Medicare top earners in 2018 Medicare data
Government data show more than 950 000 health care providers received over 89 billion dollars through Medicare Part B in 2018. Anne Greist led payments with 28 million, much of it passed to drugmakers. Asad Qamar's lawsuits alleged excessive procedures. Salomon Melgen earned 14.4 million in fees with ties to a bribery case involving Senator Bob Menendez.
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Centers For Medicare
Medicaid Services
Medicare
Anne Greist
Indiana
Indianapolis
Greist
Nancy Hoard
Justice Department
Asad Qamar
Ocala
Fla
Institute For Cardiovascular Excellence
Qamar
Salomon Melgen
West Palm Beach, Fla
CMS
Melgen
Bob Menendez
D-N.j
Menendez
Senate
Florida
Premature aging linked to blast exposure among war veterans
A study in Brain: A Journal of Neurology finds signs of accelerated brain aging in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to roadside bomb blasts even without concussion symptoms. Researchers warn of earlier declines in memory and planning, stressing long term care and monitoring needs for 2.7 million veterans.
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Brain: A Journal of Neurology
Benjamin Trotter
Department of Veterans Affairs
Regina McGlinchey
Harvard Medical School
William Milberg
Sion
Milberg
John Cove
Servist
Leicester
Mass
U.S
Cove
New England
Court upholds bail denial for undocumented immigrants in Arizona
The Supreme Court refused to rehear challenges to Arizona Proposition 100, a 2006 measure denying pretrial release to undocumented immigrants charged with serious felonies. The ruling leaves in place a 9th Circuit decision that the measure was a blanket approach failing case by case risk assessments. Cecillia Wang of the ACLU welcomed the decision as confirmation of their victory.
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Matt York
Supreme Court
Arizona
Washington
Samuel Alito
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia
Thomas
Congress
U.S. Court of Appeals
9Th Circuit
Cecillia Wang
The
American Civil Liberties Union
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