Phoenix resident Curtis Nez credits out-patient treatment with helping him stay sober. MORE ⬇️
Before treatment, the 36-year-old didn’t have a home or a job. He wasn’t even sure what day it was. Today, he is studying to be an electrician technician.Nez received outpatient services through Sunrise Native Recovery, an outpatient drug-and-alcohol treatment center. Those services could now be in jeopardy because of proposed cuts.
“A lot of people are gonna fall through the cracks,” said Allen King, Sunrise’s chief administrative officer. “Because there's gonna be literally no services.” Already, the culturally based addiction treatment center with two locations has moved its 70 patients to a single location in preparation for the potential funding changes, which are scheduled to take effect May 1.
Darrin Miller, chief executive officer at the River Source, a drug-and-alcohol treatment center with several locations that offers inpatient and outpatient services. He predicts the proposed change will have “an absolutely massive impact” on the ability for some people to get outpatient treatment.AHCCCS declined an interview request with ABC15. In a statement, the agency acknowledged that “some providers may see a reduction in reimbursement based on how they currently bill.
“We will have nowhere to send these patients. And ultimately what will happen is without that support, they will most likely use or drink again,” said Gabriel Tomaeno, co-founder of Purpose Healing Center, a residential treatment center with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale.“People are going to die,” she said.
AHCCCS wouldn’t comment on a question from ABC15 on whether the proposed change is an effort to reduce fraud in the state Medicaid system.
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