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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Large hospital system to improve policies and procedures safeguarding patient information The General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. (Mass General) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1,000,000 to settle potential violations of the Health [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Funds also will allow state to upgrade existing benefit payment system WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $744,000 grant to provide partial premium payments for health insurance coverage to about 150 jobless workers in New [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.rockefeller.senate.gov Rockefeller: “It is irresponsible and wrong for Century Aluminum to revoke the hard earned retiree health benefits that many of its employees deserved” Washington, D.C.—Senator Jay Rockefeller this week sent a letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.rockefeller.senate.gov Washington, D.C. – Senator Jay Rockefeller today met with Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service, Patrick R. Donahoe, to discuss a substantial number of consolidations and post office closings that have occurred [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Action marks first civil money penalty issued by HHS for HIPAA Privacy Rule violations The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Notice of Final Determination finding that Cignet [...] Read More

SOURCE: ww.hhs.gov Nationally, $4.3 Billion in New Funds Announced to Help Establish and Expand Community-based Alternatives to Institutional Long Term Care States will see significant new federal support in their efforts to help move Medicaid beneficiaries out of institutions and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.nffe.org (National Federation of Federal Employees) “DON’T TAKE MY RIGHTS AWAY – I’M NOT DONE WITH THEM YET!!” read one of the most poignant signs held by thousands of protesters who have peacefully “overrun” the Wisconsin State Capitol in [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), a private, non-profit organization that administers the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), a standardized [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.moran.house.gov Severe budget cuts could result in loss of 650,000 government jobs Washington, DC – Today, Representative Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, condemned the 650,000 federal jobs projected to be lost as a result of the proposed Republican spending cuts. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.moran.house.gov Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Moran, Virginia Democrat, issued the following statement today regarding Speaker of the House John Boehner’s recent comments expressing ambivalence regarding a loss of federal jobs stemming from drastic budget cuts. “The Speaker’s ambivalence toward [...] Read More