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SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – A medical assistant was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced.  Guy Ross was also sentenced by [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.blogs.usdoj.gov Following the ruling today out of the Northern District Court in Florida on the Affordable Care Act, Tracy Schmaler, Deputy Director of the Office of Public Affairs released the following statement: “The department intends to appeal this ruling [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.www.usps.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the first quarter of this fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, 2010) with a net loss of $329 million, compared to a net loss of $297 million for the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov A new proposed regulation announced today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would ensure students enrolled in health insurance coverage through their college or university benefit from critical consumer protections created by the Affordable Care [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Department assesses more than $104,000 in penalties for multiple violations HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $934,551 in overtime back wages for 479 employees of UnitedHealthcare and $104,280 in civil money [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov Sentencing Follows the Launch of Major AG Initiative to Bolster Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and Protect Taxpayers BINGHAMTON – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of Mary Bidwell, 62 of Binghamton, for her role in [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov HRU is an active and dynamic one-stop training resource center for federal HR professionals Washington, DC – The Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council, in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), launched the first phase [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Dr. David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, national coordinator for health information technology in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced an additional $12 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.nffe.org Friday, February 4, 2011 (National Federation of Federal Employees) Yesterday, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced that House Republicans intend to slash $74 billion dollars from the federal budget in the remainder of [...] Read More

SOURCE. www.akaka.senate.gov Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka, chairman of the federal workforce subcommittee, spoke out last night against an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill which would deny Transportation Security Officers the right to collectively bargain over [...] Read More