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Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud

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authorities announced that they have charged a number of individuals in connection with one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever prosecuted in the nation. The fraud, which resulted in more than $1.2 Medicare’s anti-fraud unit announced that it took adverse administrative action against 130 DME companies that submitted over $1.7

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National Restaurant Association Framework Aims To Close Gap Between Restaurants And Aggregators

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16), the National Restaurant Association offered up seven public policy tenets that – in collaboration with delivery aggregators – are being billed as a “framework” for the delivery industry. That roster includes Washington State, New Jersey, Chicago and New York City. With data sharing, to boot. percent and 37.6

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New Jersey enacts licensing and other requirements for student loan servicers

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On July 30, 2019, Acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed into law SB 1149 , which requires student loan servicers to be licensed, creates an Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman within the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance, imposes various requirements, and prohibits certain conduct. Licensing requirement.

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First Bankcard, Provident Bank Team For Commercial Payments

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First Bankcard , a division of First National Bank of Omaha , has formed a strategic partnership with Provident Bank , First Bankcard announced Wednesday (Jan. Provident Bank, a New Jersey-based financial institution (FI), will issue a comprehensive suite of commercial payment solutions in conjunction with First Bankcard.

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Ukraine Aims To Recover Lost Funds After Taking Ownership Of Privatbank

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Ukraine is coming to terms with international lenders to settle an aid agreement concerning the nationalization of Privatbank, the country’s largest lender, Bloomberg reported on Saturday (Nov. The relief solution comes as Ukraine promises to recover losses associated with the Privatbank’s nationalization. In other Ukraine news , U.S.

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Widespread Corporate Hacking Lands Two Russians In Prison

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Two Russian nationals have been handed prison sentences for their roles in hacking corporates and financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S., District Judge Jerome Simandle in Camden, New Jersey, follow reports released earlier this week that hackers stole more than $17 million from Russian banks in 2017. While the U.S.

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CFPB Cracks Down On Deceptive Lender Who Targeted 9/11 First Responders

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The consumers included former National Football League players suffering from neurological disorders, victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and 9/11 first responders. The CFPB wants to prevent Top Notch, owner Rory Donadio and his business associate John “Gene” Cavalli from offering or providing such products in the future.