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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 [...] Read More

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 [...] Read More

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 [...] Read More

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 [...] Read More

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 [...] Read More

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, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The Obama administration moved forward today to implement provisions in the health care law that would make it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. The provisions of the Affordable Care Act also would [...] Read More