Stewart L. Cohen, Esq., Partner at Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Speaks Out After Reports Surface of Atrocities Committed Against Disabled Persons in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) November 10, 2011
According to Stewart L. Cohen, Esq., trial attorney at the law firm of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., and disabilities advocate, words are inadequate to describe the atrocities which were reported by The Associated Press on Tuesday, October 16, 2011. The atrocities were first reported on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at approximately 10:40 am, when Philadelphia Police discovered Herbert Knowles and three other people locked in a sub-basement of an apartment building located at 4724 Longshore Avenue in Philadelphia. Herbert and the three other adult mentally challenged victims appeared malnourished and were taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Reports were then issued by media outlets nationally, reporting that the children and adults with mental and physical disabilities were locked in a Philadelphia basement by individuals who were reportedly stealing their Social Security disability checks, perhaps as part of a much larger fraud scheme, the articles reported.
On November 3, 2011, Stewart L. Cohen spoke out in an Op-Ed piece which was published by the Philadelphia Daily News. In the article he addresses the state of social-service programs within the city of Philadelphia, and challenges the proposed budget cuts which directly impact organizations regionally and nationally, such as United Cerebral Palsy, to continue to provide programs to help prevent future abuses of this kind.
According to Stewart L. Cohen, Unfortunately, charitable donations are down, and at the same time the state government is seeking to reduce its funding of programs like UCP across the state. The service providers were recently notified by Pennsylvania’s Department of Welfare of considerable reductions in funding for day-care and residential programs for the disabled. These cuts threaten the continued viability of the social-service system for persons with developmental disabilities across this state.
In addition, “the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania, in cooperation with Pennsylvania Health Law Project, has filed a formal complaint with the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Urging immediate intervention to prevent the Pennsylvania Department of Aging from reducing the amount of Community Integration Services funded by the state. These abrupt cuts will leave persons with disabilities without the services they need to protect their health and welfare,” declares Stewart L. Cohen, Esq.
Mr. Cohen feels that the proposed budget adjustments which have been reported will do nothing to reduce the likelihood of more tragedies like those which were found in the Philadelphia basement.
The article serves as an Op-ed piece but also as a call to action. Stewart L. Cohen, who has been an advocate for persons with disabilities feels that people nationally need to directly support organizations with contributions and encourage and support elected leaders and urge them to not cut the very funding that is required to help people within our communities.
Words are inadequate to describe the atrocities against the children and adults with mental and physical disabilities discovered in Philadelphia recently – and this is not the first time such circumstances have occurred. These individuals represent some of the most vulnerable members of society, and deserve our protection and support. The moral test of our society is how we protect our children, the elderly and disabled.
Stewart L. Cohen is a Philadelphia trial lawyer and advocate for the disabled. He is an emeritus member of the board of directors of UCP and a past president of the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania.
For information on attorney Stewart L. Cohen, visit our website http://www.cprlaw.com.
Read the full story at http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-03/news/30355239_1_ucp-programs-social-service-physical-disabilities.
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Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws Affecting Medicare and Medicaid: An Overview
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A number of federal statutes aim to combat fraud and abuse in federally funded health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Using these statutes, the federal government has been able to recover billions of dollars lost due to fraudulent activities. In March 2010, Congress enacted comprehensive health care reform legislation. One focus of this legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as amended, is improved health care fraud and abuse enforcement. PPACA, among ot
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29th Annual National Continuing Legal Education Conference Offers Attendees Expert Speakers in Eight Areas of Law
Snowmass Village, CO (PRWEB) November 11, 2011
The National Continuing Legal Education Conference (CLE) presenters are not just your ordinary legal professionals who will share their legal experience and expertise to attendees – many have been involved with the conference for more than 20 years. These experts will serve as moderators and speakers for the National Continuing Legal Education Conference (CLE) which will be held in Snowmass January 4-8, 2012.
Take Andrew Demetriou, an attorney from Los Angeles specializing in institutional health care. Demetriou is an active member of the American Bar Association having served as the former Chair of the Health Law Section, Vice-Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Sarbanes-Oxley Task Force and responsible for monitoring governance developments of interest to healthcare lawyers and institutions. Demetriou has been involved with CLE since the early 1990s.
This CLE is a loyal group of familiar faces that presents an unbelievable quality of speakers and audience, said Demetriou. The Health Care Law speakers will present the cutting edge issues that affect health care today.
Demetrious health care law co-moderator Tony Patterson, has been in the fraternity of health law for many years. Patterson has written numerous publications and given many speeches on current topics of health care law. According to Demetriou, hot topics at this years conference include health care reform featuring speaker Robert Roth a partner with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C., in Washington, D.C., who is an expert on current matters arising under Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on payment, compliance, and licensing issues. We will also have a forum on the developments and current trends of health care fraud, said Demetriou.
New York attorney David Bernstein, will co-moderate the Intellectual Property (IP) program. One IP focus will be on the patent side of information, with expert speakers including Chief Administrative Patent Judge from the US Patent and Trademark Office, James Smith, who will discuss current patent legislation, said Bernstein.
Bernstein has been involved with CLE for over 14 years and says that IP is the biggest section of the conference and the section has some impressive presenters who will discuss the hottest developments in trademark and copyright law. Bernstein sees a strong loyalty in the CLE attendees.
The 7:00 a.m. CLE programs are very well attendedthen those same attendees show up for last session too, said Bernstein. So everyone comes to every session which is very impressive for a legal conference. He is also impressed with the quality of IP speakers. These are active program planners, IT professionals, trademark expertsall cutting edge speakers, said Bernstein. And there is a high return rate of attendees who attend CLE to learn about all the current IP topics. According to Bernstein, another legal hot topic for IP is social media. We will have an internet forum consisting of experts from Yahoo! Inc, eBay, Microsoft Corp., and IBM, just to name a few heavy hitters, he said. If attorneys go to any continuing legal education conference, this is definitely the one they need to attend.
For the Real Estate/Sustainability section, we go to Seattle, Wash., attorney Charles Wolfe, a cutting edge expert in land use and environmental law and permitting. Wolfe has been involved with CLE since the late 1990s. Our section will focus on real estate, land use law, zoning and clean water issuesall in post recession economy, said Wolfe. We have a diverse faculty on environmental law consisting of environmental law consultants and developers, along with attorneys specializing in real estate law. Wolfe stated that the real estate section is an interesting legal track composed of competitive themes for real estate land regulation along with new federal environmental laws and regulations.
But not all the moderators are attorneys and are experts in their field like Labor & Employment moderator Timothy Darby who acquires, develops and oversees the publication of legal treatises for The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA) books.
We have many journalists at BNA and the largest number of reporters covering Congress and government agencies of any news group in the country, said Darby. For CLE we have a cross-section of speakers during the program so that the various constituencies can present their different perspectives on various areas of the law in constructive interactions which allows for very sophisticated presentations.
According to Darby, the Labor & Employment program is unique in that there are well defined interest groups of attorneys who dont tend to overlap their practice areas, for example; the defense side, plaintiff and union attorneys, arbitrators, mediators and judges who will discuss effective and ineffective litigation tactics and how they handle various types of issues that arise during litigation.
The National CLE conference offers eight areas of law; bankruptcy; civil litigation; employee benefits; family; health; intellectual property; labor & employment and real estate/sustainability all presented and moderated by experts in each field. CLE participants are able to accumulate 16 to 22 credit hours while enjoying the world class ski resort of Snowmass, Colo. For more additional information or to register for the National CLE Conference, go to http://nationalcleconference.com or call 303-860-0608. The National CLE Conference will be held at The Silvertree Hotel and Conference Center in Snowmass.
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The year-round resort town of Snowmass Village, Colorado is located nine miles from Aspen, Colorado. Snowmass is accessible by the local Aspen/Pitkin County airport and three regional airports. Top-of-the-line conference equipment and facilities, economy to luxury guest rooms, free local transportation, countless summer and winter activities and superior guest experience characterize Snowmass Village resort. With recent investment of $ 1 billion in the ski area, base village, and new lodging properties with meeting space, Snowmass is ideal for meetings and conferences, ski and social groups, corporate retreats and business guests. For additional information go to http://www.snowmassgroups.com or call 1-800-598-2006.
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ReversePhoneDirectory.com Warns of Peak Time for Medicare Fraud During Open Enrollment
(PRWEB) November 07, 2011
Reverse Phone Directory, a leading online reverse phone directory, warns that the current open enrollment period of Medicare from October 15th until December 7th also means open season for scammers. Since the 15th, reports of impostor phone calls and door-to-door scams claiming to be Medicare representatives have skyrocketed. The scammers take various forms. ReversePhoneDirectory.com offers warning of frauds to be aware of.
The first version of the scam uses an impostor Medicare employee. Victims are contacted by telephone and asked to verify their Medicare information by someone claiming to be representing Medicare. The caller sometimes claims that a new Medicare card needs to be issued, and claims that the victim has qualified for enhanced benefits. Often times the official sounding phone call intimidates unsuspecting people into giving out sensitive information over the phone to receive the enhanced benefits. Often times the thief will ask to verify identity using social security number or credit card information. This enables the scammer to steal this vital information for use in identity theft.
In the second version the victim is contacted by a caller who informs them that they qualify for a refund from last year. The victim is informed that they simply need to verify identity by giving their social security information. They are told that the refund will be directly deposited into their bank account, and that they simply need to give their bank account information.
Some people have been fooled by fraudsters claiming to be selling supplemental insurance. By claiming association with Medicare, scammers are able to establish trust and sell high priced unnecessary insurance to unsuspecting victims. The victim unknowingly spends hundreds of dollars for non-existent insurance.
ReversePhoneDirectory.com hopes to educate the public to protect Medicare users from falling prey to these scams. If contacted by a person claiming to be a representative of Medicare, or an associated supplemental insurance company Reverse Phone Directory.com suggests the following:
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Philadelphia: Medicare Fraud Keynote Remarks
Philadelphia, PA June 17, 2011 Keynote Remarks – Donald Berwick, MD, Administrator, CMS introducing – Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States – Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services – - – More info at: www.stopmedicarefraud.gov We accept comments in the spirit of our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov US Department of Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov HHS Privacy Policy www.hhs.gov
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Home Care Fraud and Abuse: Critical Questions, Essential Answers
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TurningPoint Adds New Talent to its Management Team
Rockville, MD (PRWEB) September 30, 2011
The companys recent management additions include: Tsippora Rosenberg as Vice President of Engineering, Silvio Renzi as Vice President of Commercial Services, Satya Govindu as Director of Commercial Software Engineering Services, Jim Keith as Director of DoD Business Development, and Steve Lewis as Proposal Manager. In addition, Tina Tyree has been promoted to Director of Federal PMO Practice, and Ramesh Chintagumpala has been promoted to Director of Federal Health IT.
As Vice President of Engineering, Tsippora Rosenberg oversees Federal Telecom Practice which currently serves several federal customers such as: FDA, DHS/HQ, DHS/ICE, FEMA, VA, Army/Airforce etc. In this role, she will oversee TurningPoints proprietary Network Inventory and Optimization Solution (NiOS) professional services delivery team, and software engineering teams. Ms. Rosenberg has held previous engineering and executive management positions with Bellcore, Comsearch, and Realeum.
As Vice President of Commercial Services, Silvio Renzi is responsible for Commercial Services delivery and ensuring effective deployment of customer solutions. Mr. Renzi began his career over 19 years ago, and has worked at AT&T and Bellcore. In 2002 Mr. Renzi founded Solvent Inc. a technology company focused on Network Security and Performance Management. As its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Renzi raised the investor capital to grow the company and provided strategic and operational guidance for development of SolventViewTM.
As Director of Commercial Software Engineering Services, Satya Govindu will be responsible for managing commercial projects involving Software Engineering Services and ensuring successful delivery and customer satisfaction. Mr. Govindu began his career as Software Engineer with Nortel Networks, and has worked for Lucent Bell Labs, and AT&T prior to joining TurningPoint. Most recently Satya managed the enterprise applications and multi-media data distribution technology for a large multi-media company in New York. Satya brings his expertise in digital media distribution technology, mobile computing, and enterprise software engineering delivery.
As Director of DoD Business Development, Jim Keith will be responsible for identifying, qualifying, pursuing, and winning new business within the DoD market. His responsibilities include application of full life-cycle business development methodologies and tools, including opportunity identification, qualification, positioning, bidding, competitive analysis, price to win, and related activities. Mr. Keith, a United States Air Force Veteran, brings over 15 years of proven success in the federal market, from companies such as AAC, Verbatim, Integrated Communications Solutions, and Computer Frontiers.
As the Proposal Manager, Steve Lewis will coordinate all phases of the companys proposal process in response to U.S. government and commercial requests for proposals (RFPs). Mr. Lewis oversees the coordination of all proposal efforts with the technical division, contracts department, contractors, subcontractors, finance department and human resources. Mr. Lewis brings over 25 years of government IT sales and proposal experience to TurningPoint. He has worked for Wang, 3Com, PeopleSoft, and IT contractors to develop sales opportunities and proposals that helped government agencies to increase productivity by meeting their office automation, software application, and systems integration needs.
As the Director of Federal PMO Practice, Tina Tyree will be heading up TurningPoints expanded project management offices (PMO) Services Division and accelerate the growth of PMO services for their customers. Tina is a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), a Process & Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) Auditor, and an experienced CMMI appraiser, with 15 years experience in customer service, program and project management. Tina has an MBA in International Business from Park Point University, and a Bachelors degree in Humanities and Business Administration from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
As the Director for Federal Health IT projects, Ramesh Chintagumpala will be directing and managing health information technology and healthcare informatics projects. Mr. Chintagumpala is a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) with 15 years experience in Health IT, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and program and project management and 5 years assisting CMS in reducing Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and its cost to the taxpayer. He has a successful track record in managing numerous projects under several contracts within CMS Divisions (OIS/OBIS/CPI) with an annual budget over $ 6 million.
The recent growth of our leadership team at TurningPoint really emphasizes the fact that we are a strong and flourishing company. It is through solid leadership and the enterprise-wide adoption of our standardized and repeatable industry best practices, such as ISO, ITIL and CMMI, that enable us to continually deliver the excellent results that our growing repeat customer base has come to expect, explained CEO Bangalore Shivacharan.
ABOUT TURNINGPOINT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Headquartered in Rockville, MD, TurningPoint is a CMMI Maturity Level 3 independently appraised software engineering professional services firm that serves a diversified group of commercial and government customers, enabling them to generate value from their IT investments. TurningPoint achieves these results through the successful planning, development, integration, and maintenance of IT solutions and by driving operational efficiencies into infrastructure operations. TurningPoints focus is on providing high availability business applications that improve bottom-line results by streamlining high-transaction-volume, mission-critical business processes. For more information, visit http://www.tpgsi.com.
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