”Mom, Please Help’: FBI Probing Alleged Abuse of Deaf, Autistic Kids at UHS-owned Facility The FBI is investigating the alleged abuse and neglect of vulnerable deaf and autistic children at a residential treatment center in Florida, NBC News has learned. An exclusive NBC News investigation found that 10 different patients at NDA Behavioral Health System in Mt. Dora, Florida, also known as the National Deaf Academy, have alleged physical […] Posted in: +All Entries

Health Officials Ban New Admissions to Arbour-HRI From the Boston Globe, by Chelsea Conaboy: New curb on Brookline mental health hospital State finds risk at facility, bars admissions State regulators have prohibited a Brookline psychiatric hospital from admitting any patients, citing deteriorating conditions and an immediate risk to patient safety. Health officials took the unusual action Thursday against Arbour-HRI, part of a […] Posted in: +All Entries

Arbour Survivor – In Their Own Words A survivor commented on the ARBOUR HEALTH SYSTEMS (AHS) article with their own horrific experience: Thank you for following this story. I am a survivor of Brookline’s Arbour. Before I went there, I kept being told by optimistic nurses that I’d be sent somewhere that could help me get to a better place in my life. […] Posted in: +All Entries

OIG Probes Ten UHS Facilities The Office of Inspector General subpoenaed UHS for documents dating back to January 2008 on the facilities listed below, according to a UHS securities exchange filing. • Keys of Carolina in Charlotte, N.C. (Unrelated to the investigation, Keys of Carolina was closed and the property was sold in January 2013.) • Old Vineyard Behavioral Health […] Legal Investigations Posted in: +All Entries

Feds investigating Illinios psychiatric facilities run by Universal Health Services A U.S. Department of Justice probe into patient care at a suburban psychiatric hospital is expanding to three other prominent Illinois facilities owned by Universal Health Services Inc., the nation’s largest operator of behavioral health hospitals and treatment centers, the Tribune has learned. The department initially launched its investigation in 2008 after the Tribune documented […] Legal Investigations, Media Reports Posted in: +All Entries

Details Released about UHS 2013 Executive Bonuses UHS’ compensation committee approved the criteria for 2013’s bonuses for the company’s five top executives, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The potential bonuses are: UHS Chairman and CEO Alan Miller: up to 100 percent of his base salary President Marc Miller (Alan Miller’s son): up to 65 percent of […] People of UHS Posted in: +All Entries