Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. On June 18, Covenant Hospice Inc. agreed to pay $10,149,374 to reimburse the government for alleged overbilling of Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid for hospice services, the Department of Justice announced today. Covenant Hospice Inc. is a non-profit hospice care provider which operates in Southern Alabama and[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Montana Drug Operation Convicts 20 Defendants, Seizes 25 Guns and More Than Half a Million Dollars in Meth
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announces today the completion of a Montana operation that convicted 20 defendants for methamphetamine, firearm and money laundering charges, resulting in the seizure of more than half a million dollars worth of meth. Operation Highline Crystal Highway joined more than a dozen[Read More…]
Miami Dade Police Department Detective Charged with Civil Rights Offenses for Stealing Property from Motorists and Obstructing Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Today, the Justice Department announced that a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charged Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD) Detective William Kostopoulos, 47, with using his law enforcement authority to violate motorists’ civil rights. The indictment charges Kostopoulos with making traffic stops of three[Read More…]
National Medicare Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 243 Individuals for Approximately $712 Million in False Billing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical[Read More…]
Attorney General Lynch Delivers Remarks on the Shooting Incident in Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 Good morning. Before we begin today’s announcement, I want to take a moment to address the heartbreaking and deeply tragic events at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina – a crime that has reached into the heart of that community. The Department of Justice has[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Pope Francis’s Encyclical on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis’s encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope’s decision to make the case – clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position – for action on global climate change. As Pope Francis so eloquently stated this morning, we have[Read More…]
Statement by the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden on the Shooting in Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Hate has once again been let loose in an American community. And the senseless actions of a coward have once again cut short so many lives with so much promise. Our hearts ache with sorrow with the entire Emanuel AME Church family as they seek solace and[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Shooting in Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – 12:20 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. This morning, I spoke with, and Vice President Biden spoke with, Mayor Joe Riley and other leaders of Charleston to express our deep sorrow over the senseless murders that took place last night. Michelle and I know[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Industry Inquiry Reveals Problems for Consumers Seeking to Prevent Auto-Defaults WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report finding high rates of consumers are being rejected for co-signer release on their private student loans, based on its review of industry[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector
Company Mishandled Consumer Credit Reporting Disputes, Prevented Consumers From Exercising Debt Collection Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against a medical debt collection company for mishandling consumer credit reporting disputes and preventing consumers from exercising important debt collection rights.[Read More…]