ALBUQUERQUE, NM - In the timeframe since we last examined Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHC)'s problems, their stock price has, once again, regressed. Acadia's growth is still stunted, while their debt is still massive.
Now, Acadia faces unexpected liabilities potentially falling on their cash-strapped, debt-heavy balance sheet. These come in the form of a federal claim against Acadia and various families claiming to be victims of patient abuse. The abuses are alleged to have occurred at their (now-shuttered) Albuquerque, NM subsidiary: Desert Hills Hospital (a fictitious business name registered as a 'dba'