Sober homes in the West Palm Beach area are confused about the controversial requirements for day/night community providers. Is FARR certification mandatory or not. The controversy is being fueled by the new questionable laws that were passed and by random and misleading emails from organizations within the drug and alcohol Addiction Treatment Industry.

Are Sober Homes and Sober Livings Required to be FARR Certified?

Interpretation of any law should be made by a specialized attorney. Relying on second hand information or information from your peers could cost you dearly. In light of the mis-informed emails we have seen, we decided to speak with Florida Healthcare Law Firm, a popular panelist at Behavioral Health Network Resources Ethical Marketing Practices conferences. This what they had to say;

We filed a petition for a declaratory statement on behalf of a day/night community housing client to get a declaratory statement from DCF in one direction or the other and it has NOT been resolved yet.

The recent petition for declaratory statement with the Department of Children and Families on behalf of Amethyst Recovery Center focuses on one thing:  the ability of DCF licensed providers licensed for Day or Night treatment with community housing to receive or make patient referrals in the absence of FARR certification.  If the petition is successful, these facilities can continue to receive and make patient referrals the way they’re used to.  And if the petition fails, these providers will be forced to seek and obtain FARR certification, many of the requirements of which are simply unachievable by these providers.

Are Insurance Companies Involved with the Confusion?

That much is clear.  What is less clear is whether the FARR position will be used as another way for insurers to drive providers out of business.  One of the things the addiction treatment industry has seen a lot of in recent years is insurance companies using allegations of regulatory non-compliance as a method of red flagging, auditing and refusing to pay (and recouping payments) for addiction treatment.  Is this latest complication in the addiction treatment industry an opportunity for insurers to do the same thing?  Is it reasonable to expect that large insurer that covers much of a provider’s operating costs will use the alleged FARR certification as a basis for jamming up their cash flow and squeezing operations? 

If history teaches anything, it’s to learn from it.  The addiction treatment industry can’t afford to sit idly by and watch one provider fight the fight. 

Are Sober Homes and Sober Livings Required to be FARR Certified or Not?

We highly suggest that all addiction treatment centers offering day/night treatment and sober homes tune into the webinar from Florida Healthcare Law Firm on June 26,2018 from 2 pm – 3 pm and get correct information concerning the critical confusion. You can also contact Autumn Piccolo at 561.455.7700 x112.

Join us at our next addiction Ethical Marketing Practices conference on June 27, 2018. This conference will provide business intelligence on billing, collections, marketing and aftercare.

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