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Vancouver distiller surprised by FDA fee By Will Campbell, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: January 1, 2021, 6:00am
Share: Darin Kyle of Quartz Mountain Distillery displays a bottle of hand sanitizer at his Walnut Grove business in April 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Vancouver’s Quartz Mountain Distillers was surprised Wednesday by a $14,060 fee from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for producing hand sanitizer, but the company found out Thursday evening that the fee is not being enforced.
All distillers that made hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic were facing the fine.
Owner Randy Kyle said the distillery began making hand sanitizer in April. The family owners gave almost all of it away to help local health care workers remain safe.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ It is with great sadness that Global Research & Discovery Group ( GRDG ) announces the passing of Lieutenant Colonel William H. ( Bill ) Lyerly, Jr., Chief Strategy Advisor to the company. Bill passed away on December 26, 2020 surrounded by family. He dedicated his life to public service with a distinguished career of combined 42 years in the US Military and Senior Executive positions of the US Government.
William H. Lyerly, Jr.
Col. Lyerly s remarkable career of service began at the United States Air Force Academy where upon graduation in 1975, he was commissioned an Air Force 2
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Georgia PT Provider Agrees To Pay $500k+ To Resolve Fraud Claims
The company agreed to pay $506,811.18 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting bills to the Medicare and TRICARE programs for physical therapy services provided by unlicensed, uncredentialed or otherwise unapproved individuals.
December 23, 2020
A civil settlement has been reached with former Warner Robins-based physical therapy provider McLeod-Hughes and Associates, LLC, and its owner Barry McLeod-Hughes, to resolve allegations of fraud, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
McLeod-Hughes agreed to pay $506,811.18 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting bills to the Medicare and TRICARE programs for physical therapy services provided by unlicensed, uncredentialed or otherwise unapproved individuals. Additionally, McLeod-Hughes has voluntarily agreed
New ‘blueprint’ lights way for Biden to reverse Trump policies on LGBTQ rights
By : Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade, courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association November 12, 2020
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ABOVE: The Human Rights Campaign under Alphonso David has laid out a blueprint to reverse Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
With LGBTQ advocacy organizations eager for change in the new Biden administration, the Human Rights Campaign has laid out proposals lighting the way forward with a detailed guide on administrative actions to reverse President Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies.
The 24-page document, titled the “Blueprint for Positive Change 2020,” lays out guidance across all federal agencies to reverse the anti-LGBTQ policies under the Trump administration and advance equality after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.