FOX 10 Investigates confronts the CEO of an embattled Tempe rehab as the state's health department accuses his company, NewFound Hope, of health code violations. The company is also accused of fraudulent billing by the state's Medicaid agency.
We finally caught up with NewFound Hope’s owner to see what he had to say while at the"I gotta tell you no comments until you guys put facts on TV that are real, no fake news," said Denis Artiles, NewFound Hope CEO.
Adams: "I think if the patients needed a higher level of care our clients have enough professionalism and knowledge to know that they should have been taken to a higher-level facility so I don’t think that was an issue at all."Adams says the investigators did not interview current patients and employees before the suspension.
If fraud is suspected, law enforcement will assist in the investigation before suspensions are finalized.DHS says the hotel facility is "providing a higher level of care than that of an outpatient treatment center" which "could result in patient harm."Two more former employees of NewFound Hope are coming forward and wish to remain anonymous.
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