Archive for July, 2010
U.S. Department Of Labor Files Worker Safety Complaint Against USPS
SOURCE: WWW.DOL.GOV
Washington, D.C. . . . The U.S. Department of Labor’s solicitor today filed a complaint against the U.S. Postal Service for electrical work safety violations. The complaint, which asks the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to correct electrical violations at 350 facilities, marks the first time the department has sought enterprise-wide relief as [...]
Governor Patterson Announces State Application to Participate In Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us
Albany, NY . . . Governor Daivd A. Patterson today announced that New York State has applied to develop a program so that uninsured New Yorkers will be able to benefit from the temporary pre-existing condition insurance funding made available in the Federal health care reform statute, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
“One [...]
Postal Regulatory Commission Report Finds $50 Billion Discrepancy
SOURCE: www.prc.gov
Washington, D.C. . . . The Postal Regulatory Commission today submitted to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States Postal Service, an independent actuarial report on the allocation of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) benefits paid to former Post Office Department employees.
The Postal Service asked for an independent review [...]
VA Launches Development Of New Online Claims System
SOURCE: www.va.gov
Advances Transformation Toward A Paperless VA
Washington, D.C. . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, announced today plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans’ disability compensation claims. More than a simple digitization of existing paper-based claims, the new system is part of VA’s modernization of the end-to-end processing [...]
VA Takes Action To Strengthen Measures To Protect Veterans
SOURCE: www.vva.gov
Lessons Learned From St. Louis Medical Center Are Applied VA-Wide
Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) primary mission is to serve out nation’s Veterans. President Obama has charged the Department with ensuring the VA medical network is a top-notch health care system.
“The mistakes made at the St. Louis VA Medical [...]
Senators Send Letters To VA About St. Louis Veterans Facility
SOURCE: www.mccaskill.senate.gov
Letter demands action from the VA to incident where area veterans may have been inadvertently exposed to disease
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2010 . . . Following the recent revelation that almost two thousand St. Louis veterans may have been exposed to dangerous diseases through contact with improperly sterilized dental equipment at the John [...]
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces New Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan
SOURCE: www.hhs.gov
Affordable Care Act Program To Provide Temporary Coverage For Americans Without Insurance Due To Pre-existing Conditions – Now Through 2014 When The New Insurance Exchanges Are Established
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the establishment of a new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans [...]
