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Apr 17 2024
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‘Blatantly fraudulent.’ Owner, doctor sentenced in health fraud at Kentucky pain clinic
A Kentucky chiropractor convicted of healthcare fraud has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison. A judge also ordered Timothy Ehn, of Union, in Northern Kentucky, to pay a total of $3.7 million in restitution, according to a news release from the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office A doctor who worked at the clinic, William Lawrence Siefert, 70, was sentenced to one year
Lexington Herald-LeaderApr 19 2024
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Hidalgo County’s new public health facility gets level 3 bio safety certification
“We had to go through a rigorous testing process in order to receive this certification so this is a significant first step in the process of providing healthcare services out of this laboratory,” said Eduardo Olivarez, chief administrative officer for the Hidalgo County Department of Health and Human Services, in a news release. The $8 million lab, which was funded by the U.S. Housing and
MyRGVNewsApr 14 2024
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‘Challenging, rewarding’ first year of Johnson County mental health court
The Johnson County Attorney’s Office and the Abbe Center for Community Mental Health in Iowa City last May started the first civil mental health court in the state, which monitors mental health outpatients and connects them with treatment and care to help them live independently. The two-year pilot program is similar to other “assisted outpatient treatment” programs elsewhere that provide
Cedar Rapids GazetteApr 14 2024
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Americans Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis. Losing the Internet Won’t Help
Kenneth Sigler is about to have a difficult choice to make. For the past year, the 41-year-old small business owner from Hernando, Mississippi, has been using the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides low-income households $30 a month for home internet or $70 for those living on tribal lands. One in five Americans with internet subscriptions
CNETApr 19 2024
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Allyson Felix and Tianna Madison on Tori Bowie's death and Black maternal health care
Last year on April 23, Olympic gold medalist and world-champion American sprinter Tori Bowie was found dead in her Florida home at the age of 32. An autopsy found that the cause of death was complications related to childbirth. Bowie was 8-months pregnant. Two of Bowie's former teammates and friends — Allyson Felix and Tianna Madison — had near-death experiences during their own pregnancies.
WBURApr 19 2024
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Tax for police, mental health could go before Washtenaw County voters for renewal
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – It’s been more than six years and a global pandemic since Washtenaw County voters gave their stamp of approval to a tax that sent millions to police and mental health services. Will they go for it again? It’s a question that could be answered at the ballot box in November, as county leaders mull renewal of the mental health and public safety preservation millage – the
MLive.comApr 07 2024
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Health Insurers’ Lucrative, Little-Known Alliance: 5 Takeaways
To investigate this largely hidden facet of the health care industry, The Times interviewed more than 100 patients, doctors, billing specialists, health plan advisers and former MultiPlan employees, and reviewed more than 50,000 pages of documents, including confidential records made public by two federal judges after petitions from The Times. Here are five takeaways. The smaller the payout to
New York Times (News)Apr 26 2024
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As many as 59 women were exposed to HIV infection over 'vampire facials' and Botox injections, health officials say
A report warned that Botox injections and "vampire facials" have led to some women being infected with HIV because of unsanitary conditions at a spa in New Mexico. "This investigation is the first to associate HIV transmission with nonsterile cosmetic injection services," read a statement from the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three women tested positive for HIV
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