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Nearly 50 Charged In Southern District of Texas as Part of National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Texas Border Business
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June 30, 2025
Combined efforts have resulted in charges against 18 medical professionals after nearly 12 million pills distributed and over $360 million fraudulently billed to Medicare. Image for illustration purposesTexas Border Business U.S. Attorney’s...
3 West Tennessee residents charged in connection with over $28 Million in alleged health care fraud
WBBJ - Tennessee
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June 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE: Three West Tennessee Residents Charged in Connection with Over $28 Million in Alleged Health Care Fraud Part of the Largest Justice Department Health Care...
Minnesota man suing Colorado, hoping to change medical-aid-in-dying law
Denver 7 - Colorado
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June 30, 2025
DENVER — Minnesota man Jeff McComas and two Colorado physicians filed a lawsuit against state leaders in May, challenging the residency requirement of Colorado’s medical-aid-in-dying law. In January 2023, McComas was diagnosed with stage four...
UCS transitions to Adult Mental Health Services
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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BENNINGTON -- After more than two decades of service, United Counseling Service (UCS) concluded its Community Rehabilitation and Treatment (CRT) program on Friday. Now, individuals previously enrolled in CRT will transition to services through...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Utilities industry across SC Vermont News publication area
SC Vermont News
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June 30, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...
A Maryland farm rescues horses from a bad situation in Vermont
WBAL TV - Maryland
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June 30, 2025
A Maryland farm rescues horses from a bad situation in Vermont FIREWORKS LATER IN THE EVENING. THANKS DALENCIA WILL LISTEN. GENTLE GIANTS HORSE FARM OUT IN MOUNT AIRY, RECENTLY HAD A HUGE INFLUX OF HORSES COME IN AND THIS WAS A BIG DEAL. THESE ARE...
Death of Mass. man in Vermont under investigation
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Authorities in Vermont are investigating the death of a Massachusetts man who was found Sunday morning in a wooded area behind a rest area on Interstate 91 in the town of Guilford, Vt., police said. The victim was identified as 59-year-old Matthew...
Speaking with a Minnesota man suing Colorado, hoping to change medical-aid-in-dying law
KOAA News 5 - Colorado
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June 30, 2025
DENVER — Minnesota man Jeff McComas and two Colorado physicians filed a lawsuit against state leaders in May, challenging the residency requirement of Colorado’s medical-aid-in-dying law. In January 2023, McComas was diagnosed with stage four...
Kenyon Bolton: The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will make Vermont’s primary care shortage even worse
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 30, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Vermont State Police investigate death in Guilford
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 29, 2025
Vermont State Police in Guilford are investigating after a man was found dead.According to VSP, shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, 59-year-old Matthew Rice from Easthampton, Massachusetts, was found unresponsive in a wooded area behind the I-91 North...
Vermont golf pro and wife host 3rd challenge, to raise money for cancer programs
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 28, 2025
Erin King had a family history of breast cancer. Yet, her diagnosis in the fall of 2022 still came as a shock."My mom is a breast cancer survivor. My grandmother was diagnosed. But they were both diagnosed in their 70s. So, this was not...
Governor signs lifesaving bill mandating cardiac emergency response plans in all Vermont schools
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — Advocates with the American Heart Association, devoted to a world of healthier lives for all, celebrated today as Gov. Phil Scott signed lifesaving legislation. Bill H.480. This is a comprehensive education bill that includes a...
Springfield Hospital, nurses reach agreement on contract extension
Valley News - New Hampshire
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Springfield Hospital, one of the Vermont town's largest employers, sits on a hill overlooking the town Friday, March 29, 2019. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send...
The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches and saffron
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 29, 2025
Newbury farmer Jette Mandl-Abramson holds a mason jar of cured saffron in 2025. File photo by Spencer Robb/CNS Maeve Fairfax is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling...
Cyanobacteria safety: What to expect, how to report blooms, and how to stay safe
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 30, 2025
As summer continues, the warm, humid weather makes it more likely for blue-green algae to bloom in lakes and ponds throughout Vermont and New York. Dangerous to both people and pets, the blooms can cause a host of symptoms if inhaled or digested....
One person found dead behind rest area in Guilford: Police say death is not suspicious
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 30, 2025
GUILFORD — The Vermont State Police is investigating a death that occurred Sunday morning. The victim is identified as 59-year-old Matthew Rice from Easthampton, Mass. According to a news release: The male was discovered unresponsive at...
What is the UVM Health Network doing to address long wait times?
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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The University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) has added 18 new medical professionals across various specialties in Vermont and northern New York. The new hires include physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and a certified...
Man admits to concealing evidence in 2023 killings of men from Pittsfield and Chicopee in Vermont
The Berkshire Eagle - Massachusetts
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June 28, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A man has admitted that he failed to report the 2023 fatal shootings of two men from Pittsfield and Chicopee and concealed evidence, court records say. Dilan D. Jiron, 28, has signed a plea agreement in which he said he aided the...
Vermont to get over $21 million in nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers
The Mountain Times - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
Attorney General Charity Clark announced June 16 that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, have agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. This...
Canal Street Rite Aid to remain open following Kinney Drugs purchase
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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BRATTLEBORO — The Rite Aid at 499 Canal Street in Brattleboro will remain open for business following its acquisition by Kinney Drugs, an employee-owned healthcare company with close to 100 stores across New York and Vermont. A Rite Aid in...