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CMS revokes 14,000 Medicare provider licenses since ACA
data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Over the last four years, the Obama administration has recovered over $14.9 billion in healthcare fraud judgments, settlements, and administrative impositions, including record recoveries in 2011 and 2012. Since the Affordable Care Act, CMS has revoked 14,663 providers and suppliers’ ability to bill in…
Read MoreACLU sues Obama administration officials in NSA phone surveillance case
Preliminary 2012 crime stats show violent crime on the rise
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) statistics for 2012 indicate that when compared to data for 2011, the number of violent crimes reported by law enforcement agencies around the country increased 1.2 percent during 2012, while the number of property crimes decreased 0.8 percent. The final UCR statistics—submitted by approximately 18,000 local, state, campus, tribal, and federal…
Read MoreDelaware lawmakers look to limit criminal background checks
criminal background and credit history checks in the early stages of the application process. House Bill No. 167, introduced last week, would amend Delaware’s employment code to prevent any employer from inquiring into an applicant’s criminal and credit records until it has tendered a conditional offer of employment, and would exclude consideration of felony convictions…
Read MoreLinkedIn keeping hackers at bay with two-step verification
Users of the professional social-networking site now have the option to add two-step verification to their accounts, which is designed to add another layer to the sign-in process when logging in from a new or unknown device. Those who opt in will have to enter their regular password, plus a numeric code that is sent to…
Read MoreTexas approve drug tests for unemployment applicants
drug testing for welfare recipients when lawmakers approved a bill last week that would require drug testing for some of those seeking unemployment benefits. Under the bill, first-time unemployment applicants who are looking for jobs in fields that require drug testing (e.g. trucking, aviation or hazardous material industries) must undergo a preliminary written screening test.…
Read MoreCan college crime be prevented by student background checks?
study published in the journal Injury Prevention – authored by Carol Runyan, a professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health in Aurora, Colorado – found that students with criminal records prior to college were more likely to engage in criminal activity during college than students with no criminal records. The study surveyed…
Read MoreKohl's donates $1.5 million to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for safety program
Memorial Day 2013
You can honor Memorial Day this year with the #ThankYouCampaign by simply tweeting or posting a photo thanking our troops with the hashtag #thankyoucampaign. The #ThankYouCampaign encourages all Americans to say “Thank You” to the families who have lost loved ones that served in the military. The public is asked to take part in the social…
Read MoreFlorida increasing focus on summer camp background checks
pushing a proposal to require summer camps and child care providers to register in an online database. They could only access the database after completing a background check and then obtaining a special code to access the database. The database would be public and allow parents to scan it for a summer camp they are considering sending…
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