House backs Medicare fraud protections in sweeping vote
The House unanimously passed the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act 403 to 0 to tighten safeguards against fraud and incompetence. It targets offloading providers, expands grounds to exclude, imposes five year bans for fraud cases, requires data sharing between states and the federal government, and boosts penalties for license fraud. The programs serve about 48 million people with annual costs near 120 billion dollars.
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House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Health and Human Services
Maternal and Child Health
Social Services
Dryness and wind blamed for Palm Beach fire
Palm Beach neighborhood in Del Monte forest saw 160 acres burn and 32 homes destroyed after a Sunday blaze. Officials cited dryness wind and vegetation as key factors. Nearly 900 firefighters battled the fire but residents reported only two seconds notice before evacuation.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Huckleberry Hill
del Monte Forest
Alan Turpen
California Department of Forestry
George Alex
Forestry Department
Morse Botanical Reserve
Department
Don Stacy
Tom Bales
Man crashes into railing at Dallas McDonald’s
Dallas police said David Luxton, 29, rammed his car into a railing at a Dallas McDonald’s after growing angry over slow service. He was arrested on the spot.
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Dallas
Enough
David Luxton
Rail workers accused of jamming safety devices
Federal inspectors report at least 68 deliberate tampering incidents on trains since January's Amtrak Conrail collision near Baltimore. FRA chief Riley told a Senate panel that most tampering occurred on Amtrak trains, with a taped whistle and other safety systems overridden. He warned of a need for worker accountability and new authority to discipline individuals.
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Washington
Amtrak Conrail
Baltimore
Federal Railroad Administration
FRA
John H. Riley
Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee
Riley
Amtrak
Conrail
Chase
Robert
Railway Labor Executives Association
Snyder
Video system aids archaeologists in four-state study
In Bakersfield California AP reports a computerized video system helps archaeologists analyze over 400 000 artifacts from a major oil pipeline project across four Southwest states. Continuum Corp says the $250 000 system records artifact images on laser discs with data on size age color and location enabling recall and enhanced display. About 50 000 artifacts have been cataloged and the most notable find is a 900 year old headdress with partial skeleton near Tucson Arizona.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Ken Tapman
Continuum Corp
Boca Raton
Fla
Tapman
Fred Plog
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Tucson
Ariz
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