ProPublica and Lexington Herald-Leader Seek Former Clients and Staff Accounts of Addiction Recovery Care

ProPublica and the Lexington Herald-Leader are gathering accounts from people who received or provided services at Addiction Recovery Care, a residential addiction treatment provider in Kentucky. The organizations began hearing reports from former clients and staff in 2023.

Over the past three years they have spoken with dozens of current and former ARC clients and employees. In April the two organizations published a story examining how ARC allegedly used staff to submit false Medicaid claims totaling millions of dollars.

The company has denied the allegation.

For their next story the organizations want to examine how ARC treated individuals who sought help with sobriety. They are seeking input from clients and from staff who worked directly with clients. com. The organizations state they take privacy seriously and will contact individuals only if they wish to publish any part of a submitted account.

Submissions will help guide reporting that may take weeks or months, though not every submission will receive a follow-up response.