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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Proposed rules offer states flexibility, choices, competition and clout for consumers and small businesses Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a framework to assist states in building Affordable Insurance Exchanges, state-based competitive marketplaces [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Effective date of service provider fee disclosure now April 1, 2012 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a final regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to extend and align [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — Kathy Martinez, assistant secretary of labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy, today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s public and private [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident and owner of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Insurers must identify policyholders who have died using an official government death list and make payments to their beneficiaries All life insurers licensed to do business in New York are now directed to report on how many death [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov Good morning. Thank you for joining us today to discuss an agreement that will change the lives of thousands of Delaware residents who have mental illness. This is an exciting and groundbreaking day for the people of Delaware, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has sued the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the nation’s largest mortgage insurance company, and two of its underwriters, Elgina Cunningham and Kelly Kane, for violating the Fair Housing [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.bipartisanpolicy.org Washington, D.C. – An analysis released today by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) confirms that at some point in early August, unless the debt ceiling is raised, the federal government will be unable to meet all of its [...] Read More

SOURCE: justice.gov WASHINGTON – Rakesh Nathu, a Las Vegas physician, has agreed to pay the United States $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to federal health care programs for various radiation oncology services, including [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.help.senate.gov Frontline Spotlights Veterans Lured In by For-Profit Colleges, Left with Debt and No Diploma HELP Committee Data Shows One Quarter of Post 9/11 G.I. Bill Education Benefits Went to 15 For-Profit Higher Education Companies Last Year WASHINGTON – [...] Read More