Texas Business Owners Sentenced in $36 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
The owners of several Houston area durable medical equipment companies convicted by a jury in April 2009 of conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering have been sentenced to long prison terms.
Four Sentenced in Ohio Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Four participants in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that affected 210 residential properties were sentenced in Dayton, Ohio.
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine
Reynaldo Laureano, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his participation in a Hartford-area narcotics trafficking ring.
California Physician Convicted of Defrauding Insurance Companies
Lawrence Saks, a physician who operated a medical clinic in Torrance, California, was convicted of defrauding insurance companies by billing for "medically necessary" procedures, even though the operations he performed were for cosmetic reasons.
Iowa Bank Vice President Sentenced on Bank Fraud Charge
Calvin Cleveringa, of Sioux Center, Iowa, was sentenced to 30 days in federal prison for making a false entry in bank records while acting as the vice president and loan officer of the American State Bank in Sioux Center.
NIGMS Awards Contract to Expand Human Genetic Cell Repository
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded a $27 million, five-year contract to the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, N.J., to continue and expand operation of the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository (HGCR). Under the new contract, the HGCR plans to enhance its collection of carefully maintained human cell lines by adding induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that carry disease gene mutations.
FDA Approves First Percutaneous Heart Valve
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Medtronic Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve and Ensemble Delivery System, the first heart valve to be implanted through a catheter, or tube, in a leg vein and guided up to the heart. This new approach to the treatment of adults and children with previously implanted, poorly functioning pulmonary valve conduits can delay the need for open-heart surgery.
FDA Approves New Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Victoza (liraglutide), a once-daily injection to treat type 2 diabetes in some adults.
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Media Advisory – Matz Continues Dialogue At Dallas Town Hall
January 26, 2010 by Bill
Filed under Finance/Credit
January 22, 2010, Alexandria, Va. — National Credit Union Administration Chairman Debbie Matz today led a spirited and vigorous discussion of a wide-variety of critical issues during the first Town Hall Meeting of 2010. An overflow crowd of more than 200 attendees participated in the Dallas gathering, the first since the proposed corporate rule was unveiled in November.