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Health Care Clinic Director Pleads Guilty in Miami for Role in $63 Million Fraud Scheme
SOURCE: justice.gov A former health care clinic director and licensed clinical psychologist pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District [...]
VA Launches Hotline to Answer Questions on VA Health Care and Benefits for Women Veterans
SOURCE: va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women Veterans. The service began accepting calls on April 23, 2013. “Some women Veterans may not know about high-quality VA [...]
United States Files Complaint Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Doctors in Exchange for Prescribing Its Drugs
The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a second civil false claims lawsuit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. involving alleged kickbacks paid by the company to health care providers. The government’s complaint seeks damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act and under the common law for paying kickbacks to doctors to [...]
Whistleblowers At VA – Impetus For Better Access To Veterans’ Medical Records
SOURCE: www.osc.gov Four employees of the VA’s Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, NY reported shoddy management of VA medical files. They disclosed that Veterans’ medical files including cardiac records, dental records and Agent Orange registry records were randomly thrown in boxes, out of any kind of order, with mismatched social security numbers. They [...]
Supervisor of $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Convicted
SOURCE: www.justice.gov A federal jury today convicted a Miami-area supervisor of a mental health care company, Health Care Solutions Network (HCSN), for helping to orchestrate a fraud scheme that crossed state lines and that resulted in the submission of more than $63 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Florida Medicaid. The announcement was made by [...]
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES ZURICH AMERICAN TO REFUND $4.56 MILLION TO INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS
SOURCE: www.dfs.ny.gov Insurer Spent Less Than Required 60 Percent Minimum on Claims Requirement is Designed to Protect Consumers and Hold Down Premium Costs Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Zurich American Insurance Company has agreed to refund $4.56 million to policyholders of its New York statutory disability insurance policies because the insurer failed to spend [...]
Justice Department Reaches Multiple Settlements with Health Care Providers to Stop Discrimination Against Persons with Hearing Disabilities
The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, over the past year it has reached seven settlements with eight health care providers from across the United States to ensure that they are providing effective communication to people who are deaf or have hearing disabilities. These settlements address the requirements [...]
From The President Of AFGE
David Cox, Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposed $35 billion cuts to federal employee retirement: “The poets remind us that it is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. But it is hard to forgive our friend President Obama when [...]
SSA Announces New Compassionate Allowances For The Disabled
The Social Security Administration announced that an additional 35 Compassionate Allowances are now in effect, bringing the total number of these expedited conditions to 200. What does this mean? It means that for those disabled Americans with the most serious impairments, their disability decisions could potentially be “fast-tracked” so that they receive their benefits within [...]
HHS celebrates 25 years for the Office of Rural Health Policy
SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today observes National Rural Health Day and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP). Created in 1987 under the Social Security Act, ORHP advises the Secretary on HHS policies impacting rural health and works with state and [...]
