Doctor incentives tied to better teen drug treatment

Published August 15, 2012

Doctor incentives tied to better teen drug treatment

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Therapists seeing teen drug and alcohol users delivered more complete treatment when they were offered bonuses based on quantity and quality of patient care, a new study has found. Those kinds of incentives … Garner's …
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Scientology Drug Program Narconon's Licensing "Extremely Vulnerable" After …

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Scientology's drug treatment program, Narconon, is being consumed in a conflagration of its own making. As with just about every other Scientology controversy, Narconon's problems are not new. Throughout its history, it's faced protests, as well as …
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Seeking answers to tragic use of painkillers [The Buffalo News, NY]

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One example: BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York last year started a pilot program with Horizon Health Services to provide coverage for residential treatment of opioid addiction, which can cost more than $ 20000 for a 90-day stay at Horizon and …
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