03 November 2023

SCANDAL: Sober-Living Group Homes in Arizona

Opening this feature post is an image of the Mesa City Hall here on Main Street - there are many other reports making headline news, including one from The Washington Post back in September.
Valley cities struggling with fraudulent sober living homes | 12news.com
The homes and treatment centers are taking advantage of Native Americans and others suffering from addiction all for millions of taxpayer dollars
Former residents say an Arizona sober living program promised them free  housing. Now 200 are on the streets
Fake rehab centers fleeced Arizona, victimized Indigenous people
Uploaded: May 16, 2023
On May 16, 2023, AHCCCS suspended payment to more than 100 providers who are alleged to have defrauded Arizona's Medicaid program millions of dollars. Mark Henle, The Republic

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Federal prosecutors in May secured fraud indictments against operators of sober homes in Massachusetts. In Arizona, the fraud allegedly targeted the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, which administers federal Medicaid funds. The program covers 2.4 million people in Arizona, about 1 in 3 people in the state. Sep 18, 2023

Sober homes promised help and shelter. Some delivered fraud, officials say.  - The Washington Post

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Hundreds Of Sober Living Homes In Prescott Face New Rules – Arizona Daily  Independent
State: 'Sober' homes get drunk on tax dollars | News | gilbertsunnews.com


Oct 7, 2023 — ... Arizona attorney general has called it one of the biggest scandals in state history. Shady sober living homes and fraudulent treatment centers ...
May 19, 2023 — It's being called one of the biggest scandals in the history of the state of Arizona. Fake rehab facilities promising treatment and delivering ...
Aug 22, 2023 — The scams can be highly lucrative. In a federal case, a woman who operated a fake recovery program in Mesa, Arizona, pleaded guilty in July to ...

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