Wayzata retreat simplifies recoveryBy CHEN MAY YEE, Star Tribune
A Wayzata retreat returns to addiction treatment's roots, rejecting costly psychiatric and pharmaceutical methods to make it more affordable.
Ten years ago, a small group of people frustrated by the rising cost of treating addiction decided to try to turn back the clock.
Managed care was eroding the Minnesota Model, the residential treatment programs that made the state the place to go to get sober. Hundreds of treatment centers around the country were closing as insurers tried to cut costs. The survivors, such as the famed Hazelden Foundation, were under pressure to show clinical results. They added medical staff, pushing prices beyond the reach of many.
The little group tried a different path.
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