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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov More than 150,000 people with Medicare part B already received annual wellness visits; Expanded coverage of preventive services will lower premiums, cost sharing Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new report showing that [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov Attorney General Holder and Secretary Sebelius Host Fifth Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit in Michigan WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Detroit today to participate [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court judgment requiring Floyd Seibert to repay $1,253,661 to the Central Home Care Services Inc. and Affiliates 401(k) plan. The judgment resolves a lawsuit filed by the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov AstraZeneca Marketed Drug for Unauthorized Uses & Failed to Disclose Serious Potential Side Effects Settlement Part of a Record $68.5 Million, 37-State Consumer Protection-Based Agreement Schneiderman: Those Who Put the Health of New Yorkers at Risk Will Be [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov New regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act propose a process for how states can apply for Innovation Waivers Building on President Obama’s commitment to ensure states have the power and flexibility to innovate and implement the health care [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Annuities must be suitable for buyers; agents and brokers prohibited from falsely claiming expertise in serving seniors New Yorkers are protected by two new regulations to combat misleading practices in the sales of annuities and life insurance to [...] Read More

SOUCE: www.opm.gov Washington, DC – The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a change to current regulation to enable more military spouses to benefit from an existing special hiring authority. Currently, certain military spouses and widows/widowers may [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy today posted an online toolkit comprised of resources to assist federal agencies in recruiting, employing and retaining individuals with disabilities. The kit is available athttp://www.dol.gov/odep/federal-hire. ODEP, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov BUFFALO – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of a former employee of the Williamsville Suburban Nursing Home in Amherst who pleaded guilty last December to falsifying records to conceal the neglect of a resident. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov Money Launderer Sentenced to Prison in Connection with a Separate Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON – An owner and a physician associated with a Detroit-area infusion therapy clinic were sentenced to 120 months and 97 months in prison, respectively, [...] Read More