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A new filing requesting to amend the original wrongful death complaint against ATHI the holding company for the Evenia treatment center was filed on Tuesday May 23rd. The amended filing claims what they "learned through discovery and investigation" alleging that the company has violated the Florida Patient Brokering Act and categorized it as felony conduct. It would seem to me that the CEO of Evernia Health should address this information about the treatment center. Click on image to enlarge.



Post detailing wrongful death lawsuit finding
Sunday, May 21, 2023 3:28:49 PM
Post# 46991 of 47036
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit - status: Open
Case Number : 50-2021-CA-002289-XXXX-MB or CASE NO.: 502021CA002289 AN
02/19/2021 - STRICKLIN, MARK V BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOLDINGS INC


05/23/2023 MOTION PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT


2. Undersigned counsel has learned through discovery and investigation that Defendant
TRANSFORMATIONS may have violated multiple Florida criminal statutes and 2
new counts need to be added against that Defendant related to the alleged criminal
conduct.

45. Florida's Patient Brokering Act broadly prohibits offering or paying any
"commission, benefit, bonus, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind" or
engaging "in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, to induce the referral of a patient
or patronage to or from a health care provider or health care facility." Fla. Stat. § 817.505(l)(a)

46. The statute also prohibits soliciting or receiving any such commission, as well as
aiding or otherwise participating in conduct prohibited by the statute. See id. § 817.505(l)(b)—(d)

49. By paying for transportation to their facility, Defendant TRANSFORMATIONS was
in violation of § 817.505, Florida Statutes, also referred to as the Florida Patient Brokering Act for
this felony conduct.


Closer look at Florida’s sober homes: Inside their fatal attraction with Wisconsin’s addicts

https://www.channel3000.com/news/local-news/closer-look-at-florida-s-sober-homes-inside-their-fatal-attraction-with-wisconsin-s-addicts/article_50d8ade9-5953-562b-91ac-77cf5cdd7714.html

...Seth Stricklin, of Janesville, overdosed just days ago at Evernia Station sober living home in West Palm Beach. His parents, Mark and Joyce, said they’ve been kept in the dark about the moments surrounding his death....



For former addicts who have made it through recovery, the scam known as the Florida shuffle is nothing new.

“There are a number of clients I have worked with that have shared with me their experiences about patient brokering when they were sent to treatment out of state,” said Skye Boughman, who works in drug poisoning prevention.

Boughman said prior to the passing of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies would regularly cap coverage levels for those struggling with addiction.

“It put families in horrible positions where many of them took out second mortgages on their homes in order to have a chance to save their child’s lives,” she said.

After the ACA passed, however, she said sober homes began to appear in states like Florida, California and Arizona. Boughman said these homes exist not to heal people of their addictions, but to make money.

“Some of the places that popped up were very unscrupulous and really took advantage of people and that’s when we start to see patient brokering,” she said.


Dozens arrested in patient-brokering scheme connected to Lake Park lab
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2019/04/02/dozens-arrested-in-patient-brokering-scheme-connected-to-lake-park-lab/5472744007/