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Chesterfield Psychiatrist Admits Health Care Fraud

Criminal Fraud is rampant in the psychiatric industry. Continue reading

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CCHR Notifies Electroshock Hospitals On The Failure To Inform Patients Of Risks

ECT is a brutal, barbaric practice. Continue reading

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Psychiatric Hospitals With Safety Violations Still Get Accreditation

Mental health caregivers have the worst fraud record of all medical disciplines. Continue reading

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Human Rights Concerns with the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015

Human Rights Concerns with the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 Congressional Rep. Tim Murphy (R., PA) originally introduced the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R.3717) in 2013. Not to be outdone by H.R.6 the 21st Century Cures … Continue reading

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21st Century Cures Act

21st Century Cures Act H.R.6, the 21st Century Cures Act, is rushing through Congress now. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget, and to make some major changes in the … Continue reading

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Medicare

Medicare Continuing our discussion of psychiatric fraud (see our recent newsletter on Medicaid), we highly recommend an excellent article on Medicare and Medicaid fraud by Chris Parker in the St. Louis Riverfront Times (RFT) (“Thieves’ Bazaar: Hospitals, doctors and dealers … Continue reading

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Medicaid

Medicaid It’s in the news today, constantly. What is it, and what should we know about it? What’s all this talk about expanding state Medicaid? Medicaid is a state and federal partnership providing health coverage for people who qualify. Across … Continue reading

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Grassley Pursues Prescription Drug Abuse in Medicaid, Medicare

A recent Press Release from U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican, Iowa) caught our attention (read the March 22, 2012 press release here.) Here are some choice quotes: “The Office of National Drug Control Policy describes prescription drug abuse as the … Continue reading

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Inspectors ask Congress to regulate psychiatric drugs

Just in time for a holiday treat, we read an encouraging article in The Concordia Concordian (Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri). This December 7th article reports that the federal government Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General Daniel Levinson proposed to … Continue reading

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