Thousands helped, thousands more may still be in need after Medicaid scams

A state hotline has helped thousands of victims in the two months since state officials uncovered a string of fraudulent Medicaid-funded addiction care facilities in Arizona, but the exact scale...

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Blackfeet tribe of Montana declares emergency over Medicaid scam that lured members to Arizona

BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — A widespread Medicaid scam that left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless in metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by...

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Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown

PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo law enforcement teams made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes who are living on the streets in the metro Phoenix area, after the...

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Arizonans at risk of losing Medicaid have options

As the end of the federal public health emergency signals a return to “normal,” millions of Americans – including an estimated 600,000 Arizona residents – are...

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Petersen: state’s Medicaid program won’t have funds to pay bills unless budget deal reached soon

Senate President Warren Petersen told Capitol Media Services that Arizona’s Medicaid program won’t have money to pay its bills next month unless Gov. Katie Hobbs and...

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State begins to shed thousands from Medicaid, push them to other care

Arizona began purging people from the pandemic-inflated Medicaid rolls this month, a process that could end up removing more than 600,000 people off the plan, health...

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FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous community

The FBI is investigating scams where fake rehab groups target the Indigenous community, offering bogus substance-abuse recovery or mental-health services at pop-up facilities to rake in...

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Legislative leaders want to pass budget ASAP, governor’s staff says it’s ‘false urgency’

Republican Senate leaders said on Tuesday that the Legislature is working with Gov. Katie Hobbs to pass Arizona’s budget in the next two weeks, citing an...

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Panel targets drug, alcohol Indigenous rehab centers

Deposit Photos Indigenous communities are calling on the Arizona Legislature to tighten regulations on drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers with reports of scammers who target and traffic Indigenous...

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Statewide hotline to support mental health during and after pregnancy

Mental and behavioral health conditions are a leading cause of maternal mortality in the U.S., and in Arizona nearly half of all pregnancy-associated deaths are...

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Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

Latisa Ratliff holds her daughter in her living room in Tempe on Nov. 16. As a birth doula and a mother of three, Ratliff encourages her...

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Phoenix nursery provides model solution for newborns exposed to opioids

A staff member at Hushabye Nursery in Phoenix feeds one of the babies on Nov. 8. Infants brought to the nursery are withdrawing from drugs they...

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Thousands helped, thousands more may still be in need after Medicaid scams

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Blackfeet tribe of Montana declares emergency over Medicaid scam that lured members to Arizona

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Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown

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Arizonans at risk of losing Medicaid have options

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Petersen: state’s Medicaid program won’t have funds to pay bills unless budget deal reached soon

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FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous community

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Legislative leaders want to pass budget ASAP, governor’s staff says it’s ‘false urgency’

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Panel targets drug, alcohol Indigenous rehab centers

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Statewide hotline to support mental health during and after pregnancy

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Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

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Phoenix nursery provides model solution for newborns exposed to opioids

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