Plano, TX, United States (KaiserHealth) – A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes and hospice with a goal of making as much profit as possible from Medicare, according to a whistleblower lawsuit announced this week. Federal attorneys also sued the hospice company, AseraCare, alleging it milked Medicare’s hospice benefit by pressuring its [...]
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Lawsuit Accuses Company Of Fraudulently Cycling Patients Through Nursing Homes, Hospice Care
January 5th, 2012 
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Tags: Benefit, federal attorneys, Health, Hospice, hospice benefit, hospice care, hospice patient, lawsuit, mdash, Medicare, medicare reimbursements, national hospice, skilled nursing services 
Comments OffWhat they said: Obama and Boehner on debt deal
July 27th, 2011 davidguide United States (KaiserHealth) – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Monday night offered competing views on the state of debt talks and proposals. While neither touched heavily on overhauling entitlement spending, especially Medicare, the president mentioned it several times. Medicare has been one of the most contentious roadblocks to striking a deal [...]
Posted in Bad Credit Loans Tags: debt, debt ceiling, democrats and republicans, dwight eisenhower, Health, health care programs, hellip, john boehner, Medicare, President, senior citizen, tax, version Comments OffCredit to court for inmate fall
April 25th, 2011 davidguide NASHUA – If there’s one number James O’Mara likes to see go down, it’s the number of people spending the night in his jail. O’Mara said the average daily population at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections is down about 60 people – and dropping still – from what he was projecting at the start [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: budget proposal, bureau of justice assistance, Credit, grant, greater nashua, Health, inmate, justice bureau, mental health center, mental health court, Nashua, number, state legislators Comments OffGlimmer of justice for sick gold miners
March 20th, 2011 davidguide X IRIN – IRIN IRIN Staff JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (IRIN) – Two court cases have thrown a spotlight on the predicament of hundreds of thousands of former mineworkers in southern Africa who have received little or no compensation for occupational lung diseases that have left them debilitated and jobless. Years of working in poorly ventilated [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: civil justice system, Court, court judgement, funding, Health, johannesburg south africa, Justice, occupational, occupational lung diseases, scarring of the lungs, silica dust, study, tuberculosis tb Comments OffGallup poll: People are happier in Wash. state than in Oregon
March 9th, 2011 davidguide VANCOUVER – Washingtonians are happier than Oregonians, according to a new Gallup poll. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index was commissioned by ‘Medical News Today’ and ranked states based on the quality of life, emotional health and physical health of the subjects who were surveyed. More: Read complete study, poll Hawaii ranked number one but it wasn’t [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: cold state, fiscal problems, Gallup, gallup poll, Health, number, Oregonians, range, ranked states, state, state of north dakota, study, washingtonians Comments OffDeficit Panel Delays Vote; Curbing Medicare Spending Part Of Proposal
December 2nd, 2010 davidguide Over the next ten years, 30 million more seniors will pour into Medicare, which already eats up 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 percent of all health spending, NPR reports. That has deficit hawks worried. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Congressional Budget Office director, says, “If you look past the next eight to 10 [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: 30 million, budget, congressional budget office, Curbing, deficit, deficit problem, Delays, Douglas Holtz-, federal budget, fiscal problems, Health, holtz, Medicare, office director, panel, Part, Percent, Proposal, spending, Vote Comments OffReport: Health Insurance Premiums Spiked 41 Percent In Past 6 Years
December 2nd, 2010 davidguide David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans have increased an average of 41 percent nationwide between 2003 and 2009, according to a new study. The report, by the health care advocacy group Commonwealth Fund, states that while premiums spiked, individuals’ insurance plans bought less [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: advocacy group, affordable care, care, care act, Commonwealth, commonwealth fund, Health, health care advocacy, health insurance premiums, insurance, Lending, Past, Percent, Premiums, report, report article, Reporter Washington, Spiked, United States, Years Comments OffRights Groups Says Southern U.S. “Fails” In Reducing AIDS Cases
November 27th, 2010 davidguide New York, NY, United States (NewsBahn) – An international rights organization is accusing state governments in the southern United States of a “public health failure” that has seen the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the region rise the most in the nation because of policies that are ineffective and discriminate against people with the virus. [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: AIDS, Alabama, Arkansas, Cases, Fails, Georgia, Groups, Health, health researcher, HIV, hiv aids, hiv care, hiv infections, hiv prevention, hrw, living with aids, Louisiana, Megan McLemore, Mississippi, New York, NY, Percent, Reducing, report, Rights, says, South Carolina, Southern, Southern Exposure, southern United States, U.S., United States, virus human Comments OffConsumer distress tightens again in Q3
November 18th, 2010 davidguide Weaker household budgets, renewed strains on housing costs and continued high unemployment have reversed incremental gains in consumer financial health in the first half of 2010, according to new data… View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: again, consumer, distress, financial health, Health, household, household budgets, housing, housing costs, strains, tightens, Unemployment, Weaker Comments OffConway and Paul Participate in Final Debate
October 26th, 2010 davidguide Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul spoke against President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the health care system and Wall Street regulations in a nationally televised debate with Democratic rival Jack Conway. Paul warned the health care law will lead to higher unemployment and health insurance premiums. Conway has supported the overhaul but says it can be [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: barack obama, care, Conway, debate, Final, financial meltdown, Health, health insurance premiums, Jack Conway, jim bunning, Obama, overhaul, Participate, Paul, Rand Paul, Republican, republican senate, Sen. Jim Bunning, Wall Street Comments Off