Facility profile Alabama
Hill Crest RTC
Hill Crest RTC is a program in Birmingham, Alabama, formerly run by Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
Federal funding
Federal money this program received, as government records, congressional reports and news coverage show it.
Medicaid and federal child welfare funds
- 2022-2024: Named in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's June 2024 staff report "Warehouses of Neglect" (pp. 65, 100, 120), which covers youth residential treatment placements "funded through the Medicaid program and the Social Security Act's child welfare provisions" (p. 3). The report says Medicaid was 39 percent of Universal Health Services' behavioral health revenue in 2023 (pp. 28-29). source
News coverage
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Abused child suffered scorpion bites, broken bones at Alabama residential treatment, lawsuit claims
A lawsuit has been filed against Alabama Clinical Schools, alleging that an 11-year-old boy was physically, verbally, and emotionally abused while in treatment. The boy suffered injuries, including broken bones and scorpion bites, and was threatened by staff. The lawsuit claims that the facility's employees were responsible for the abuse and that the company enabled it.
Documents
Research that mentions this program
From the Unsilenced archive
4 documents about Hill Crest RTC that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their folders: Hill Crest - RTC, Hill Crest RTC.
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