Fighting 'Observation' Status

Published January 13, 2014

Fighting 'Observation' Status

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

Medicare drug plans are not required to reimburse patients for these drug costs. The over-classification … “I would talk to anyone who would listen to me,” said Terry Berthelot, a senior attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy, which offers a …
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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, Ohio, where many of the area's heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It's a facility funded by taxpayers through the county Alcohol Drug and Mental …
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War on drugs shifts: Health care law expands coverage for substance abuse …

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment centers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced last week that it plans to direct $ 50 million to help regional community health centers establish or expand behavioral health services for mental illness and substance-abuse treatment …
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