Starfish Recovery, River City and Medicaid: How sober home residents become outpatient hostages
Richmond’s Starfish Recovery & Wellness allegedly steers sober home residents to River City Comprehensive Counseling for Medicaid kickbacks
Richmond’s Starfish Recovery & Wellness allegedly steers sober home residents to River City Comprehensive Counseling for Medicaid kickbacks
VARR leaders funneled large sums of taxpayer money to their own for-profit companies, while smaller organizations struggled to stay afloat.
River City Comprehensive Counseling, True Recovery, and the WAR Foundation are accused of exploiting sober home residents for Medicaid revenue.
Amid growing national attention to the sober home industry’s predatory underbelly, Virginia delegated oversight to a small group of Richmonders with financial stakes in the industry.