If you’re on the phone, who are you speaking to, and what is their relationship to or role at the facility? Who owns the treatment facility or sober home? How long has the particular facility been open? If it’s a treatment facility, who is the medical director? Look them up. Who runs the groups, and what are their qualifications? How many clients are in the given program? If it’s a sober home, is the owner in recovery? Who is the manager? How is drug testing handled in the sober home? Do they use disposable cups or cups provided by a lab?

stoptheshuffle

“Through the lens of his own recovery, a filmmaker offers an intimate look inside the billion-dollar addiction treatment industry where young people are bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a system designed to keep the sick.”

What is the Shuffle?

The Shuffle is a process by which clients are cycled through a rinse-and-repeat style of addiction ‘treatment’ for maximum profit. It’s insurance fraud and can generate up to one million dollars a year per person in insurance reimbursements. From the outside, it may look no different than legitimate treatment.

How to Find Help

Always start local.
If you have a regular doctor, ask for a local referral to a trusted provider in the substance use disorder treatment field.
If you have insurance, call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask them to email you a list of in-network treatment provider referrals in your area.
If you don’t have insurance, your nearest hospital can likely provide you with local resources.
If you are using the Internet to search, DON’T! Use a trusted resource who has worked in addiction treatment for at least 10 years and has a good reputation.

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Questions to Ask

If you’re on the phone, who are you speaking to, and what is their relationship to or role at the facility?
Who owns the treatment facility or sober home?
How long has the particular facility been open?
If it’s a treatment facility, who is the medical director? Look them up.
Who runs the groups, and what are their qualifications?
How many clients are in the given program?
If it’s a sober home, is the owner in recovery? Who is the manager?
How is drug testing handled in the sober home?
Do they use disposable cups or cups provided by a lab?