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It is a central tenet to my conservative views that China and the Chinese Communist Party are the number one threat to the position of the United States in the world as the preeminent economic and military power. China and the CCP are overtly desirous of supplanting the United States in that role. It the top national priority maybe the top 10 national priorities and all CCP policies must be viewed through that prism when evaluating motives behind CCP actions and statements.
Elaine Chao was born in Taiwan not in the Republic of China. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 8 years old. She became a naturalized citizen when she was 19 that is 48 years ago.
The False Claims Act is a powerful tool for government prosecutors to use against healthcare providers, and drug and device companies. The Trump Administration used the False Claims.
Attorney General Mark Herring creates Virginia’s first worker protection unit
The unit will focus on investigating, stopping and prosecuting those who engage in worker exploitation
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RICHMOND, Va. – Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday the designation of the Virginia Attorney General’s first Worker Protection Unit, a multidisciplinary team of prosecutors and attorneys within the Office of Attorney General. It will be led by a dedicated criminal prosecutor, that will focus on investigating, stopping and prosecuting individuals and businesses who unlawfully engage in worker exploitation, in addition to educating Virginia workers on their rights.
As its first area of focus, the team will focus on worker misclassification, wage theft and payroll fraud as well as work to coordinate efforts across state government with the goal of bringing cases and enforcement actions to stop worker exploitation.
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CMS has not yet determined when Targeted Probe and Educate reviews will resume.” Meanwhile, “CMS continues to temporarily pause the performance of retroactive short-stay reviews to reduce burden on providers for consistency with COVID-19 waivers,” the spokesperson told
RMC. Livanta, a beneficiary and family-centered care quality improvement organization, performs “retrospective reviews of Medicare Part A claims to ensure care provided by the Medicare program is medically necessary and reasonable, meets professionally recognized standards, and is provided in the appropriate setting.” It’s unclear when they will be back. Livanta also reviews higher-weighted DRGs, the spokesperson said.
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