The Cigna Group, headquartered in Connecticut, has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare…
US Congress. House Republicans Keep Delivering On Our Commitment To America, Rein in Reckless Spending. Last night, House Republicans passed three Appropriations bills: FY24 Homeland Security, FY24 Defense, and FY24 State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs. These bills help fulfill our Commitment to America – a nation that’s safe, by providing necessary funding to secure…
In accordance with section 114(c) of division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act (H.R. 5860; the “Act”), I hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding (including the transfer and repurposing of funds) so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and…
Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans. This bill ensures that active-duty troops will continue to get paid, travelers will be spared airport delays, millions of women and children will continue to have…
AG JAMES ALSO WARNS BORROWERS OF STUDENT LOAN SCAMMERS NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today provided tips to New York borrowers on how to manage their federal student loans when payments resume in October. Federal student loan interest accrual resumed this month and payments will be due in October 2023. Attorney…
Dr. Eric Wei, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals: Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Eric Wei, I’m senior vice president for New York City Health + Hospitals. I just wanted to give you an update on the situation here at Woodhull Hospital. It is my pleasure to introduce the team…