{"id":13697,"date":"2024-09-26T22:07:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13697"},"modified":"2024-09-26T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:27:12","slug":"acadia-hospitals-reach-20-million-settlement-with-justice-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13697","title":{"rendered":"Acadia Hospitals Reach $20 Million Settlement With Justice Dept."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The F.B.I. is also investigating the large chain of psychiatric hospitals for holding patients longer than what is medically necessary.<\/p>\n

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Acadia Healthcare, one of the country\u2019s largest for-profit chains of psychiatric hospitals, has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a federal investigation accusing the company of defrauding taxpayer-funded health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said that Acadia had held patients for longer than necessary and admitted people who didn\u2019t need to be there. Once patients entered its facilities, the government said, Acadia failed to provide therapy and kept staffing dangerously low, leading to assaults and suicides.<\/p>\n

Under the settlement, Acadia has agreed to pay the federal government as well as four states \u2014 Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada \u2014 to resolve allegations that the company had violated state laws.<\/p>\n

Tim Blair, an Acadia spokesman, said that the company had been cooperating with the government and did not admit any wrongdoing. He said that resolving the investigation \u201callows us to ensure our focus remains on providing quality care to our patients and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Acadia operates more than 50 psychiatric hospitals nationwide, and more than half of its revenue comes from government insurance programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The F.B.I. is also investigating the large chain of psychiatric hospitals for holding patients longer than what is medically necessary.Acadia Healthcare, one of the country\u2019s largest for-profit chains of psychiatric hospitals, has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a federal investigation accusing the company of defrauding taxpayer-funded health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said on Thursday.Prosecutors said that Acadia had held patients for longer than necessary and admitted people who didn\u2019t need to be there. Once patients entered its facilities, the government said, Acadia failed to provide therapy and kept staffing dangerously low, leading to assaults and suicides.Under the settlement, Acadia has agreed to pay the federal government as well as four states \u2014 Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada \u2014 to resolve allegations that the company had violated state laws.Tim Blair, an Acadia spokesman, said that the company had been cooperating with the government and did not admit any wrongdoing. He said that resolving the investigation \u201callows us to ensure our focus remains on providing quality care to our patients and their families.\u201dAcadia operates more than 50 psychiatric hospitals nationwide, and more than half of its revenue comes from government insurance programs.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13699,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13700,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13697\/revisions\/13700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}