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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Maine Addiction Centers Say They Could Close Under New Payment Policy
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:01:11
	Publish Date:		2018-05-31 16:40:59
	Description:		Addiction treatment agencies with state Department of Health and Human Services contracts are weighing the implications of a new payment policy that some say could result in serving fewer clients amid Maine’s opioid crisis. Bangor’s Wellspring agency operates a 10-bed detox center in Hampden, and executive director Suzanne Farley says she’s not sure whether her organization can continue operating under the state’s new fee-for-services policy that goes becomes effective July 1. “It doesn’t look very promising right now,” she says. “And my board is aware of that, my staff is aware of that. I’m optimistic though that the state will try and help me figure out a way to sustain this operation. It seems like in good conscience they would want to. We still have people dying from opioid overdoses.” Sheldon Wheeler, director of the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for DHHS, said all of the treatment centers should be familiar with the fee-for-services system, there has been
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