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With low census and Medicaid payment, Phoenix House navigates financial crisis
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32979
Subject(s) - phoenix , medicaid , lagging , payment , business , financial crisis , reimbursement , census , immediacy , finance , metropolitan area , economics , economic growth , medicine , environmental health , health care , population , philosophy , pathology , epistemology , macroeconomics
Lagging Medicaid reimbursement rates and the immediacy of the COVID‐19 crisis have combined to place one of New England's most respected addiction treatment organizations in severe financial peril, with a wide range of conceivable outcomes. A court‐established business recovery program may allow Phoenix House New England to regain its footing and maintain its core operations in four New England states.