Thursday, October 19, 2017

Judge lets seven recovery clinics in Eastern and Central Kentucky re-open, but they remain under investigation

A circuit judge has ruled that seven recovery clinics in Eastern and Central Kentucky will be allowed to remain open, Jeff Noble reports for The Times-Voice in Jackson.

The Hazard, Jackson, Paintsville and Richmond clinics were raided on Aug. 29, which Noble reports resulted in five arrests at the Jackson clinic. These clinics remain under investigation by the state attorney general's office. The other three clinics are in London, Mount Sterling and Frankfort.

In issuing the temporary injunction in Breathitt Circuit Court, Judge Frank A. Fletcher wrote, “If the court does not issue a temporary injunction, the plaintiffs (The Recovery Center, LLC and Dr. George Burnette) and their patients and their employees, will suffer irreparable harm."

Noble reports that the seven clinics employ more than 78 workers and 20 contract physicians and treat more than 2,200 patients, almost all of whom receive Medicaid. All of the clinic's Medicaid payments have been withheld since Sept. 19. The judge ordered the payments resumed Oct. 16. 

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