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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov New rules will make Medicaid more flexible and efficient, helping states provide better care and lower costs ***CLARIFICATION BELOW*** The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced four initiatives to give states more flexibility to adopt [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov New partnership between Administration, the private sector, hospitals and doctors to make care safer, potentially save up to $50 billion Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, joined by leaders of major hospitals, employers, health plans, physicians, nurses, and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.help.senate.gov WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) called on KV Pharmaceuticals to lower the price of Makena, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The founder and treasurer of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) was charged today in a superseding indictment with mail fraud, theft from a labor organization, obstruction of justice, criminal contempt and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – Rex Healthcare, a 655-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The government [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Kathleen Martinez, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, andMax Stier, president and chief executive officer of the Partnership for Public Service, today signed an alliance agreement to advance President [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov Washington, DC – The Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council, in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), held an event to showcase the Human Resources University (HRU) and launch phase two of this one-stop training [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov U.S. Files Complaint Against Texas-Based Healthpoint Ltd. Under the False Claims Act Government Alleges That Pharmaceutical Company Submitted False Statements to Obtain Coverage of Unapproved and Medicaid/medicare Ineligible Drug Xenaderm WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Proposal for Accountable Care Organizations will help better coordinate care, lower costs The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released proposed new rules to help doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers better coordinate care [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.tricare.mil/mediacenter/news.aspx?fid=700 FALLS CHURCH, Va – Qualified TRICARE dependents up to age 26 can soon purchase TRICARE coverage on a month-to-month basis. To qualify to purchase TRICARE Young Adult (TYA) coverage, dependents must be under 26, unmarried and not eligible [...] Read More