Minority and Women's Advocacy Groups Send Letter to California Attorney General Jerry Brown Requesting Investigation Into Discrimination by Health Insurance Companies

...dications. The full text of the letter read: Dear Attorney General Brown, We are writing to ask that your office investigate an unscrupulous health insurer practice that denies California patients in pain access to critical medication. We are concerned that this insurer practice particula...

The Mills Group LLC Announces ElderCare/PrimePlus Service

...s living in other communities are concerned that their elderly loved ones receive proper care and services and that they are not taken advantage of by unscrupulous parties who prey on the elderly. Therefore, this service is being offered to assist the elderly in meeting their needs as well as to inform their fami...

Jury Convicts Los Angeles Physician Assistant for Stealing Doctor's Identity and Defrauding Medicare in $7.7 Million Scheme

.... "For years we have pursued fraudsters who attempt to exploit the health care system for their own personal gain. Now, we have another example of an unscrupulous provider being brought to justice." "Today's conviction is another milestone for our Medicare Fraud Strike Force here in Los Angeles," said Glenn...

Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Heat Press Conference on Detroit Takedown

...and Los Angeles to Detroit and Houston. Today, we are here to announce that our combined efforts to shut down Medicare fraud schemes and to stop unscrupulous people from defrauding the American taxpayers have already yielded important results. This morning, indictments charging 53 people with Medicare...

Univision's Doctora Aliza Launches VidaySalud.com(TM)

...al Health, Health Insurance, Health & Beauty and Healthy Living. A special section on Quackery informs users about how to protect themselves from unscrupulous promoters of unproven cures, remedies, diets and nutritional supplements. Additional sections will be developed to reflect the Latino community's hea...

VIPPS Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Continues to Guide Consumers to Legitimate Internet Pharmacies

...nning of the Association's battle against rogue Internet sites selling drugs. NABP continues to develop ways to further protect the public health from unscrupulous sites. In January 2009, NABP launched the Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites(TM) (Vet-VIPPS)(TM) program, which serves as a means to...

Valenti International Responds to the San Diego Union Tribune Article 'Can't buy me love,' Fraught With Inaccuracies and Slanted for Sensationalism, Journalistic Integrity Appears Lost.

...ors (an entire team) to make matches and ensure that clients receive professionally informed attention. Conversely, the industry has a reputation for unscrupulous companies and laypeople masquerading as "matchmakers." How someone could entrust a total stranger lacking in education, training in human behavior an...

Grief Counseling Services Battles Rising Costs of Funeral Expenses

...rieving loved ones with information on making affordable funeral arrangements as well as explain the laws which are in place to protect consumers from unscrupulous funeral homes. The services offered by GCS include survivor counseling and hospice support groups as well as assistance making the final arrange...

USP announces new standards to protect patients from counterfeit and adulterated medicines

... executive officer. "The reality is that with the decentralized, complex and global nature of today's manufacturing environment, it is too easy for an unscrupulous supplierdriven by economic or even more frightening motivesto add an ingredient to a drug product that shouldn't be there, putting us all at risk. The...

Partnership for Safe Medicines Arms Public Against Counterfeit Drugs

...ow to save money without compromising drug safety. As incidents of unscrupulous producers cutting food and medical goods with foreign, even toxic, material...it drugs and send a clear message that we will not tolerate any criminal or unscrupulous activities that compromise public health." In addition to offering...

Unscrupulous in Medical Dictionary

Graft

... , grafted , grafting , grafts . v.tr. To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact graft n. unscrupulous use of one's position to derive profit or advantages; extortion. ... Large "gifts" qualify as graft , and most countries have laws against it. ... ...

Unscrupulous in Biological News

Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish

...fish. "Usually the system is more dissuasive than repressive," Schwab concluded. "Today, illegal fishing has almost disappeared. It seems that the unscrupulous fishermen have understood the efficiency of the system." Satellites for ship detection Satellite radar sensors detect ships well because their ...

Unscrupulous in Biological Technology

Genelex Corporation Defends Consumers' Right to Obtain DNA Information:

...//www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html ). While Coleman supports consumers' access to home DNA tests, he shares some of the Council's concerns that there are unscrupulous companies that don't provide accurate or useful testing. Coleman suggested that companies who sell home DNA tests should, in cooperation with governme...

What's an inbox worth?

...rm. Certified e-mail is, at best, an insurance policy for reputable emarketers. At worst, it's a backlash against well-intentioned e-marketers for the unscrupulous acts of peers. Consumer-certified e-mail: a better idea If companies like Yahoo, AOL, Google and MSN (providers of HotMail) really want to red...