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Justice Department expands psychiatric hospital probe to 3 more Illinois facilities
A U.S. Department of Justice probe into patient care at a suburban psychiatric hospital is expanding to three other prominent Illinois facilities owned by Universal Health Services Inc., the nation's largest operator of behavioral health hospitals and...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Justice, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization
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Sierra Vista Settles Case with US
FOX40 NewsPsychiatric Solutions Inc. and Universal Health Services Inc. have settled their case with the U.S. government Tuesday, agreeing to pay $3.45 million after facing charges a subsidiary defrauded the Medicare program. The federal government charged...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Medicare, Government Health Care, Universal Health Services Incorporated
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Rockford center for troubled girls hit by spate of runaways
Government agencies pay at least $7 million a year to a Rockford psychiatric center that promises to treat and shelter troubled girls, including dozens of state wards with traumatic histories.
But in the first four months of this year, at least 24...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Justice, Assault, Mental Health, Health
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Despite probe, problems continue at psych facility
ProPublicaShortly after the Justice Department began investigating Illinois' largest psychiatric hospital last summer, the company's chief executive officer assured investors that the problems were behind them. Riveredge Hospital in west suburban Forest Park had a...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, New York, Health, Children, Social Issues
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Haunted by the sight of a loved one in danger
There are some things, Greg Chambers said, you never forget.
For him, it will forever be the sight of his twin brother, Alan, hanging from his closet door at West Oaks Hospital, a facility in Houston owned by Psychiatric Solutions Inc.
Alan Chambers,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Death, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Psychiatric care's peril and profits
Psychiatric Solutions Inc. was on its way to becoming the nation's leading provider of private psychiatric care when it snapped up Sierra Vista Hospital in Sacramento in mid-2005. The company put its well-honed business formula into action: Staffing...Tags: Health, El Dorado County (California), Nursing, Corporate Crime, Rivers
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Hospital thwarts police inquiries
Chicago Tribune reporterIllinois' largest psychiatric hospital left sexual predators unguarded despite allegations that at least 10 mentally disabled children were assaulted during the last three years. The youngest victim was an 8-year-old state ward admitted for evaluation...Tags: Health, Medical Research, Children, Politics, Health Insurance
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