Mental Health Facilities Owner Sentenced for Fraud

Mental Health Facilities Owner Sentenced For Fraud
WASHINGTON—The owner of a string of community mental health centers pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud and money laundering scheme involving defunct health care provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced … Read more on Broward Net Online (press release)

No easy answer to violence by the mentally disturbed
Under the Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, commonly referred to as the Baker Act, people deemed mentally ill and a danger to themselves or others may be held involuntarily at either dePoo or the Guidance Care Center in Marathon for up to 72 hours. Read more on KeysNews.com (registration)

Bioethicist: We need to treat violence as public health issue
Ask health care workers to talk about the threat of violence in all its forms as a huge public health problem — from suicide to domestic abuse to mass murder. Insist that doctors and nurses … Ditch efforts, such as Florida's, to prohibit these … Read more on NBCNews.com (blog)