The FBI is investigating the alleged abuse and neglect of vulnerable deaf and autistic children at a residential treatment center in Florida, NBC News has learned. An exclusive NBC News investigation found that 10 different patients at NDA Behavioral Health System in Mt. Dora, Florida, also known as the National Deaf Academy, have alleged physical […]
November 28, 2013
From the Boston Globe, by Chelsea Conaboy: New curb on Brookline mental health hospital State finds risk at facility, bars admissions State regulators have prohibited a Brookline psychiatric hospital from admitting any patients, citing deteriorating conditions and an immediate risk to patient safety. Health officials took the unusual action Thursday against Arbour-HRI, part of a […]
November 28, 2013
A survivor commented on the ARBOUR HEALTH SYSTEMS (AHS) article with their own horrific experience: Thank you for following this story. I am a survivor of Brookline’s Arbour. Before I went there, I kept being told by optimistic nurses that I’d be sent somewhere that could help me get to a better place in my life. […]
November 5, 2013
Alan Miller, chairman and CEO of Universal Health Services, reported total compensation of $11.7 million for the 2012 fiscal year, a 6.7% drop from his $12.5 million earnings in 2011, according to a proxy disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Here is the breakdown: Mr. Miller’s base salary = $1.43 million (increase […]
April 5, 2013
The Office of Inspector General subpoenaed UHS for documents dating back to January 2008 on the facilities listed below, according to a UHS securities exchange filing. • Keys of Carolina in Charlotte, N.C. (Unrelated to the investigation, Keys of Carolina was closed and the property was sold in January 2013.) • Old Vineyard Behavioral Health […]
April 5, 2013
A U.S. Department of Justice probe into patient care at a suburban psychiatric hospital is expanding to three other prominent Illinois facilities owned by Universal Health Services Inc., the nation’s largest operator of behavioral health hospitals and treatment centers, the Tribune has learned. The department initially launched its investigation in 2008 after the Tribune documented […]
April 4, 2013
UHS’ compensation committee approved the criteria for 2013’s bonuses for the company’s five top executives, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The potential bonuses are: UHS Chairman and CEO Alan Miller: up to 100 percent of his base salary President Marc Miller (Alan Miller’s son): up to 65 percent of […]
April 4, 2013
Lee, however, found that Provo Canyon School was hell on Earth. She alleges that the staff at the school tortured her and the other students. Lee’s not the only former student to maintain that the school abused students. The school has been sued several times, including by Lee. Many of the cases have been dismissed […]
April 4, 2013
Weathering the wind and the low temperatures, a group of more than a dozen concerned parents, registered nurses, and other former employees of Michiana Behavioral Health Center in Plymouth made their voices heard yesterday evening as they stood along the side of Oak Road near the intersection of U.S. 30, holding signs expressing their discontent […]
April 4, 2013
A local mental health facility is under the microscope following a string of protests from past employees. March 14, a group of former employees picketed near Michiana Behavioral Health located on Oak Road in Plymouth. These individuals held signs claiming that the facility is understaffed, causing an unsafe work environment. The self-proclaimed “whistle blower” among […]
November 5, 2014
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