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SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov Nursing Services Director Falsified Records To Cover-Up Disappearance Of Resident Who Is Still Missing Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that the former Director of Nursing Services for a Queens nursing home was arrested for falsifying facility records [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Approximately 9,000 homeless Veterans living on the streets and in the nation’s shelter system will soon find a permanent place to call home.  U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Today, the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA), Defense (DoD) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the progress made to date on initiatives called for in President Obama’s August 31, 2012, Executive Order to Improve Access to Mental Health Services [...] Read More

SOURCE: justice.gov A former health care clinic director and licensed clinical psychologist pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman [...] Read More

SOURCE: va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women Veterans. The service [...] Read More

The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a second civil false claims lawsuit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. involving alleged kickbacks paid by the company to health care providers.   The government’s complaint seeks damages and civil penalties under [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.osc.gov Four employees of the VA’s Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, NY reported shoddy management of VA medical files. They disclosed that Veterans’ medical files including cardiac records, dental records and Agent Orange registry records were randomly [...] Read More

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