Articles Tagged with treatment center

Published on: August 24, 2018

11-Year-Old Accosts Intruder in His Home

When a stranger entered a family home through an unlocked door early on Wednesday morning the 11-year-old boy who lives there approached him causing the man to leave the premises.

Just after midnight on August 22, 11-year-old Nathan Markos was watching television while his parents were asleep, and he heard some strange noises coming from the kitchen of their house.

The boy reportedly heard the sound of the refrigerator door opening and went into the kitchen to investigate. He saw a man standing in front of the opened door of the fridge and the man standing there allegedly asked him if it was alright if he helped himself to some beverages.

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Published on: June 2, 2018

Suspects Arrested for Fraudulent Brokering of Urine from Addicts in Recovery

by Staycie R. Sena

Two Delray Beach men have been suspected of taking part in a scam when they were found participating in profiting from illegal brokering practices involving the urine of patients with substance abuse problems who are in treatment and recovery programs.

It is reported that the urine collected from substance abuse treatment patients is a highly lucrative item for the labs that test it. When a lab acquires a contract with a treatment center in need of extensive urine testing they stand to profit quite a bit because insurance companies, though they often only pay for a portion of the charge, are billed up to $5,000 for the process.

In the state of Florida, it has been outlawed with a patient-brokering law in place prohibiting the acceptance of “any commission, bonus, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind,” to protect against treatment centers and labs from profiting illegally through patient and lab service referrals.

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