Retired neurosurgeon and Sarasota resident Horace Norrell found himself arrested at jailed for three days at the end of a birthday trip to the Turks and Caicos last week after someone slipped a 9mm bullet into his luggage, he says. Hoteliers and tourism officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands scrambled Monday to apply triage to a wound that threatened to erode the archipelago’s significant visitor industry. Continue reading
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Louis Taylor savors freedom after 40 years in prison
(CBS News) A “60 Minutes” investigation raised questions about the evidence that sent Louis Taylor to prison at age 16 for allegedly setting a Tucson hotel fire that killed 29 people. After four decades behind bars, Taylor was released Tuesday night in a deal that required him to plead no contest to the charges to avoid a retrial. One of the first things he did next was talk to CBS News Continue reading
Health Care Advocates Our SALUD Request Attorney General to Take Action in Alleged Unlawful Operation
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– STATEMENT FROM OUR SALUD COMMUNITY ADVOCATES NESTOR VALENCIA AND ELBA ROMO: Advocates for the Latino community of East Los Angeles have sent the following letter to Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, requesting a full investigation into HealthCare Partners (HCP) alleged illegal operation. HealthCare Partners is a Torrance-based medical group who currently manages care for more than half a million Los Angeles area residents Continue reading
Solomon Islands – Development, Society, Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dialogue On Development, Society And Environment Opens In Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands, 4 March 2013 (IUCN) The Prime Ministers High Level Roundtable on Development, Society and Environment, opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, with representatives of government, the private sector and civil society present to discuss important development issues with the hope of agreeing on a development model that incorporates the needs of society and the environment and also considers the long-term needs of the country. The Dialogue was officially opened by the Honorable Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo indicated that the challenges being faced by Solomon Islands are huge, a result of small populations geographically dispersed over a large ocean. Continue reading
Hoag and St. Joseph Health Complete Historic Health Care Affiliation
IRVINE, Calif. & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– St Continue reading
Health Care Fraud, Record $4.2 Billion Recovered In 2012, USA
Editor’s Choice Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Litigation / Medical Malpractice Article Date: 12 Feb 2013 – 0:00 PST Current ratings for: Health Care Fraud, Record $4.2 Billion Recovered In 2012, USA Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder issued a report which showed that for every dollar the US government spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations over the last 36 months, it got $7.90 back. This is a record over a three-year period since the HCFAC (Health Care Fraud and Abuse) Program began sixteen years ago Continue reading
Clipboard: How is Steward Health Care shaping medicine in Massachusetts?
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Steward Health Care has proved a game changer for medicine in Massachusetts. The for-profit hospital system formed when private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management two years ago rescued a group of struggling Catholic hospitals, with St Continue reading
Senior Signals: The benefits of adult day care and adult day health care
Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:59 PM EST By Daniel O. Tully Attorney Both adult day care and adult day health care can give caregivers an occasional or a regular respite from caretaking Continue reading
Orchid to chip in on dune restoration on beaches
ORCHID Dune restoration along Orchid beaches got a shot in the arm Thursday when the Orchid Town Board voted to cover about 30 percent of the cost of 20,000 cubic yards of new sand. Continue reading
Legal Aspects of Incapacity – Focus on Seniors – Video
Legal Aspects of Incapacity – Focus on Seniors Guest: William A. Johnson Elder Law Attorney / William A Continue reading
Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Panel I – Video
Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Panel I 9:45am–11:00am Panel I: Taking Control and Preserving Autonomy This panel discussed the need for advance planning and one's rights to do so, available advance directive tools: health care proxies, living wills, POLST (MOLST); enforcement of patient rights and emerging issues, trends and new legislation. Attendees at this panel were eligible for 1 CLE credit in professional practice.■Moderator: Peter J. Continue reading
Los Angeles Criminal Attorney – Instant Help 866 986-2092 Real Results in Los Angeles – Video
Los Angeles Criminal Attorney – Instant Help 866 986-2092 Real Results in Los Angeles Los Angeles Criminal Attorney – Instant Help 866 986-2092 Real Results in Los Angeles www.la-criminaldefense.com Hedding Law Firm 16000 Ventura Boulevard Suite 1208 Encino, California 91436 (818) 986-2092 At the Hedding Law Firm we provide our clients with exceptional criminal defense representation throughout Los Angeles County. In criminal cases, when a defendant tries to represent him or herself, the end result is can often be very unsatisfactory Continue reading
Wake County NC GOP Chair Susan Bryant does not know … – Video
Wake County NC GOP Chair Susan Bryant does not know … Wake County NC GOP Chair Susan Bryant spoke at the monthly mtg. Continue reading
Liberty Award for Stop and Search App Created on Apps for Good Course at High Trees
LONDON, November 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Aaron Sonson, Satwant Singh Kenth and Gregory Paczkowski have been awarded Liberty’s Human Rights “Close to Home” Award for their creation of a Stop and Search App designed to make people aware of their rights. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-b ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-c ) Receiving their award at the Southbank Centre in London this week, Aaron, Satwant and Gregory were recognised for their hard work in delivering a mobile application that empowers young people by providing them with a full breakdown of their rights in the often contentious issue of police stop and search procedures. Much has been said and written about policing in this area, so the trio designed and built the app which enables users to upload their experience and understand what their rights are. Continue reading
State can let students from foreign medical schools train in Texas, Abbott rules
The states higher education agency has the legal authority to grant or deny permission to a foreign medical school to operate in Texas, according to an opinion by Attorney General Greg Abbott. The opinion, issued late Tuesday, comes as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is struggling with the question of whether to allow a Caribbean-based medical school to send students to Texas for clinical training. In a rare split vote following a testy debate, the board voted 6-2 in April to seek an opinion from Abbott Continue reading
Health Care's Epidemic of Insider Trading
On April14, 2011, James Fan, 39, stood on a parking garage landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, a letter from his young son in his pants pocket, about to jump four stories to his death. Fan had been charged a day earlier with insider trading based on his knowledge of confidential test results at Seattle Genetics (SGEN), a health-care company where he was manager of clinical programming. Continue reading
New Health Care Watchdog Coalition Urges DMHC to Put Patients Over Profits
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The following is a statement by Our SALUD: Today Our SALUD (Somos Aliados Latinos Unidos por la Dignidad – Latino Allies United for Dignity), a health care watchdog coalition, demanded on the eve of the nations largest health care consolidation effort, a halt to a merger vote pending an investigation into a lawsuit surrounding patient care provided by the largest unlicensed LA-based HMO. Joined by dozens of community members and the attorney representing a class action lawsuit against the HMO, Our SALUD will march outside of Governor Jerry Browns L.A office today, asking the Governor, state regulators and California lawmakers to take action on what will be an unlawful partnership and an intolerable abandonment of obligations by the California Department of Managed Health Care. Continue reading
Report: Sutter Health probed
It’s a fact of life in California health care the clout wielded by the state’s big hospital chains. Now California’s attorney general has launched an antitrust investigation into some of the state’s top hospital chains and their affiliated physicians’ groups, to see if consolidation means inordinately higher prices. Continue reading
NASA GRC Notice of availability of inventions for licensing 6 Sep 2012
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2012)] [Notices] [Page 54935] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-21913] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (12-063)] Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Continue reading
Libertarian ballot challenge taken to court
iStock Two Iowans who challenged Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s listing on ballots in Iowa are taking their case to court. A hearing is set for Friday morning. Attorneys for the two voters filed documents Thursday in district court in Des Moines asking a judge to review the decision of a panel of three state officials that allowed Johnson on the ballot. Continue reading