Send us Fan Mail More than 178,000 Americans die from alcohol-related causes every year. That makes alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States—ahead of car accidents, ahead of firearms, ahead of drug overdoses. And yet, for millions of people struggling with alcohol use disorder, the biggest barrier to treatment isn't willpower. It's access. No transportation. No insurance. No clinic that will see them. No one meeting them where they are. Until now. April was Alcohol Awareness Month. This year's message was clear: #ProofIsInTheNumbers. The data doesn't lie—and neither does the growing body of research linking alcohol to at least seven types of cancer, chronic disease, mental health crises, and preventable death. In this episode of The Home Health Care Today Show, Dr. Cleamon Moorer, Jr. sits down with a nurse practitioner who saw the gaps in the system—and built a mobile clinic to fill them. Our Guest: 🚐 Jordana Latozas, RN, MSN, ACNP – President & Founder, Recovery Mobile Clinic Jordana Latozas is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and the founder of the Recovery Mobile Clinic—Michigan's first mobile addiction treatment clinic. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Detroit and her Master's in Acute Care Nursing from Wayne State University in 2010. Jordana's career began in the ICU, then moved through interventional pain management, primary care, geriatrics, and hospice. In 2016, she transitioned to addiction medicine—just as the opioid crisis was peaking. She quickly noticed a devastating pattern: 30% of her patients were relapsing, overdosing, or dying—not because treatment didn't work, but because they couldn't get to it. In February 2020, she launched the Recovery Mobile Clinic to bring Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) directly to the people who need it most. When COVID hit weeks later, she didn't close her doors—she expanded. While other clinics went remote-only or limited patients, Jordana ramped up staffing, locations, and services. She traveled to homeless shelters, recovery houses, transitional housing, parole offices, and community centers across seven Michigan counties. Today, the Recovery Mobile Clinic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with over 40 site partners, a fleet of mobile units, and a mission to bring compassion, dignity, and evidence-based care to people who have been written off by the system. Her awards include the Top 100 Healthcare Visionaries Award (2020), the AANP State Award for Excellence (2022), and the POCN NP/PA Community Advocacy Award. Her long-term vision: expand the Recovery Mobile Clinic across all 48 contiguous states and build an army of nurse practitioners leading the fight against addiction nationwide. Topics Covered: ✅ Why alcohol is a leading preventable cause of death—and why we don't talk about it that way ✅ The connection between alcohol and cancer that the Surgeon General wants you to know ✅ What Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) actually is and how it works ✅ Why transportation is one of the biggest barriers to addiction treatment ✅ How the Recovery Mobile Clinic meets patients where they are—literally ✅ What happened when COVID hit weeks after the mobile clinic launched ✅ The role of Vivitrol and other medications in blocking cravings ✅ How communities can support people in recovery ✅ The entrepreneurial model that could transform addiction care nationwide Key Statistics: 💡178,000+ alcohol-related deaths annually in the U.S. 💡Alcohol is the 4th leading preventable cause of death in America 💡More than 200 diseases and injuries are linked to alcohol misuse 💡Alcohol consumption is linked to at least 7 types of cancer (including breast, colon, and liver) 💡17 million Americans have Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) 💡261 Americans die every day from excessive alcohol use 💡People who start drinking before age 15 are at significantly higher risk for AUD later in life 💡 30% of addiction patients relapse, overdose, or die due to lack of transportation to treatment 📺 Watch The Home Health Care Today Show WMYD-TV20 Detroit | Saturdays at 10am EST 🎙️ Listen to the Podcast Available on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts Proudly sponsored by Meridian, a Centene Corporation company. 🔗 Resources: Recovery Mobile Clinic: https://recoverymobileclinic.com SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism): https://www.niaaa.nih.gov Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org Michigan Department of Health & Human Services – Substance Use: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs Connect with Us: LinkedIn: Dr. Cleamon Moorer, Jr. LinkedIn: The Home Health Care Today Show #AlcoholAwarenessMonth #AlcoholAwareness #AddictionRecovery #MAT #MedicationAssistedTreatment #RecoveryMobileClinic # #MobileHealthcare #NursePractitioner #SubstanceUseDisorder #RecoveryIsPossible #GoingVital #HHCTShow #Detroit #Michigan #Meridian #Centene #FromPodcastToBroadcast
