CBS LocalWASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Federal authorities say 25 people have been charged in a wide-ranging scheme to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent Medicaid payments from the District of Columbia government. U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen…
Sparks TodayU.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro withdrew herself Thursday, Feb. 13 from the federal conspiracy and health care fraud case involving Desai and Desai’s former business manager, Tonya Rushing. A new judge wasn’t immediately named….
Dallas area home to huge health care fraudsDallas Morning NewsBut law enforcement officials and leaders in the Nigerian-American community describe Dallas home health care fraud as rampant and say a surprising number of the perpetrators…
New York TimesThe Obama administration has agreed “in principle” to grant an $8 billion Medicaid adjustment for New York State that could help stabilize some hospitals in Brooklyn and would reconfigure the delivery of health…
CVS Caremark has posted this note on its website from Larry Merlo, CVS Caremark President and CEO: CVS/pharmacy will stop selling cigarettes and all tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores nationwide by October…
ABC NewsNintendo’s president vowed to stick to the company’s old ways, refused to resign or cut product prices despite its dismal earnings, but said Thursday the video game maker plans to enter the health care…
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Washington, D.C. As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my…
Seniors on Medicare fraud patrol in MiamiMiamiHerald.comFlorida, and Miami in particular, is considered the epicenter of illegal claims against Medicare, a government insurance program that provides health care to more than 46 million elderly and…
PC MagazinePresident Obama today announced that former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will serve as a senior advisor on HealthCare.gov. As part of the “One Microsoft” effort, outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced in July that…
USA TODAYWASHINGTON — Kurt DelBene, former president of the Microsoft Office Division, will replace Jeff Zients as the administration’s point person on HealthCare.gov, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. “Jeff did an…
For CES 2014 Las Vegas, The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced the 40 percent growth of the digital health footprint at the 2014 International CES®, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the…
President Barack Obama said that he had a chance to speak with House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday morning and said “and I told him what I’ve been saying publicly, that I am happy to talk…
This statement by President Obama on the antcipated Government Shutdown came from The White House at 6:17 PM EST: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate September 30, 201 STATEMENT BY…
Oakland’s Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., a well-known practicing Pediatrician and Allergist in the San Francisco Bay Area, was installed as the 114th president of the National Medical Association during the organization’s 111th Annual Convention and…
President Obama’s Speech, courtesy of The White House. This is a transcript of the full speech given by President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, August 28th, 2013, and to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The March…
President Obama gave a massively excellent speech on the American Economy on Wednesday. Here’s the video and the transcript: 2:13 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Galesburg! (Applause.) Well, it’s good to be home in Illinois!…
Centerplate, one of the largest hospitality and concession companies in North America, and San Francisco’s Teamsters Local 853 recently announced the ratification of a collective bargaining agreement for 200 retail and food service employees working…
“World Cup” is a Twitter trend as this blog post is being written, and not for good reasons. In 2014 we were told that Football was coming home to Brazil, but after the way the…
Dennis Wu, a very respected member of the international and Recognized Business and Community Leader is now the newly elected Chair of The Recology Board of Directors. Mr. Wu is Managing Partner and co-founder of…
Paul Ryan’s a man that, as a Democrat, I firmly believed could be a formidable candidate for President of The United States in 2016 after I met him. Now, with this attack, er new attack,…
The U.S Unemployment Rate is at 7.7 percent, which is the lowest point it has been at since December of 2008, when the rate was 7.3 percent. The 7.7 rate also continues an overall trend…
The State Of The Union speech was epic. Here’s the video and transcript from Tuesday night’s incredible speech by President Obama. I don’t think it was better than the Inauguration Speech, but it was an…
President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, stated the case for signing 23 proposals and executive actions toward new, stronger gun control actions. But you’re probably wondering what those actions specifically are?…
Bravo, President Obama. Well, Mitt Romney can’t say the American Economy is as bad off as he claims – his campaign is over. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the Unemployment Rate is…
7.8 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate is now at 7.8 percent, and has gone below 8 percent for the first time since January 2009, the month of President Obama’s inauguration. In moving below 8 percent,…
Mitt Romney has had his “Bittergate” moment, and the fundraiser where someone ran a hidden video camera while the former Governor of Massachusetts basically ran his mouth about everything from “Obama Voters” to Latinos has…
Is your doctor accessible to you via email? Texting? Twitter? Facebook? Skype? Increasingly, the answer may be yes. Historically, health care professionals have shied away from technology due to the threat to patients’ privacy and…
Mitt Romney celebrated his birthday two day ago, and from the looks of this Tout he left, he’s not happy about it. He says “getting old is no picnic.” Yeah. Especially when health care costs…
Religious liberty is a cornerstone of America’s founding and individual freedoms, and ObamaCare is targeting it as First Casualty. I’ve said it all along, ObamaCare is the gateway through which the government can and will…
I just finished reading an interesting blog post on Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, and President Obama, written by an Oaklander named Aaron Bady (which means he lives not to far from me in the scheme…
Commitments for progressive candidates running for office on a progressive platform Winning elections is important and much good can come of it. More good will come of it if we keep our values and ethics…
Well, how is this for the blind leading the blind, or more appropriately like picking like: Former Governor Mitt Romney said he’s considering selecting New Hahmphire Senator Kelly Ayotte as his GOP Vice Presidential Running…
This seems very controversial, but will be good for me personally. In 2012 the Affordable Care Act will be enforcing guidelines that women’s health care charges will be covered by the insurance companies, ABC News…
Georgia GOP Congressman Rob Woodall (GA District 7) was caught at a town hall meeting making a statement, or a series of them, that could only be borne of hypocrisy. While lecturing a constituent about…
Everyone knows who baby Jesus was, but now the media is buzzing about Baby Joseph. Fox News showed footage around one pm today that made a trigger in the brain go off. This is a…
I think it’s safe to assume that there will remain a certain non-trivial segment of the electorate that isn’t so much “for” anything as they are, to put it in plain words, “against President Obama.”…
A lot of time, thought and effort went into this post. So please read it. The most annoying thing will be that before even reading this post some people are going to automatically go into…
CFO.com has reported that the Senate has passed the 1099 repeal of the requirement of health-care reform law. This is going to President Barack Obama for his signature to make this official. There was an…
