Protecting Medicare: consumer defense and fraud crackdown
Houston ambulance owner gets 97 months for $2.4 million in Medicare false claims while two Dallas area doctors receive 72 months each for unperformed home visits and tests. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operates in nine hot spots including Dallas and Houston, charging over 2,100 defendants totaling more than $6.5 billion. citizens urged to guard numbers, vet providers, review statements, and report suspected fraud to federal hotlines.
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Houston
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Tors
Dallas
Louisiana
Federal Trade Commission
Inspector General
Termite activity rises in New Mexico with rain
In New Mexico recent rains activated termites, notably eastern subterranean and arid land species. The eastern termite is highly destructive. arid land termites cause minor damage. Rio Rancho and Moriarty areas show infestations. inspections should use independent experts, not pest-company tied inspectors.
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New Mexico
United States
Moriarty
Rio Rancho
Albuquerque
West Mesa
WDO
Gmail
NSU student Cassandra Maillet wins $7000 WolfPACT scholarship
Northern State University honors Rio Rancho High School graduate Cassandra Maillet as a 2015-16 WolfPACT scholar with seven thousand dollars. Maillet studies psychology and sports management under the program, one of South Dakota’s largest four year guaranteed scholarships.
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Northern State University
Cassandra Maillet
Rio Rancho
Richard and
Lucia Maillet
South Dakota
NSU
Smily House of Rio Rancho
Credit Union Association of New Mexico
Arts & Crafts Trunk Sale Benefits Relay for Life
Presbyterian Rust Medical Center hosts an Arts and Crafts Trunk Sale on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Parking Lot 8 at 2400 Unser Blvd to support the Rio Rancho Relay for Life. Activities for kids include crafts, bake sale and raffles. The Relay for Life event is set for July 24 25 at Rio Rancho High School.
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Presbyterian Rust Medical Center
American Cancer Society
Presbyterian
Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho High School
Relay For Life
Relay
Acsevents
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Barbara Cardwell
Boettcher
Society For Women
Crystal Apple
Irving Area
University of New Mexico
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Luella Payna
New Mexico Connections Academy
Santa Fe
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My Century
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