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Recently, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law important amendments to the California False Claims Act. “By closing liability loopholes, California has moved to protect all State funds,” explained former federal prosecutor and Nolan Auerbach partner Matthew Pavone. “Our clients are now armed with a more effective fraud-fighting weapon.” SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 Recently, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law important amendments to the California False Claims Act...

With more than four decades of experience in serving children and families, The Bair Foundation is enhancing its internet presence with an updated website and interactive online features. New Wilmington, PA (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 After months of preparation and hard work, The Bair Foundation Marketing Department and Trend IT Services are delighted to announce the launch of their new website. The site is now faster, more user-friendly and easier to navigate. Although it has a fresh new...

Budget Blueprints Fail to Address Fact Texas Nursing Homes and Their Residents Will Shoulder Nearly $1 Billion in State Government Underfunding AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of Texas' nursing homes already scrambling to absorb $58 million in Medicaid cuts from the 82nd legislative session, $234 million in 2012 Medicare cuts with the threat of more in 2013, and nearly $1 billion in cumulative state underfunding according to the Health and Human...

State Appeals Court to Decide If Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and CalPERS Patients Will Receive Critical Coverage Already Required For Privately Insured Californians SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A California Appellate Court in Los Angeles will consider a long-running dispute at a Tuesday afternoon hearing about insurance companies' obligations to cover a critical treatment for autistic children. The case, brought by the non-profit Consumer Watchdog,...

Texas Eldercare Leader Warns Ongoing Budget Chaos in Washington Serves as Ominous Session Backdrop; Robust State Medicaid Funding Essential to Protecting Most Vulnerable Texans AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with the opening of the 83(rd) Session of the Texas Legislature, the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) today initiated an Austin-American Statesman print and online ad effort stressing the fact the Health and Human Services...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California's 65 years and older population has increased to approximately 11.4 percent, and with that increase comes greater demand for personal care services. According to the December 2012 Consumer Reports on Health, the "demand for home-care aides--also known as personal-care or home-health aides--is skyrocketing." The U.S. Department of Labor projects the fastest-growing occupation in the country in 2020 will be in-home...

NANUET, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iMedicor (OTCQB: VMCI) today announced it had entered into an agreement with Careington International Corporation, one of the nation's largest dental networks, to provide iMedicor's Meaningful Use Consulting Services to Providers within the Careington dental community who can qualify under Medicaid guidelines for Federal Incentive Funding. According to both companies, their alliance will launch two programs to benefit the national dental...

San Mateo’s CiminoCare recently participated as an industry presenter at the recently concluded CALA Annual Spring Conference. Citrus Heights, CA (PRWEB) July 21, 2012 CiminoCare, a family-owned and–operated endeavor that operates nine residential care facilities for the elderly in the Sacramento and San Mateo areas, recently presented at the 2012 California Assisted Living Association Spring Conference with the head of Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) program and other...

Up to 3.7 million will enroll in new or more affordable insurance through the California Health Benefit Exchange, Medi-Cal expansion Nine out of 10 Californians under the age of 65 will be enrolled in health insurance programs as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a joint study by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Between 1.8 million and 2.7 million previously uninsured...

CHICO, Calif., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Landacorp today announced plans with Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) to continue its partnership serving the care management needs of its members in Southern California. IEHP utilizes Landacorp's care management platform to automate data collection and care collaboration to improve the delivery of quality accessible and wellness-based healthcare service for their community. "Landacorp and IEHP have enjoyed a long-term partnership...