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2 Centennial nursing home employees accused of elder abuse

2 Centennial nursing home employees accused of elder abuse

A Centennial nursing home employee arrested for elder abuse A Centennial nursing home employee was arrested Wednesday on…

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RFK Jr. Will Shrink The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration. Here’s What That Means For Public Health

RFK Jr. Will Shrink The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration. Here’s What That Means For Public Health

The recent appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services has sparked controversy…

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Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching 0 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching $110 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID…

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Multiple personalities helped sex abuse survivor

Multiple personalities helped sex abuse survivor

A father identified only as SN has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after being found guilty…

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Lawyer took 0k of clients’ money to escape abuse

Lawyer took $200k of clients’ money to escape abuse

A lawyer, who expressed fear for her life due to an abusive husband, admitted to taking over $200,000…

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FBI analyst Brian Vincent Rausch charged with having child sex abuse videos

FBI analyst Brian Vincent Rausch charged with having child sex abuse videos

An FBI analyst in Houston, Brian Vincent Rausch, was arrested in Cypress, Texas after authorities discovered multiple videos…

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Gloriavale offer of apology to abuse victims a ‘PR stunt’

Gloriavale offer of apology to abuse victims a ‘PR stunt’

By Jean Edwards of RNZ  Former members of Gloriavale, a Christian community on the West Coast, have accused…

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Judge jails Loop therapist for ‘years of abuse under the guise of massage’

Judge jails Loop therapist for ‘years of abuse under the guise of massage’

Willemin The Shocking Case of Cyrill Willemin: Massage Therapist Accused of Sexual Assault Recently, a disturbing case of…

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Canterbury priest may have been victim of financial abuse – coroner

Canterbury priest may have been victim of financial abuse – coroner

By Tim Brown of RNZ Warning: This story discusses suicide After 50 years in the clergy, a Canterbury…

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EXCLUSIVE: Retired US Naval Commander Republican Bob Smith Running for US Congress in California-24: ‘I Am Not Done Serving Our Country’ and ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Starts with Congress’ |

EXCLUSIVE: Retired US Naval Commander Republican Bob Smith Running for US Congress in California-24: ‘I Am Not Done Serving Our Country’ and ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Starts with Congress’ |

US Naval Commander Bob Smith’s Congressional campaign logo Retired US Naval Commander and combat veteran Bob Smith has…

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Solicitor General John Sauer Slams “Judicial Insurrection” — Blasts Courts for Issuing 40 Nationwide Injunctions Against Trump, Calls Them an Abuse of Power |

Solicitor General John Sauer Slams “Judicial Insurrection” — Blasts Courts for Issuing 40 Nationwide Injunctions Against Trump, Calls Them an Abuse of Power |

In a dramatic display of judicial indignation, U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer took to the Supreme Court bench…

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Muhammad Ali’s Last Days Marred By Elder Abuse And Four Kids

Muhammad Ali’s Last Days Marred By Elder Abuse And Four Kids

The Untold Story of Muhammad Ali's Unrecognized Children The passing of the champ, Muhammad Ali, sparked a frenzy…

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