A bipartisan group of 50 Senators, led by Senator Brian Schatz introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2021, which builds on prior iterations of the bill with learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By City News Service
May 6, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A dozen people have been indicted in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud and “green loan scheme that operated throughout Southern California and resulted in losses of about $15 million, the California Attorney General s Office announced today.
The 133-count grand jury indictment, handed up April 26, alleges that the crimes occurred in Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura counties.
The indictment charges the defendants with a variety of counts, including conspiracy, mortgage fraud, grand theft, identity theft, forgery, filing a false or forged document and money laundering.
The defendants allegedly exploited the Yrgene Energy Fund and Renew Funding, companies that provide funding to licensed contractors for energy-efficient home improvements for homeowners, and used false identities to get mortgage loans from conventional banks and hard money lenders, according to the Attorney General s Office.
May 7, 2021 at 9:22 am
A sign in front of the Seattle Police Department s East Precinct building in the CHOP last summer. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Following the death of George Floyd, a series of protests, and several well-documented clashes between police and demonstrators in Seattle, seven of nine Seattle City Councilmembers had stated their support for defunding SPD by as much as 50%.
A handful backed off that stance in the months to follow, although it’s been unclear to what extent, or even which councilmembers still stand behind that position. After reaching out to all nine councilmembers for some clarity, we were still left with more questions than answers.
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This is the second in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.
Creating a “value-based enterprise” is the key first step necessary to satisfy the requirements of a Stark value-based exception or an Anti-Kickback Statute value-based safe harbor.
A value-based enterprise is a network of participants (including clinicians, providers, and suppliers) that have agreed to collaborate with respect to a target patient population, with a goal towards increasing efficiencies in the delivery of care and improving outcomes for that patient population.
05/03/21
National Safety Council
Washington, DC President Joe Biden has nominated Sylvia Johnson, Steve Owens and Jennifer Sass to serve as members of the Chemical Safety Board, which has operated for a year with only one of its five board seats filled.
If the Senate confirms the nominations, issued April 28, the trio will join Chair and CEO Katherine Lemos on the board. Since May 1, 2020, Lemos has carried on as what she has called “a quorum of one” after the resignation of Kristen Kulinowski three months before her five-year term was set to expire.
Johnson heads the National Education Association s government relations department, focusing on the labor union s legislative work related to the safe reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her previous work experiences include serving as assistant legislative director of legislative affairs for United Auto Workers and as an occupational epidemiologist in UAW s health and safety department.