The Department of Justice should investigate four of the nation’s biggest operators of youth residential treatment facilities for civil rights violations and fraud, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued Wednesday in letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led a two-year probe into residential treatment facilities for at-risk youth.
Wyden said these were clear violations of federal Medicaid rules prohibiting residential treatment facilities from restraining children to discipline them, and from simultaneously restraining and secluding children.
Acadia and UHS have both paid multimillion-dollar settlements in recent years to resolve DOJ probes into their hospitals and psychiatric centers.
However, those cases did not focus on youth facilities run by the companies, which Wyden is asking the DOJ to investigate.
Persons:
Sen, Ron Wyden, General Merrick Garland, Wyden, Healthcare —, ”, Mandel Ngan, Devereux, UHS, “ It’s, ” Leah Yaw, ” Acadia, ” Vivant, Wyden’s, ” Wyden, “
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Justice, NBC News, — Universal Health Services, Acadia Healthcare, Behavioral Health, Healthcare, DOJ, Getty, Senate Finance Committee, ”, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, Administration, Children, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC
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Acadia, AFP