you are in, the court you’re going to and your age.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry Receives National Award for Criminal Justice Reform
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Medicare Continues Paying Doctors Even After Arrested
Medicare continues paying doctors even after arrested
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But the indictment and Medicaid suspensions didn't deter Medicare from continuing to allow the doctors to treat elderly and disabled patients 2014 and billing taxpayers for their services. … That's a small fraction of the $ 77 billion Medicare has …
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State Disciplines Health Care Providers
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Why Do Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs Cost So Much?
Question by destinie_cx: Why do drug and alcohol treatment programs cost so much?
These kinds of programs are so costly. Sometimes I think that they’re after the profit, and not really there because they want to help.
Best answer:
Answer by carmen da
Well, drug and alcohol treatment programs aren’t schemes to rip off people. The thing is, it takes money to build a treatment center. When you get yourself checked up by a doctor, you pay fees, right? Alcohol and drug addiction are both chronic disorders and just like diseases, you would need to get yourself treated for them. Treatment costs much because there are still medications to buy as well as people to pay for the services that they render for the patients’ betterment. Besides, a thousand dollars is nothing compared to the life of a person that treatment gets to save.