Healthcare Providers Agree to Pay Back $1.9 Million in Medicare Fraud
WASHINGTON DC — Several doctors, medical practices, and a marketing company have agreed to pay a total of $1.9 million to settle allegations that they participated in illegal laboratory kickback schemes that…
Two Naturopaths Agree to Pay $32,000 in Civil Penalties For Improper Prescription of Opioids and Controlled Substances
Spokane, Washington – Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, N.D., an East Wenatchee-based naturopathic doctor, and Dr. Rebecka Hoppins, an, Edmonds-based naturopathic doctor, have each agreed to pay $16,500 to resolve allegations under the Controlled…
Colombia presidential candidates agree need for pension reform
By Nelson Bocanegra CARTAGENA – Candidates most likely to win Colombia’s presidential elections on Friday agreed for the need to reform the country’s unbalanced pension system so that it provides greater coverage…
POLL: Most Americans Agree On Who To Blame For Inflation
POLL: Most Americans Agree On Who To Blame For Inflation Harry Wilmerding on April 21, 2022 A majority of Americans now blame President Joe Biden for surging inflation after he attributed the…
Colorado Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic and Owner Agree to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
WASHINGTON – Springbok Health Inc., a medical clinic with locations in Colorado Springs and Pueblo West, Colorado, and Mark Jankelow, Springbok’s owner and Chief Executive Officer, have agreed to pay at least…
Russian Deputy PM says several buyers agree to pay in roubles for Russian gas
(Reuters) – Several buyers of Russian gas have agreed to switch to payments in roubles, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. “We expect the decision (to switch to roubles)…
Florida’s BayCare Health System and Hospital Affiliates Agree to Pay $20 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Impermissible Medicaid Donations
WASHINGTON – BayCare Health System Inc. and entities that operate four affiliated Florida hospitals (collectively BayCare) have agreed to pay the United States $20 million to resolve allegations that BayCare violated the…
Japan buyers agree to Q2 aluminium premium of $172/T, sources say
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO – The premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers for April to June was set at $172 a tonne, down 2.8% from the previous quarter, as weak demand…
IEA states agree on coordinated oil release but not volumes – Japan
By Yuka Obayashi Tokyo – U.S.-allied countries on Friday agreed to their second coordinated oil release in a month to calm markets roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan’s industry ministry said,…
Scholz, Biden and allies agree to keep pushing for Russian ceasefire – German govt
BERLIN – The leaders of Germany, the United States, France, Britain and Italy agreed in a phone call on Tuesday afternoon to keep pushing Russia for a ceasefire and for the withdrawal…
Home Healthcare Agencies Settle Fraud Claims for $5.4 Million and Agree to Pay Wages and Benefits to Underpaid Aides
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced today a pair of settlement agreements with two Brooklyn-based licensed home…
HPM Corporation and Owners Accept Responsibility, Agree to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Restitution and Penalties for Fraudulent Covid-19 Relief Loan
Richland, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that HPM Corporation (HPMC) and its owners have agreed to pay $2,939,400 in restitution…
U.S., S. Korea defense chiefs agree on need for ‘firm responses’ after launch -Pentagon
WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart agreed that firm responses, including at the United Nations, were necessary after North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test, the Pentagon…
Clearbrook Treatment Centers And Andrew Brown’s Drug Store Agree To Pay The United States Civil Penalties For Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act
HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Clearbrook Treatment Centers, located in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, and Andrew Brown’s Drug Store, Inc., located in Scranton,…
Mexico, Saudi Arabia agree to strengthen economic ties
MEXICO CITY – Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and his Saudi Arabian counterpart on Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral economic relations on the first day of the diplomat’s 10-day tour of the…
Ten Texas Doctors and a Healthcare Executive Agree to Pay over $1.68 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
SHERMAN, Texas – Ten additional Texas doctors and a healthcare executive have agreed to pay a total of $1,680,430 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal kickbacks in violation of the…
PPEI and President Kory Willis Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay $3.1 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for the Manufacture and Sale of Illegal Delete Devices and Tunes for Diesel Trucks
Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded guilty to…
Germany and Western allies agree cutting Russia out of SWIFT
BERLIN – Germany and its Western allies agreed to cut Russia out of the SWIFT global payment system, a spokesperson for the German government said on Saturday, in a third sanctions package…
Fed hawks, doves agree on liftoff. What happens next could be a battle
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON – U.S. Federal Reserve officials agree inflation is too high and that interest rates should be increased at the upcoming meeting in March. But if…
German parties agree relief for households as energy prices soar
BERLIN – Germany’s coalition parties agreed on Wednesday a roughly 13 billion euro package of measures to help households cope with surging energy prices, including scrapping a surcharge levied on electricity bills…
EU foreign ministers could agree sanctions package on Tuesday, source says
BRUSSELS – EU ambassadors have been discussing a sanctions package on Russia consisting of four parts which could be agreed by the bloc’s foreign ministers at a meeting later on Tuesday in…
Biden and Putin agree in principle to Ukraine summit- French presidency
-U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. “The substance…
Credit Suisse entities agree to settle lawsuit in U.S. for $81 million – court filing
WASHINGTON – Credit Suisse Group AG entities, among six defendants in a lawsuit originally filed by Iowa Public Employees Retirement System and other retirement associations, has agreed to pay $81 million, the…
China developer Yango, investors agree to delay onshore coupon payment -source
BEIJING – Chinese Developer Yango Group Co Ltd has reached agreement with investors to delay a 40 million yuan ($6.29 million) onshore coupon payment by six months, a source with knowledge of…
Russia, China agree 30-year gas deal via new pipeline, to settle in euros
By Chen Aizhu – Russia has agreed a 30-year contract to supply gas to China via a new pipeline and will settle the new gas sales in euros, bolstering an energy alliance…
Stellantis, unions agree on over 700 voluntary redundancies this year -UILM
MILAN – Stellantis and unions have agreed to cut 714 jobs at the carmaker’s operations in Italy this year through voluntary redundancies, the UILM union said on Thursday. The deal is similar…
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