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Health/Medical Title: Alabama Psychiatric Services to close all offices Feb. 13 Alabama Psychiatric Services will close all locations across the state by Feb. 13, according to Richard Craig, executive director of the Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair Counties Mental Health Authority. Craig said employees at his agency have been working with insurance providers to find new care for patients treated at facilities run by Alabama Psychiatric Services. The company has locations in Birmingham, Cullman, Decatur, Dothan, Fairhope, Florence, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, according to the website. Executives from the company have not returned calls seeking comment, but a receptionist at one office confirmed that they were no longer taking new patients. Lisa Allen is a patient at the Madison Clinic, and she said it was the only mental health treatment facility covered by her insurance. In the past, she has paid out-of-pocket to receive services, but was relieved when she moved to Alabama Psychiatric Services. An employee at the clinic told Allen that they found out just yesterday that the facility would be closing on Feb. 13. Allen had not heard anything about the closing. "I don't know what I'll do at this point," Allen said. "This was the only service my insurance would pay for." Executives at Alabama Psychiatric Services notified Blue Cross Blue Shield on Friday that they were closing all their offices across the state, wrote spokeswoman Koko Mackin in an email. "Blue Cross is working diligently to minimize any inconvenience these office closures may cause for our members and their families," Mackin wrote. "We are disappointed about these closures and are doing everything we can to assist our members during this transition." Craig said he didn't know how the closure will affect access to mental health care in Alabama. "The physicians who work there will hopefully find new employment," Craig said. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Bumper sticker. Support mental health or I'll kill you!
#2. To: Willie Green (#0) (Edited) They already closed their mental hospitals 2 years ago and now the treatment offices. A lot of these people will end up in the penal system with hardcore criminals and idiots. Now explain to me why the Left would do such a thing to a substantial part of their voter base? Do they want them all together under one roof to make it easier to get their "Faux Empathy" message across? “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.†#3. To: CZ82 (#2) (Edited) They already closed their mental hospitals 2 years ago and now the treatment offices. A lot of these people will end up in the penal system with hardcore criminals and idiots. I'm sure most of them already have some kind of criminal history. Many are court ordered to attend mental health treatment as part of a plea agreement... as if there is a cure for crazy. Every EDP I ever arrested in my career, was just a little more crazy the next time I dealt with him/her. Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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