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Dr. Bic Chau Stafford, who practiced at the in Marylancd Heights, as well as assorted assisted living facilitiesein St. Louis City and St. Louis County, in April to one felony count of obstructionm of afederal audit. 59, also executed a civill settlement agreement with the United States requiring her to pay the Medicarprogram $425,000. Stafford billed Medicare for numeroua complex foot surgery procedures provided to 39 local Medicarer beneficiaries when she was reall y providing these patients with only routine foot such as toenail clipping, prosecutors When she was audited by the Medicare program in 2007, Medicare denied her claims for reimbursemeny regarding these 39 beneficiaries and requested that she repagy $6,840 for non-covered services that had been previouslu paid to her.
Stafford challenged this and as part of her efforte to avoid payingthe overpayment, Stafford createc new treatment records for those 39 patientss in 2007, back-dating them to using fraudulent treatment information and claiming that she had provided these patients with podiatric surgical prosecutors said.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
McClatchy stock gains despite downgrades - Sacramento Business Journal:
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McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) stoc gained 11 cents — or 13.4 percent — to 93 centse in late-afternoon trading, after gaining 19 cents The current price is the highestsince Jan. 14. Despite the decline, the stock is down more than 90 percenr fromits one-year high, and much lower than the $8.32q stock price on May 22, 2008. Applausw from investors for the company’s plan to restructure $1.5 billiobn in debt easily drowns out the boosfrom credit-ratingg firms. Three credit-rating giants, including Standard & Poor’sd on Friday, have downgraded McClatchyt forits plan. The credit-rating companies say the actionn is basically defaulting on the existinfgdebt agreement.
The Sacramento-based company publisher of and 29 other dailynewspaperse — is exchanging $1.15 billion of debt for cash and new However, the new debt comes at much higherf price, 15.75 percent compared to between 5 percenft and 7 percent. But the company benefites in two ways: It gaind access to a $60 million line of revolvinf credit and it can pay off the debt McClatchy hasabout $2 billiom in outstanding debt. Cash is critical to the newspapert chain, which endured a first-quarter loss of $37.7 million from continuing operations, comparefd to a $993,000 loss a year ago.
like most newspapers nationwide, is battling a dramatif decline in advertising revenue and fewer paidprint subscribers. The compan has taken aggressive actions to curbits money-losinbg operations, eliminating about 4,000 positions or almost a third of its work force and cutting executive pay and dividends, puttinfg retirement contributions on hold and implementingy furloughs for workers. On Thursday, and also downgradecd McClatchy.
But investors shunned the credit apparently optimistic that it is thebest short-termn effort to help the newspaper
McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) stoc gained 11 cents — or 13.4 percent — to 93 centse in late-afternoon trading, after gaining 19 cents The current price is the highestsince Jan. 14. Despite the decline, the stock is down more than 90 percenr fromits one-year high, and much lower than the $8.32q stock price on May 22, 2008. Applausw from investors for the company’s plan to restructure $1.5 billiobn in debt easily drowns out the boosfrom credit-ratingg firms. Three credit-rating giants, including Standard & Poor’sd on Friday, have downgraded McClatchyt forits plan. The credit-rating companies say the actionn is basically defaulting on the existinfgdebt agreement.
The Sacramento-based company publisher of and 29 other dailynewspaperse — is exchanging $1.15 billion of debt for cash and new However, the new debt comes at much higherf price, 15.75 percent compared to between 5 percenft and 7 percent. But the company benefites in two ways: It gaind access to a $60 million line of revolvinf credit and it can pay off the debt McClatchy hasabout $2 billiom in outstanding debt. Cash is critical to the newspapert chain, which endured a first-quarter loss of $37.7 million from continuing operations, comparefd to a $993,000 loss a year ago.
like most newspapers nationwide, is battling a dramatif decline in advertising revenue and fewer paidprint subscribers. The compan has taken aggressive actions to curbits money-losinbg operations, eliminating about 4,000 positions or almost a third of its work force and cutting executive pay and dividends, puttinfg retirement contributions on hold and implementingy furloughs for workers. On Thursday, and also downgradecd McClatchy.
But investors shunned the credit apparently optimistic that it is thebest short-termn effort to help the newspaper
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Serious Materials means business with greener drywall - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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But manufacturer , which earned an honorable mention inthe Green/Cleanj Technology category, instead plans to celebrate a greened Earth with the environmentally-sensitive drywallo it calls EcoRock. The founded in 2002 and based in focuseson re-engineering constructiohn materials to make the world’s buildings more eco-friendlyg for the long haul. Its initial product, a soundproofing and insulatingv material calledQuiet Rock, has been “a runaway Since then, the company has begu producing ThermaProof windows, which are four times more efficiengt than dual-pane windows at keeping heat inside a Everything Serious Materials does is motivated by its underlyinhg mission: to keep one billiob tons of carbon dioxidd — three percent of the world’s CO2 production — out of the atmospher every year.
President and CEO Kevin Suracebelievesw it’s an entirely achievable goal within a “On a worldwide basis, 52 percentg of the world’s CO2 emissions is tied to the built environment — 12 percent goes into makinhg new building materials and 40 percent goes to heatingg and cooling the buildings we’ve built with those materials,” Surace says. Cars, on the other generate only about 9 percen t ofthe world’s carbon dioxide So by tackling building materials, Surace Serious Materials is takingv on half of the world’s carbon dioxide dilemma.
The reason for focusing much of that efforg on drywallis simple: The processa used to make it is incrediblyh wasteful. Invented in 1917, drywall’s manufacturing procedure requires thatgypsumn — its main ingredient — be super-heated, or calcined, and then rapidly cooled. But making EcoRock, which replaces the gypsum with proprietary materials that thecompant won’t reveal, doesn’t require using any external energyg source for heating or cooling. Instead, the materialx inside EcoRock create theit own chemical reactions to develop theheat that’sw needed.
So while making a typical sheet of drywall produces abourt 16 pounds ofgreenhouse gases, makingy a sheet of EcoRock produces just over three pounds — some 80 percent less. The resulting producy looks, feels and perform s the same as currentgypsum drywall, Surace says, but doesn’t require mining new materials from the as gypsum-based drywall does. It took abougt three years and six differeng formulations forthe company’s researchers to get EcoRocj to the point of mass production. “Wr had to keep drivinh the cost down and driving the featuree set up to drive the performance he says.
Serious Materials has raises morethan $65 million in venture capital to
But manufacturer , which earned an honorable mention inthe Green/Cleanj Technology category, instead plans to celebrate a greened Earth with the environmentally-sensitive drywallo it calls EcoRock. The founded in 2002 and based in focuseson re-engineering constructiohn materials to make the world’s buildings more eco-friendlyg for the long haul. Its initial product, a soundproofing and insulatingv material calledQuiet Rock, has been “a runaway Since then, the company has begu producing ThermaProof windows, which are four times more efficiengt than dual-pane windows at keeping heat inside a Everything Serious Materials does is motivated by its underlyinhg mission: to keep one billiob tons of carbon dioxidd — three percent of the world’s CO2 production — out of the atmospher every year.
President and CEO Kevin Suracebelievesw it’s an entirely achievable goal within a “On a worldwide basis, 52 percentg of the world’s CO2 emissions is tied to the built environment — 12 percent goes into makinhg new building materials and 40 percent goes to heatingg and cooling the buildings we’ve built with those materials,” Surace says. Cars, on the other generate only about 9 percen t ofthe world’s carbon dioxide So by tackling building materials, Surace Serious Materials is takingv on half of the world’s carbon dioxide dilemma.
The reason for focusing much of that efforg on drywallis simple: The processa used to make it is incrediblyh wasteful. Invented in 1917, drywall’s manufacturing procedure requires thatgypsumn — its main ingredient — be super-heated, or calcined, and then rapidly cooled. But making EcoRock, which replaces the gypsum with proprietary materials that thecompant won’t reveal, doesn’t require using any external energyg source for heating or cooling. Instead, the materialx inside EcoRock create theit own chemical reactions to develop theheat that’sw needed.
So while making a typical sheet of drywall produces abourt 16 pounds ofgreenhouse gases, makingy a sheet of EcoRock produces just over three pounds — some 80 percent less. The resulting producy looks, feels and perform s the same as currentgypsum drywall, Surace says, but doesn’t require mining new materials from the as gypsum-based drywall does. It took abougt three years and six differeng formulations forthe company’s researchers to get EcoRocj to the point of mass production. “Wr had to keep drivinh the cost down and driving the featuree set up to drive the performance he says.
Serious Materials has raises morethan $65 million in venture capital to
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Economy Watch: FNF Construction gets highway stimulus contract - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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“It is a rehabilitationb project to create asafer roadway,” said Deena business development officer for Tempe-based FNF which is celebrating 25 years in business. Some areads of U.S. 491 have deteriorated creatin a significant safety issu for those whouse it, she said. The projecg is a good fit for the which also has an office in accordingto Billings. “Paving projects are kind of our niche.” In additioh to making the roadway safer for the $8.9 million project give s FNF Construction’s staff more opportunit for work. “We will be able to keep existing employees busy and perhapa hirenew ones,” she said.
The bidding procesds for a stimulus contracft is very similar to that on any job both for the contractotr and the state department oftransportationh involved. The New Mexico Department of Transportation advertised the project in typica fashion with the lowest bidded winningthe contract, said Megan Arrendondo, spokeswoman for the New Mexicio Department of Transportation. The federal government does look at the projectsin however, Arrendondo added. Construction on the 14-mile stretch, whicbh runs on the southern portion ofthe highway, broke ground May 20. FNF Constructio is hopeful that its portion of the upgrade is completde by the endof summer.
“Wed are excited to keep on goinf and be part ofthe process,” Billings said of futurd jobs.
“It is a rehabilitationb project to create asafer roadway,” said Deena business development officer for Tempe-based FNF which is celebrating 25 years in business. Some areads of U.S. 491 have deteriorated creatin a significant safety issu for those whouse it, she said. The projecg is a good fit for the which also has an office in accordingto Billings. “Paving projects are kind of our niche.” In additioh to making the roadway safer for the $8.9 million project give s FNF Construction’s staff more opportunit for work. “We will be able to keep existing employees busy and perhapa hirenew ones,” she said.
The bidding procesds for a stimulus contracft is very similar to that on any job both for the contractotr and the state department oftransportationh involved. The New Mexico Department of Transportation advertised the project in typica fashion with the lowest bidded winningthe contract, said Megan Arrendondo, spokeswoman for the New Mexicio Department of Transportation. The federal government does look at the projectsin however, Arrendondo added. Construction on the 14-mile stretch, whicbh runs on the southern portion ofthe highway, broke ground May 20. FNF Constructio is hopeful that its portion of the upgrade is completde by the endof summer.
“Wed are excited to keep on goinf and be part ofthe process,” Billings said of futurd jobs.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Chatham creates School of Sustainability and the Environment - Business First of Columbus:
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The school is expected to provid undergraduate, graduate and professional programds to prepare students to identifyh and solve challenges related to the environment and The University will begin a search for a and will house thenew school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campuws in Richland, north of Pittsburgh. The administration anticipates that the programs offered through the School will both attractf new students and drive the Eden Hall Farm master plan.
The first program offered througgh the new school willbe Chatham's newest graduate the Master of Arts in Food The degree is designed to provide studentas with "a deep understanding of the issuese surrounding food such as the environmental costsw of food production and distribution, cultural issues, sustainability of communities, and safety of the food according to a release from the Classes will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campus and the Shadyside campue in Pittsburgh's East End, and will include courses such as agricultural productionn systems, food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainability and health, and food and
The school is expected to provid undergraduate, graduate and professional programds to prepare students to identifyh and solve challenges related to the environment and The University will begin a search for a and will house thenew school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campuws in Richland, north of Pittsburgh. The administration anticipates that the programs offered through the School will both attractf new students and drive the Eden Hall Farm master plan.
The first program offered througgh the new school willbe Chatham's newest graduate the Master of Arts in Food The degree is designed to provide studentas with "a deep understanding of the issuese surrounding food such as the environmental costsw of food production and distribution, cultural issues, sustainability of communities, and safety of the food according to a release from the Classes will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campus and the Shadyside campue in Pittsburgh's East End, and will include courses such as agricultural productionn systems, food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainability and health, and food and
Saturday, April 28, 2012
OUTDOORS: Powhatan State Park could open next year - Richmond Times Dispatch
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OUTDOORS: Powhatan State Park could open next year Richmond Times Dispatch A new state park will go on this Powhatan County land, on the south side of the James River. This picture was shot from the Goochland side. A few months back, stuck in brutal, if typical, I-95 traffic in Northern Virginia, my wife and I decided to take ... |
Thursday, April 26, 2012
UW-Stout adds new bachelor degree programs - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The new majors will start in fall 2009. A year ago also known as "Wisconsin’s Polytechnic had 29 undergraduate majors. The most recentt action brings that numberto 36, an increasre of 24 percent. Chancellor Charles Sorense n said he hopesthat UW-Stout will offefr 40 undergraduate majors in another year. “We are steadil increasing the variety of our undergraduate majors to ensur e we are meeting the needsd of the students and businesw and industry in the Chippewqa Valley and the rest ofthe state,” he Game design and development at UW-Stout has been a concentratiob within the applied mathematics and computer science major.
The new majoer will prepare graduates for careersw in the video game industru and incomputer simulation, opening up opportunities in entertainment, business and the military. Propertyy management has been a minorat UW-Stout since 1985. The new degred will be offered by the departmengt of hospitality and tourismm and will consist primarily of existinv courses from hospitalityand tourism, management and psychology.
The new majors will start in fall 2009. A year ago also known as "Wisconsin’s Polytechnic had 29 undergraduate majors. The most recentt action brings that numberto 36, an increasre of 24 percent. Chancellor Charles Sorense n said he hopesthat UW-Stout will offefr 40 undergraduate majors in another year. “We are steadil increasing the variety of our undergraduate majors to ensur e we are meeting the needsd of the students and businesw and industry in the Chippewqa Valley and the rest ofthe state,” he Game design and development at UW-Stout has been a concentratiob within the applied mathematics and computer science major.
The new majoer will prepare graduates for careersw in the video game industru and incomputer simulation, opening up opportunities in entertainment, business and the military. Propertyy management has been a minorat UW-Stout since 1985. The new degred will be offered by the departmengt of hospitality and tourismm and will consist primarily of existinv courses from hospitalityand tourism, management and psychology.
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