The Dark Side Of The Drug Treatment Industry: Patient Recruiters, Fraud-Driven Clinics And Testing Mills
Those addicted to drugs and alcohol have become hot commodities for unethical operators looking to cash in on the epidemic.
Orange County Register:
How Some Southern California Drug Rehab Centers Exploit Addiction
Chronic drug users like [Timmy] Solomon are commodities, exploited by a growing world of drug and alcohol rehab operators who put profit ahead of patient care. Everything from the opioid epidemic and Obamacare to prison realignment and legal loopholes has created conditions in which unethical operators can flourish, using addicts to bilk insurance companies and the public out of hundreds of millions of dollars. (Sforza, Saavedra, Schwebke, Basheda, Schauer, Gritchen and Wheeler, 5/21)
Orange County Register:
Some Southern California Rehabs Use Loopholes To Abuse The Health Insurance System. Here’s How.
Lax regulation and systemic loopholes have allowed unscrupulous operators to create a Wild, Wild West in the rehab industry. Here’s how some of it works. (Goertzen, 5/22)