Four Oaks placed on provisional status for three months
State regulators have put Four Oaks Treatment Center for Children & Families on provisional status for three months to fix deficiencies found in a DHS investigation. The report cites staff yelling and swearing at youths, humiliating treatment, restricted parental visits, and medication and activity regulation gaps.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Four Oaks
Children & Families
State Department of Human Services
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eric Sage
DHS Bureau of Support and Protective Services
DHS
Sage
Department
Jim Ernst
Four Oaks starts short term program for local boys
Ernst says six to eight teenage boys from Dubuque Oelwein and Waterloo join a new short term program as a backup to Four Oaks day programs for boys with criminal behavior. Regulators will make an unannounced visit after a three month provisional period to verify improvements and license restoration.
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Ernst
Dubuque
Oelwein
Waterloo
Gazette
Dale Kueter
Iowa to receive 115000 from Merck settlement
Iowa will get 115000 of a 1960000 settlement with Merck and its Medco division over promotional practices. Medco admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to disclose its Merck connection when contacting physicians. The states named include Arizona California Connecticut Florida Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Vermont and Wisconsin.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Merck & Co
Medco
Merck
Tom Miller
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Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Texas
Vermont
Wisconsin
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