A disturbing new phase of the opioid crisis: How rehab recruiters are luring recovering addicts into a deadly cycle
How rehab recruiters are luring recovering opioid addicts into a deadly cycle.
Category: Body Brokers
A look at South Floridians charged in health care fraud, opioid crackdown
Part of why we’re seeing less prosecutions
Kickbacks for Florida treatment center totaling nearly 250k
California Lawmakers Want To Crack Down On Fraud At Drug Rehab Centers.
California Lawmakers Want To Crack Down On Fraud At Drug Rehab Centers. Will It Work?
Some of California’s substance abuse treatment facilities have been exploiting clients in hopes of getting big payouts from insurance companies, according to lawmakers. A handful of bills aim to rein in fraudulent practices.
Ex-PBSO deputy faces more patient brokering charges
Ex-PBSO deputy faces more patient brokering charges
Robert “Bobby” Simeone faces 25 counts of patient brokering for his ties to an unlicensed sober home on a Loxahatchee Groves horse farm.
A Federal answer to body brokering?
11 charged in multimillion-dollar insurance fraud case involving surgeries on recovering addicts
11 charged in multimillion-dollar insurance fraud case involving surgeries on recovering addicts
The owner and an employee of a Fountain Valley-based treatment facility, along with five doctors and four so-called body brokers, have been arrested and charged in what authorities say was a scheme to fraudulently bill insurance companies millions of dollars for experimental, unnecessary and…
The Ethics of Implant Therapy
Body Brokering in Addiction Part 2: Implant Therapy
Updated: September 19, 2019 (Since the original publication of this article, two naltrexone implants are in process of seeking FDA approval to offer legitimacy and legality to a once contaminated money-making, body-brokering machine. Scroll to the end of this article for updates.
