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SOURCE: www.help.senate.gov Lays Out Goals to Improve Employment for Americans with Disabilities, Expand Disability Workforce to 6 Million WASHINGTON – This morning, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) gave the keynote address at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Disability Employment Summit. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dod.gov The deadline for eligible service members, veterans and their beneficiaries to apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP) has been extended to Oct. 21, 2011, allowing those eligible more time to apply for the benefits they’ve earned [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov Washington, DC – The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced another successful charitable giving drive by the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world’s largest workplace giving campaign.Despite a very tough economic year in 2010 and a [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area medical assistants and a physician assistant were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion therapy, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov Agreement also reached with Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today its participation in two related settlement agreements involving the accessibility of the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) online application service, which is [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov “I want to thank Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and her staff for submitting this report on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, as required by the Affordable Care Act. “The Affordable Care Act ensures Americans have access to quality, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced his office has secured an agreement with one of the nation’s largest housing developers, Trammell Crow Residential, ensuring equal access to housing for people with disabilities. The settlement [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – CVS Pharmacy Inc., the retail pharmacy division of CVS Caremark Corporation that operates more than 7,000 retail pharmacies in 41 states and the District of Columbia, has agreed to pay the United States and 10 states [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov Defendants Admit to Multiple Fraud and Money Laundering Charges WASHINGTON – Two Miami-area residents and owners of a mental health care corporation, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for orchestrating a [...] Read More

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