Investigative Reporter

Secure behavioral health residential facilities were authorized in 2019 to fill a critical gap in care. But years of implementation delays have left people with serious mental illness caught in a loop of hospitalizations, homelessness and crisis.

Author Archives: Jasmine Demers

Arizona promised secure treatment for its sickest psychiatric patients. Seven years later, it still doesn’t exist.

Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous communities continues despite AHCCCS reforms

Arizona’s community health centers were built on Medicaid. Now they face uncertainty

Arizona has recovered just 5% of taxpayer dollars lost in $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme