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According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Every year, an additional 50,000 Americans are infected and 10,000 people die every year due to AIDS. Although there are medicines [...] Read More

The Department of Veterans Affairs is releasing a draft of a strategic report focused on significant issues facing female veterans which outlines a plan to improve care and services for this fast-growing community. Says Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, “Expanding care [...] Read More

After nearly a year-long investigation by NY’s Department of Financial Services on life insurers practices, Governor Cuomo announced new regulations requiring all life insurers conducting business in New York to regularly search a government list of recent deaths to find [...] Read More

The Department of Justice reached settlements with two health care providers who violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and refused to treat patients with HIV. One incident occurred at the Mercy Medical Group Midtown Clinic in Sacramento, CA. An HIV [...] Read More

The DOJ’s complaint against Home Depot in Flagstaff, Arizona, alleges that the retailer violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) when they fired California Army National Guard Soldier, Brian Bailey. Brian Bailey was a department [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov New tools provided by the Affordable Care Act to fight health care fraud.  As a result of Affordable Care Act provisions: Criminals face tougher sentences for health care fraud, 20-50 percent longer for crimes that involve more than [...] Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed a lawsuit against Fresno-based Explore General Inc. and Jaime M. Gonzalez, alleging that they failed to pay the required fringe benefits to the company’s 401(k) profit-sharing plan and breached their fiduciary duties under [...] Read More

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit along with a settlement in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.  DOJ alleged that Trinity Health Systems violated the American’s with Disabilities Act when they did not provide appropriate auxiliary [...] Read More

The deposition plays an important role in the discovery phase of your disability lawsuit.  It allows attorneys, both for the plaintiff and the insurance carrier, to discover facts about your disability case.  In preparing for the disability deposition, the first [...] Read More

The VA launched Project Reach, challenging innovative developers to create easy mobile access to resources for homeless veterans in need.  Says Secretary Shinseki, ” This contest taps the talent and compassion of the Nation’s developer community.  We are asking them [...] Read More