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Tag Archives: Medicare
Investigation Exposes Psychiatric Facilities that Wrongly Held Patients Against Their Will
Involuntary commitments to psychiatric facilities have increased over the last decade. Evidence indicates many are unlawful detainments, but facilities bill patients and their insurance providers. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls Attention to New Research Finding More Serious Risks to Elderly Dementia Patients from Antipsychotic Drugs
Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for government action to make prescribers and caregivers of the elderly aware of the wider range of serious risks to dementia patients from antipsychotic drugs and to curtail the wrongful use of the drugs. Continue reading
Posted in Big Muddy River Newsletter, Press Releases Tagged antipsychotic, Dementia, Elderly Abuse, FDA, Medicare, Psychiatric Drugs, Schizophrenia, Side Effects Comments Off on CCHR Calls Attention to New Research Finding More Serious Risks to Elderly Dementia Patients from Antipsychotic Drugs
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
Posted in Big Muddy River Newsletter Tagged Abuse, ECT, Fraud, Medicare, St. Louis, TakeAction Comments Off on CCHR Notifies Electroshock Hospitals On The Failure To Inform Patients Of Risks
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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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
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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