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SOURCE: hhs.gov State and local governments, private employers receive $535 million in 2010 to help protect coverage for retired Americans Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON — Drug manufacturer Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to pay a criminal fine of $150 million and forfeit assets of $14 million following the company’s guilty plea in November 2010 [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ncoa.org Washington, D.C. – The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is pleased to award grants to 10 organizations nationwide for the purpose of finding and enrolling economically vulnerable older Americans and younger adults with disabilities into public benefits programs. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov OPM OIG Issues Study on USPS OIG’s Proposals Regarding the Funding of USPS Retiree Benefits Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Inspector General (OPM OIG), issued a study analyzing certain [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.apwu.org APWU President Cliff Guffey has called the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee to Washington, DC for a briefing on contract negotiations, but he said a tentative agreement has not been reached. The panel will meet on March 2 with members [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.harkin.senate.gov WASHINGTON – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member George Miller (D-CA) sent a letter yesterday to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in support of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov ffordable Care Act Has Made $2.8 Billion Available to States in Implementing Affordable Care Act The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a new report showing that the Affordable Care Act provides states with [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Second round of HHS grants will continue to help support and incentivize States in developing effective premium rate review programs Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that nearly $200 million in new grant [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Large hospital system to improve policies and procedures safeguarding patient information The General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. (Mass General) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1,000,000 to settle potential violations of the Health [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Funds also will allow state to upgrade existing benefit payment system WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $744,000 grant to provide partial premium payments for health insurance coverage to about 150 jobless workers in New [...] Read More