Addiction Treatment for Healthcare Professionals

Published October 3, 2013

Addiction Treatment for Healthcare Professionals – One in ten healthcare professionals struggle with addiction but few get help. Hazelden’s Health Care Professionals Program is designed specifically to help d…

News you can use, October 2013

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans

The updated indication states that ER/LA opioids should be reserved for pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. It further clarifies that the drugs …
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Controversial Operation PAR clinic for recovering drug addicts opens in Spring …

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Patients receive a physical examination, a laboratory workup and an in-depth assessment of their family support and employment status to create a treatment plan that includes regular counseling. Eventually … "It's just camouflaged by 10 years of …
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Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program

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Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds or …
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