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cbleck@miningjournal.net A band plays at a past Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival. Organizers have announced the 2021 edition of the event has been moved to 2022 due to the continuing pandemic. (Journal file photo) MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Health Department was notified on Tuesday that genetic testing confirmed that the B.1.1.7 variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 was detected in a positive case within Marquette County. Dr. Bob Lorinser, health department medical director, noted the case represented the first time the variant has been found in the Upper Peninsula. The varian...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 On February 4, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Office of Public Affairs, issued a Press Release (the “DOJ Press Release”) announcing that Kelly Wolfe, President of Regency, Inc., a medical billing company located in Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud through a “pernicious telefraud scheme”[1] involving fraudulent Medicare and CHAMPVA (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs) claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (“DME”) supplies.  As a result of W...

All vets could be eligible for COVID vaccines at VA soon, but supply problems remain the biggest challenge March 9 President Joe Biden, left, visits a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center and watches as Dr. Navjit Goraya gives a vaccine to Air Force Col. Margaret Cope on March 8, 2021. White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients, standing center, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, right, also attended the event. (Patrick Semansky/AP) Congress and Veterans Affairs leaders want to get as many veterans vaccinated against COVID-19 as pos...

U.S. SENATE - Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced Monday via press release that they will introduce bipartisan legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Senators’ Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse (SAVE LIVES) Act would allow VA to pro...

01:15 PM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud.   OIG Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi A. Grimm wrote in a statement on Friday that the quick pivot to telemedicine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic makes oversight, transparency, accountability and program integrity all the more important.   "OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency. Once complete, ...