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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Tuesday November 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

HHS Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement with Illinois Department of Human Services to Enforce Federal Disability Rights Laws
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: This action serves as the latest in a series of efforts OCR has made to advance and protect the civil rights of people with disabilities to live in their homes and communities. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced an agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Human Services to enforce Federal disability rights laws  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Seven Defendants Charged In Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme Involving 'Foot Baths'
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the following individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and multiple counts of health care fraud: * Frank Suess (a.k.a., Franz P. Suess), age 78, of Wellington, Florida; * Luis Salgado, age 50, of Nape  more