Modi Ji has always been a thriving star for the people of India; from "ache din ayenge" to demonetization he has reserved a part of the publicity for himself.
In between of crucial time for students for their final and board examinations PM, Modi has inked down a book titled "EXAM WARRIORS". The book suggests parents and students are a valiant warrior rather than a worrier. It is an assemblage of the PM's conversation on the focus of examination and academic stress in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' program, the 193-page book contains 25 Modi mantras, illustrations, anecdotes and activity chapters.
Revise and Be Wise, Failure is Not Final, Compete With Yourself, Practice Yoga Regularly and To Cheat is Too Cheap are a few of the mantras shared in the book with students. While addressing the students he mentioned some key points of his book where he asked students to take a pledge against cheating.
This book is going to be a bridge between thoughts of youngsters and their goals in life. How does a student think at the time of examinations? How he competes with his own stress? There are many questions which are left unanswered and in turn, it leads to a growth of that youth who is unaware of his goals and just struggling with his own levels of depression.
Keeping these questions in mind our dynamic Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the book titled "EXAM WARRIORS" on 3rd February 2017. He somehow managed to encourage the students of India to ask their queries regarding exams as #examwarriors on twitter.
The outcomes of these interactive queries came out on 16th February 2017 where PM, Modi Ji addressed a large strength of students at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi. The session was titled as "PARIKSHA PAR CHARCHA" where he addressed around 2000 students of state governments and CBSE. The session was commenced at 12 noon.
Students from different states of India wanted to discuss regarding transparency in evaluation in board paper and they also wanted to converse about the unwell designed pattern of examinations this time.
The book provides 25 formulas in total which will act as a guide for both teachers and students on education systems and techniques followed in the education system.
PM, Modi discussed the different missions and campaigns that are started in India in order to renovate India into a newly constructed educated India.
PM began his speech by sharing his past experiences when he used to study the extracts written by Swami Vivekanand which in turn allowed him to discuss the philosophies of Swami Vivekanand.
Shri Narendra Modi encouraged students to build the asset of self-confidence in them so that they are able to deal every situation of life calmly and moreover smartly.
The book Exam Warriors explained to these students how to concentrate during their most crucial times, i.e. boards, how to evolve their mind in a different manner which would grant the students to walk out this world more confidently.
During the session, there were multiple queries which seized these students to move forward in the discussion. PM Modi permitted them to shoot their doubts so that he can answer best as per his wits.
Shri Narendra Modi has mentioned in his book about how to use strength and wits at the time of examinations. Moreover, he has mentioned that each student is embossed with different abilities and capabilities to grow well in future there is just new to start a hunt to find that talent.
The book suggests students that they have to compete with themselves prior than to compete with others.
PM, Modi also addressed the parents and relatives of the student that they should never scratch the dreams of their child as they should realize their field of interests and persuade them to explore it.
Exam Warriors are a compilation of PM Narendra Modi's various episodes of "Mann Ki Baat" a radio show which was aired in February 2015. These episodes were aired in order to provide a stress-free ambiance to upcoming fighters of board examinations.
Addressing students of various schools and colleges at Talkatora Stadium he tagged Indian students as Born Politician because they know how to finish a task at home by hook or by crook. He appreciated the talent of youths who try to invent new ideas and strategies to finish their assignment at the given time.
PM, Modi answers about various questions asked at the stadium, out of which one student asked PM, Modi about the distractions faced by students at the time of the study. The basic answer to this question he shot was "learn to Defocus" first.
Shri Narendra Modi spoke about IQ and EQ levels in humans which start to develop by the age of 5. He suggests students develop their EQ level which is the absolute strength and power for gaining knowledge.
Students were suggested to take quality sleep which is nothing but a peaceful sleep without any annoying thoughts coming to mind.
PM Modi Ji also addressed the teachers specifying their importance in the lives of students. He suggested them to maintain an appropriate ecosystem with the students would allow them to work more efficiently in their field.
The book held multiple formulas of education out of which one is to manage the working hours and learning hours. It suggested that student should be flexible towards his time-table and allows himself a time in which he can play or enjoy.
PM Narendra Modi talked about the key features of the books and suggested every student read it at least once before appearing for their board examinations.
Do not desire to become something in life but hope to do something new in life. When you dream to become something specific in life, you steal away your own freedom.
Education is definitely necessary to achieve something in life but someone has well said; do not run behind marks, run behind knowledge.
Pursue knowledge over the marks!!


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Zui hou jue ding ai shang ni (sinogrammes simplifiés :  ; pinyin : Zuì hòu juédìng ài shàng nǐ ; titre international :  ou ) est une série télévisée taïwanaise de 2011 mettant en vedette Joseph Chang, Rainie Yang, Kingone Wang, Tiffany Hsu, Alien Huang et Tom Price.

Distribution
 Joseph Chang - Song Jie Xiu (宋杰修)
 Rainie Yang - Xiao Ru (Lulu) Lin (林曉如)
 Tiffany Hsu - Ai Wei (Ivy) Tang (唐艾薇)
 Alien Huang - Geng Shuo Huai (耿爍懷)
 Kingone Wang - Ren Yi Xiang (任以翔)
 Tom Price - Rickie Xiang (向霆威)
 Hsin-ling Chung - Cai Meng Jun (蔡孟均)
 Jay Di - Tony
 Renzo Liu - Li Da Fu (李達夫)
 Wei-hsun Na - Dr. Qiu
 Charge Pu - Jack Liu
 Tao Chuan Zheng - Director Lu (陸董)
 Deng Jiu Yun - Peggy Kwan
 Jessica Song - Kelly Shen (沈慧欽)
 Chi-wen Hsieh - propriétaire
 Lin Mei Shiu - Asan (阿桑)
 Pei-an Lo - Long Ge (龍哥)
 Chia-le Yen - Director Chou (周導)
 Chuan Wang - Samantha Cai (蔡美玲)
 Albee Huang - présentateur du programme

Multimédia

Musique
 L'ouverture: "不按牌理出牌" (Unplanned) par Magic Power
 Fin: "好的 事情" (Good Things) par Yen-j

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Site officiel

Drama taïwanais
Série télévisée taïwanaise des années 2010
Série télévisée de Taiwan Television
Série télévisée de comédie dramatique
Série télévisée de comédie romantique

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Founded on October 18, 1922, with the mission to "inform, educate and entertain", the BBC marked its 95th anniversary this year. Starting out with a staff of four including the general manager, the British Broadcasting Company (as it was first named), quickly established itself as a teller of truth and an integral part of British national life.
Today, the BBC is one of the largest broadcasters in the world, and, although it's been facing struggles and fierce competition from online streaming services, the old titan is still holding up. Let's take a brief look into the corporation's history and see how it got where it is today.
The BBC Timeline illustrates some of the important events and major launches in the history of the broadcasting company, from the day it was formed and its first live sports broadcast, to the release of Doctor Who and the launch of the BBC News Channel, among others. The first broadcasters at BBC had quite a lot of challenges to face, not only on account of technical limitations, but also because they were exploring unchartered territory. For instance, drama without visuals was something completely new and hard to imagine at that time – which is probably why the first play written for radio (and broadcast by BBC) was set in a pitch-black coal mine.
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On this day in 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the first two-way long distance telephone conversation. The call was made between Boston and Cambridge and lasted for three hours, in a bid to convince people that the phone can be a useful communication tool and not just a pointless gadget, as it was seen then. At that time, the device was in its earliest stages of development and, up until the historic demonstration, it had carried only one-way calls, meaning one person could talk and the other could hear, but was unable to reply to the caller.
From an invention that barely interested anyone at first and was considered more of a toy, the telephone has grown to become a device most of us can't live without nowadays. Let's take a brief look at its history and see how it has evolved throughout the years.
The Telephone Evolution Timeline marks major developments and milestones in the history of the indispensable device, from the first phone call ever, the first two-way conversation, or the earliest pay phone, to the first smartphone and the adoption of VoIP services, among others.
At first, the early telephone models had no ringing system to signal incoming calls, so callers had to resort to rather absurd methods to initiate a phone conversation. When they wanted to communicate with another phone owner, they either shouted loudly in the mouthpiece or thumped on it with a pencil to draw their attention, which resulted in the diaphragm being broken quite often.
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Founded in post-war Japan by motorcycle builder and car enthusiast Soichiro Honda, the Honda Motor Company marks its 69th anniversary this year on September 24. Today, the multinational corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of motorcycles, automobiles and combustion engines in the world, most probably due to its emphasis on affordability and eco-friendly products. To celebrate the company's birthday, we have created a timeline of its evolution and achievements throughout the years.
The Honda Motor Co. Timeline marks some of the major milestones and events in the history of the corporation, from its birth to present times.
Founder Soichiro Honda had been tinkering with machines and engines for a few years already by the time he incorporated the company on September 24, 1948. Before the corporation was born, he first opened the Honda Technical Research Institute, to build improvised motorized bicycles based on a supply of war surplus radio generator engines. The bikes ran on turpentine and were hugely successful, as people desperately needed a way to get around in post-war Japan, where there was no real public transit and virtually no gasoline. In two years, Soichiro liquidated the Technical Research Institute and used the resulting funds to incorporate the Honda Motor Company.
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Founded on September 16, 1908, General Motors has played a central role in the automotive world for over a century, being responsible for numerous industry firsts and technological advancements. Surviving wars, recessions, strikes, controversies, and bankruptcy, the enterprise is not the giant it used to be anymore, but it is still going strong. As today marks GM's 109th anniversary, let's take a brief look into the vast history of the company.
The General Motors Timeline illustrates some of the most important milestones in the long life of the automaker, including its incorporation, major acquisitions and innovations, as well as less fortunate events, such as the 2009 Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The history of GM started when William C. Durant, the largest US carriage maker of the early 20th century, saw an opportunity in improving Buick, a local car company with large debts and few sales.
Quite surprisingly, Durant originally had a strong aversion to "gas-powered horseless carriages," considering them dangerous, loud and smelly. Soon after deciding to invest in Buick, the businessman formed General Motors as a holding company to merge the automaker with other car manufacturers, thus giving birth to the titan that would dominate the American auto industry for decades.
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September 8 is certainly a thrilling day for horror fans, who have been waiting eagerly for the second adaptation of Stephen King's It. The highly-anticipated remake had its premiere in LA on September 5 and is scheduled to be shown in cinemas across the US and UK today. Coincidence or not (most probably not), the 2017 release comes 27 years after the 1990 mini-series, the first adaptation of King's novel – just like the creature in the story returns to town every 27 years to feed on the townsfolk.
Since watching the movie might get you in the mood for a Stephen King marathon, we have created a timeline of other productions based on the author's work to help you get started.
As there are probably more adaptations of the writer's stories than one could see in a lifetime, the Stephen King Timeline illustrates only some of the more well-known feature films and TV series, whether critically acclaimed or not. Released in 2007, The Mist is considered as one of the most underrated King adaptations. Almost ignored after its initial release and criticized for bad acting and special effects, the movie has managed to gather a cult following over the years, mostly because of the strong drama, the constant tension throughout, and the petrifying ending.
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Articles Tagged with new york car acccident
The number of people who suffered personal injury or who were killed in a traffic accident in New York City is at its lowest in January compared to the same month in the 3 previous years
3449 people were injured and 13 people died in traffic accidents in New York City in January 2015 compared to respectively 3899 and 21 in January 2014 , 3993 and 28 in January 2013 and 4179 and 21 in January 2012. These numbers are encouraging and may indicate that the Vision Zero Program started approximately a year ago may be effective in making New York City streets safer. Data from December 2014 and January 2015 also show, for the first time, two consecutive months during which the total monthly number of traffic fatalities was below 14. The total number of motor vehicle accidents was stable. Below are graphs depicting traffic accident rates from January, 2013 to January 2015 for various types of accidents for each month for this time period in NYC.
6 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in January 2015 compared to 12 in January 2014, 20 in January 2013 and 12 in January 2012. This is the lowest number since May 2013. This is also half the number recorded the same month a year before. In January 2015, 902 pedestrians suffered personal injury after being struck by a car compared to respectively 1075, 1107 and 1045 in 2014, 2013 and 2012. Its the first time that this number is below 1000 for the month of January.
115 people were injured and 1 person died in bicycle accidents in January. Bike accidents are usually at their lowest in New York City during the months of January and February because less people use their bikes because of the bad weather and the snow.
Posted in: Auto Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Tagged: New York Bicycle Accident, new york car acccident, new york pedestrian accident and new york personal injury
Updated: March 24, 2015 11:07 pm
18 year old driver who struck and killed 4 year old Ariel Russo on the Upper West Side of Manhattan accepted a plea deal for the 2013 fatal crash and several other additional run-ins with police
Franklin Reyes admitted that he struck Ariel Russo, resulting in her death, because he was speeding while trying to avoid being arrested by the police without a license after he was caught making an illegal turn. He will spend up to nine years in jail. 4 year old Ariel Russo was walking to school with her grandmother when Reyes lost control of his car and struck both of them at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 97th street in NYC. Ariel died in the accident and her grandmother, 46 year old Katia Gutierrez was seriously injured. Read more in the NY Daily News
Posted in: Auto Accidents and Wrongful Death
Tagged: new york car acccident and New York Wrongful Death
Published on: March 4, 2015
A pedestrian sustained serious personal injury after being pinned between two yellow cabs in Midtown Manhattan
A 42 year old woman was loading her luggage in the trunk of a cab when she was hit by another cab that crashed into her and pinned her between the two vehicles. A witness who saw the crash said that the taxi crushed the leg of the woman who fell on the ground in extreme pain. The witness also stated that she lost a lot of blood. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital in critical condition. Both taxi drivers remained at the scene and none of them was charged as the police were till investigating the cause of the accident. This morning's icy and slushy weather may have played a role in the crash. According to the sister of the victim, the woman was on her way back to California after she came to New York for the wake of a friend who was sick and had just passed away. Read more in the NY Daily News
Posted in: Auto Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents and Personal Injury
Tagged: new york car acccident, new york pedestrian accident and new york personal injury
Updated: March 4, 2015 10:25 am
The number of pedestrians dying after being struck by a vehicle in New York City decreased by 23% in 2014 compared to 2013 while the number of cyclists killed in bicycle accidents increased by 73% for the same period according to recent NYPD statistics
10 pedestrians died and 1220 suffered personal injury in traffic accidents last December bringing the total number of pedestrian deaths to 135 in 2014 compared to 168 in 2013 and 130 in 2014 according to car crashes data recently released by the NYPD. The total number of pedestrians injured in vehicle accidents for 2014 was 11,000 compared to 11,978 the previous year, a decline of 8%. While pedestrian deaths are back around the level of 2012, deaths as a result of a bicycle accident increased by 73% with 19 fatal bicycle accidents in 2014 compared to 11 in 2013. The number of people injured in a bicycle accident decreased by 2% with 3960 cyclists injured in 2014 compared to 4043 in 2014.
Globally New York City roads were less dangerous in 2014 than in 2013 with a total of 250 people dying in crashes in 2014 compared to 286 in 2013 – a decline of 12% – and 50,896 road users suffering personal injury in 2014 compared to 54,818 in 2013 – a decline of 7%.
Even though pedestrian deaths and injuries decreased in 2014, the number of pedestrians suffering personal injury in a vehicle accident was above 1200 in December, the highest monthly number for the last two years. Monthly pedestrian deaths never went over 15 in 2014, an improvement compared to 2013, a year during which the monthly number of deaths jumped to 25 in November and 20 in January.
Tagged: New York Bicycle Accident, new york bus accident, new york car acccident, new york pedestrian accident, new york personal injury, new york truck accident and New York Wrongful Death
New York City Police release video of a hit and run driver who critically injured a pedestrian in Queens, NYC
A 63 year old woman suffered serious personal injury after she was hit by a hit and run driver who is still at large. The accident happened Sunday morning at 89th Avenue and 120th street in Queens, NYC. The driver hit the pedestrian at 89th Avenue and 120th Street in Queens, and sped off on 89th Ave. The police are still looking for the driver and have released the below video. The vehicle is a dark gray Nissan Pathfinder. The victim was taken to the hospital where she is in serious condition.
Posted in: Auto Accidents, Negligence, Pedestrian Accidents and Personal Injury
Tagged: car accident nyc, new york car acccident, new york pedestrian accident, new york personal injury, pedestrian accident nyc, personal injury nyc, Queens car accident, Queens pedestrian accident and Queens personal injury
6 people suffered personal injury in a Manhattan crash during which a car driving the wrong way on the FDR Drive collided with two other vehicles
One person was critically injured, 3 other people were seriously injured and two other people sustained minor injuries in a violent car crash which happened early in the morning on the FDR Drive in Manhattan, NYC.
The crash was caused by a wrong way driver who was travelling southbound in the northbound lanes of the highway around 4:00 am in the morning. The car traveled approximately 10 blocks from 34th street and then collided with two SUVs.
The driver of the vehicle sustained head injuries and was transferred to the hospital in critical condition. 5 other people were also rushed to the hospital and one person was treated at the scene.
Posted in: Auto Accidents and Personal Injury
Tagged: new york car acccident and new york personal injury
To prevent traffic crashes and protect pedestrians and bicyclists from personal injury and death, the New York State Senate passed a bill to lower the speed limit to 25 mph in New York City
A major step in Vision Zero plan to reduce the number of injury and death related to traffic accidents in New York City has been achieved this week. Albany just granted Bill deBlasio the authority to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 mph to 25mph in all 5 boroughs of New York City.
Read more in Mobilizing the region, the blog from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Tagged: new york accident, new york bus accident, new york car acccident, new york pedestrian accident, speeding, vehicle crash and Vision Zero

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Q: Iterate through and show the values in a 2D array taken from a text file Hi I am new to 2D arrays and I am having problems with showing the content of the array indexes. I am reading the values from a text file and storing them into a 2D array. I am not sure if the items are even storing properly. When I use a System.println() during the iteration of the 2D array being filled then it prints all the values out as they currently show up. However if I try filling the array and call any location index after such as data[45][45]; it will only return a 0. Each int value taken from the text file that should be stored are each in the millions.
final String FILENAME = "DATA.TXT";

int [ ][ ] data = null;

int numberOfRows = 0;
int numberOfCols = 0;
String message ="";

try {
    File file = new File(FILENAME);
    Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file);

    // Read the number of Rows and Columns first
    numberOfRows = inputFile.nextInt();
    numberOfCols = inputFile.nextInt();
    //Creates the row and column amount
    data = new int[numberOfRows][numberOfCols];

    for(int i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
    {
        for(int j = 0; j < data[5].length; j++)
        {
            while(inputFile.hasNextInt())
            {
                data[i][j] = inputFile.nextInt();
                //System.out.println(data[i][j]); //This works for displaying the values cuurently
            }
        }
    }
    inputFile.close();
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
    {
        System.out.println("Error reading data from " + FILENAME +
        " Exception = " + ex.getMessage());
    }

    System.out.println("Data has been read - file has " + numberOfRows +
    " rows and " + numberOfCols + " columns.");

//THIS or even using a loop to iterate through the 2D array that should contain
// the values does not appear and only ends up as 0 as if the values are not stored.
System.out.print(data[56][56]);
}
}

I have looked at this for a few hours and I do not understand if the values are not being stored properly or if there is a reason I cannot call the value in any index of data such as data[45][45] or using a loop such as
for(int n =0; n <data.length; n++)
{
    for(int k = 0; k < data[0].length; k++)
    {
        System.out.print(data[n][k]);
    }
}

If I am doing this completely wrong or there is a much more efficient way to do this please let me know. Otherwise in general I do not know what is wrong.
Thank you for checking out my post and I believe this would be helpful to many new programmers to 2D arrays and file read.
FILE CONTENTS
500 1000
1052662 1025260 1064342 1045596 1093363 1063663 1014129 1070544 1005352 1046317 1059536 1009817 1049327 1012134 1047499 1026392 1056558 1098823 1060554 1028017 1046977 1022098 1018538 1077771 1082687 1025653 1056869 1076473 1097420 1080444 1063797 1014295 1083251 1037760 1026325 1003914 1034680 1069524 1029877 1075546 1047177 1061381 1080359 1035442

A: Try this :
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final String FILENAME = "d:/data.txt";

        long[][] data=null;

        int numberOfRows = 0;
        int numberOfCols = 0;
        String message = "";

        try {
            File file = new File(FILENAME);
            Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file);

            // Read the number of Rows and Columns first
            numberOfRows = inputFile.nextInt();
            numberOfCols = inputFile.nextInt();
            // Creates the row and column amount
            data = new long[numberOfRows][numberOfCols];

            for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRows; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < numberOfCols; j++) {

                        data[i][j] = inputFile.nextInt();

                }
            }
            inputFile.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            System.out.println("Error reading data from " + FILENAME
                    + " Exception = " + ex.getMessage());
        }

        System.out.println("Data has been read - file has " + numberOfRows
                + " rows and " + numberOfCols + " columns.");

    // display 2D array

        for(int n =0; n <numberOfRows; n++)
        {
            for(int k = 0; k < numberOfCols; k++)
            {
                System.out.print(data[n][k] +"  ");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }

}

A: Found out I just had to get rid of the while statement and it seems to work perfectly. Thanks for all your help tho.

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French Police have Suspects in Custody in Kardashian Robbery
Published on January 9, 2017 in Scandals by Chloe
French Police have revealed that they believe that they have captured all the suspects in the Kim Kardashian robbery from last October. The arrests of 17 alleged veteran armed robbers behind the multi-million dollar heist in Paris included 3 women and the rest were men. Kim's attorney says that this latest update hopefully will help his client fund closure and end the trauma that she has been suffering since the robbery occurred.
The coordinated raids over the weekend rounded up the gang, including a 'major thug' in his 70s, two diamond dealers and lots of long rap sheets amongst the rest of the suspects. The French Police believe that they have captured the entire gang involved in the heist. They suspects were arrested in both Paris and the south of France. One of the suspects nicknamed 'Mr Bigs' has been partially identified as Pierre B., a 'career villain' living in Grasse, in the south of France. 'Mr. Big' is a 72-year-old who has made millions through counterfeit money in the past. The suspects can be held for up to 96 hours before being charged or released.
It has been found out that the French police were able to track the suspects down due to a DNA that was found on a piece of tape used to gag Kim Kardashian during the robbery. After three months of checking the DNA sample against samples of numerous suspects, it was finally connected to a well-known criminal who had been involved in numerous armed robberies. He has not been named yet.
Kim's attorney, Jean Veil, made this statement regarding the arrests, "I welcome this with great satisfaction." He went on to say that, "These arrests are a nice surprise because on the one hand, it will perhaps make it possible to find the jewelry. On the other hand, it puts an end to the outrageous speculation by some, who thought it was intelligent to pretend that this robbery was staged, or a publicity stunt organized by Ms. Kardashian."
We were torn on whether this was a publicity stunt at first but now we feel like it wasn't. We hope that she can now start recovering from this traumatic incident.
When Covid made millions of Americans homebound, there was no better time for Netflix to drop one of the most bonkers
Another day, another Kardashian in the news. Kim Kardashian is being raked through the coals for an Instagram post that
In a 4 minute video that was created for Elle Magazine, Kim Kardashian opens up about some of the wildest
Kardashian Robbery a Fake?
Published on October 10, 2016 in People by Chloe
Is Is possible that the robbery was as fake at Kim's butt injections? In a bombshell report, The Huffington Post released a report that claims that Kim confessed to the production crew of the show that she faked the entire robbery to benefit her show. The post that stated this confession has since been deleted by the publication. As a result of Kim's confession E! stopped production on KUWTK, and canceled the show shortly thereafter.
Starcasm.com has revealed that the Huffington Post story headlined "The Alleged Stunt That Backfired And May Cost Kim Kardashian Her Career." has been removed from their website. The story was archived by the gossip blog Fameolous, and is available at this link. The story alleges that Kim confessed that the robbery was an elaborate ruse in order to boost ratings of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Though the show is in Season 12 and it averages approximately two million viewers per week, it remains unclear as to why this elaborate stunt was needed in order gain exposure . In addition, in February of 2015, the Kardashians signed a four-year, $100 million contract with E!.
For now, E! hasn't released a statement addressing these allegations and hasn't stated whether the show is completely done.
Update on Kardashian Robbery
Published on October 4, 2016 in People by Chloe
We learned yesterday that Kim was robbed at gunpoint at her Parisian hotel Hotel de Pourtalès and the robbers made off with almost $20 million worth of her jewelry and belongings. More details of the robbery have been emerging over the last 24 hours and the story keeps getting more and more mysterious. Although the police don't have any leads yet, they think it is an inside job.
TMZ reported that the police do not think it is a coincidence that Kim was without her bodyguard at the exact time of the robbery. They think the robbers were somehow tipped off to when Kim would be alone in her room. There was a small window of time that Kim was by herself and that is when the robbers broke in. She had friends over and her bodyguard was out guarding Kendall and Kylie at a local nightclub. Once Kim's friends left the hotel, that is when the robbery went down.
The police and the Kardashian's do not think that the bodyguard was in on the robbery. It has been suggested but both the police and Kim do no think he had anything to do with it. During the robbery, it was revealed that the robbers approached the concierge at the hotel with their guns drawn and told him to take them up to Kim's suite. Once the robbers got what they wanted, they took the concierge back downstairs.
Right now, the list of people that could have tipped off the robbers is pretty extensive. The Paris police are in the process of checking phone records of people that were in the area at the time of robbery.


What goes into the world's most expensive dinner?
The Jane Seymour diamond ring will be served with the dessert, a Valrhona 70% dark chocolate croquembouche.
Russian diamond company World of Diamonds and restaurant Ce La Vi Singapore is hoping to host the world's most expensive dining experience at a hefty price of S$2.7 million, which includes an 18-course dinner, luxurious rides and a special fireworks display to end the night.
During a media preview on Wednesday evening (10 August), representatives from both companies gave a sneak peek of their proposed dining experience, which would also include a 2.08 carat diamond ring named after Hollywood actress Jane Seymour, diamond encrusted chopsticks, and armchairs personally designed by local interior design company — The Plush.
Organisers say they have received more than one enquiry — mainly from the US and Europe — but no confirmations have yet been made.
Till then, the S$2.7 million dining experience remains on the menu. No validity period has been set.
If it does happen, here's a look at what would go into the world's most expensive dining experience.


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At The Health Law Firm, we have represented many clients that were involved in qui tam cases brought because of false claims under the Medicare False Claims Act (FCA). We have defended health facilities and health professionals, but we have also brought whistle blower cases against health facilities and health professionals, representing the whistle blower. If you are thinking about blowing the whistle on any type of fraud or unlawful conduct by your current or former employer, there are important facts that you should know.
Filing a qui tam (whistle blower) case can be complicated, complex, and time consuming. It's important to seek experienced legal counsel to guide you through the difficult process. It is crucial that a whistle blower's attorney have a good working relationship with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the State Attorney's Office, as well.
1. You Are Doing the Right Thing. It is important to remember in qui tam cases that you are doing the right thing. Qui tam whistle blowers often save taxpayers millions of dollars and help the government recover stolen funds by coming forward with cases of fraud or unlawful conduct. Additionally, they help to put an end to fraudulent activities and illegal conduct that may harm patients.
2. Choose an Experienced Attorney. Because filing a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act (FCA) can be a difficult and complicated task, choosing an attorney with the proper experience is very important. Litigation of whistle blower cases, either prosecuting them or defending them, is a highly complex, technical area of law and not all attorneys have the experience to make the process easier, let alone be successful.
3. Don't Drag Your Feet If You Have Evidence of Fraud. Once you have evidence of fraud, you need to act quickly or you may lose your opportunity to receive a monetary award. The FCA limits the time in which a suit can be filed. Generally, a qui tam suit must be filed within six years of the date the fraud was committed. Most qui tam laws, including the FCA also have a "first to file" rule. This means that a qui tam whistle blower must be the first to file a case in order to be eligible to receive an award. Additionally, if the fraud becomes public knowledge or the government discovers the fraud on its own, it is too late for the whistle blower.
4. Whistleblowers Are Legally Protected from Retaliation by the False Claims Act. One concern clients have when filing a qui tam suit, is the effect it might have on their future professional career as well as their personal life.
First, because the case is filed under seal, there is no record of any kind that even shows a case has been filed, much less the name of the person filing it. The U.S. Attorney and its investigators (including the FBI and the OIG Special Agents) will know, but they ain't telling. It often takes several years before the court will order the case unsealed. Second, the False Claims Act contains a provision that prohibits any type of retaliation against the whistle blower. The act makes it unlawful for any employer to retaliate against you for exercising your rights as a whistle blower. Additionally, if it occurs, you will have a separate right to sue an employer just for the retaliation. I saw a whistle blower case recently which the court dismissed because there wasn't specific information contained in the complaint about any false claim being submitted. However, because the employer had retaliated against the whistle blower, the court did not dismiss the whistle blower's claim for wrongful retaliation against the employer. This was a big mistake by the employer.
5. Silence is Golden in Qui Tam Cases. Do not discuss your case with anyone but your lawyer. Do not tell your friends. Do not tell your family. Do not even disclose that you are thinking of filing a lawsuit. Public discussions can be detrimental to your case. Qui tam suits are filed under the "seal" provision of the FCA, which prohibits the disclosure of any aspect of the case to anyone without prior court approval.
6. Most Important, Documentation of Actual False Claims is Required. Recent court cases have strictly emphasized the requirement that you must have documented proof of actual false claims being submitted to the government. Whether these are copies of claims, copies of superbills, copies of explanations of benefits (EOBs), copies of ledgers, copies of book keeping documents or whatever, you must have several actual claims that are false that were submitted for payment. You must be able to specifiy these by patient name, date of service, CPT code billed, amount billed, etc. Internal memos, policies and procedures, billing guidance and instructions, medical record entries, and other documents that show the employer's intent to defraud the government are useful in showing a conspiracy, or organized scheme to falsely bill. However, you must also have copies of false claims documentation, as well.
Remember: Those who file qui tam cases under the FCA are valuable and important for our nation's health care system. They help stop health care fraud and help the government recover billions of dollars. They prevent the theft or waste of millions of dollars that could be spent on actual, needed health care. They also help prevent harm that may be caused to patients from receiving substandard treatment, unnecessary procedures and treatments or no treatment. Through qui tam lawsuits, whistle blowers have stopped harmful practices that endanger the health and lives of Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and VA patients.
For more information, read my prior blog on whistleblowers who report fraud.
Contact an Experienced Health Law Attorney to Assist in Whistle blower/Qui Tam Cases.
If you have knowledge of false claims being filed against Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE/CHAMPUS or any other type of government program, please contact us, and we will be happy to assist you. Our law firm represents health professionals and health care organizations almost exclusively. Yet, we have been involved in a number of whistle blower/qui tam cases, in which we represent the person who files the claim.
I review many letters, e-mails, memoranda, and other types of correspondence prepared by my physician and nurse clients during the course of my legal representation of them. Often this is the result of a dispute with a hospital, a dispute with their peers or the medical staff, a dispute with an insurance company, a law suit filed by a patient, a complaint being investigated by the licensing agency, or another serious legal matter.
In many cases, way too many cases, such correspondence is unprofessional and defeats the purpose of the reason you are sending the correspondence. Sometimes it is so bad, it will be disregarded by the reader to whom it was directed. I have seen this from doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists, owners of health care businesses, and many, many other highly educated professionals who really should know better.
When such documents are dictated and transcribed by a professional medical transcriptionist, they are usually properly formatted and many of the errors I note are avoided. However, when the health professional types his or her own document, that is when I see the most errors.
To avoid these errors that make your correspondence and professional communications look unprofessional, follow these tips.
Remember Why You Are Writing.
Remember, the basic purpose of your correspondence is to communicate ideas effectively. In many cases, it will be to invoke your legal rights in certain situations (such as an appeal or a hearing request). Sometimes it will be to attempt to persuade your hospital, your peers, or your employer to take certain action or to refrain from certain action. Remember that your correspondence is often the first impression that the other side will have of you. Do you want it to be an impression that you are sloppy, lazy, unprofessional, not knowledgeable, uneducated, or confused?
Whether you are communicating in a letter or via e-mail, these rules hold true. In many (if not all) situations involving legal proceedings or legal issues, it is probably best to communicate via a letter sent by U.S. mail or some other reliable service (e.g., Federal Express, Airborne Express, DHL, etc.). Even if you are transmitting your information via an e-mail, it is my suggestion to prepare it in the form of a paper letter (if your e-mail is not set up to insert your letterhead) and then scan it in and send it electronically.
I discourage legal communications via e-mail in serious matters because they are often difficult to obtain, isolate, and authenticate when you need them for hearings. Additionally, they are rarely secure, often available to many others who shouldn't see them and easily susceptible to being accidentally sent to others who should not see them at all.
Horror Stories of Unprofessional Correspondence.
Why do I feel this blog is necessary? Because of all the horrible correspondence I have seen written by allegedly highly educated professionals, mostly physicians and nurses. That's why.
Physician never wrote a separate response to any charges or allegations made against him on any peer review documents. He would just hand write (scribble, actually) his remarks on the bottoms and in the margins of whatever document he was sent to him and then send it back.
Nurse practitioner was required to respond to serious charges of negligence resulting in an adverse outcome to a patient. She hand wrote, on unlined paper, a response letter that was not addressed to anyone, not dated, not signed and did snot state who was sending it.
The physician was required to provide his analysis of a patient's case for peer review purposes. His typed letter of three pages, single spaced, contained one long paragraph. I used to work for a Medical Corps Admiral when I was a Navy JAG Corps officer. He would just glance at such correspondence and state: "I can tell this doctor doesn't have any idea what he is talking about." Failing to follow good correspondence procedures will show others your thoughts lack organization and cohesion.
A health professional was required to complete an application for clinical privileges. He wrote all of the answers by hand, not even staying within the lines on the form, writing over the questions and around in the margins of the application. This is what he signed and turned in. Believe me, this did not look very professional.
Physician was requested to respond to a medical staff inquiry from the hospital. Her response came back typed in 22 characters per inch (cpi) size type font, almost too small to read. Perhaps she was just trying to save a sheet of paper. But many of us would have had to pull out a magnifying glass to be able to read it. If you are actually trying to communicate your ideas, make your correspondence easier to read, not harder to read.
A dentist was notified of a pending complaint investigation being opened against her dental license. She wrote her response to the charges back to the investigator, without using any business address or title, and began her response statement "Dear Sharon,". Do not treat others informally, especially in professional or formal situations. You will be deemed to be unprofessional when you do so.
Tips for Good Professional Correspondence.
Here are some pointers on professional communications that should be followed in all of your professional written communications about business, professional or legal matters, even in e-mails. Please note, the terms below in quotation marks have certain defined meanings. If you don't know what these terms mean, look them up.
1. Always remember that the reason you are sending the correspondence is to attempt to effectively and accurately communicate your position and ideas. If you are trying to make your message indecipherable or difficult to understand, ignore these tips. If you are trying to come across as someone who doesn't give a damn about how he or she is perceived, ignore these tips. If you want to come across as unprofessional, ignore these tips.
2. Make sure you include your complete and correct "return address" and contact information. This includes your physical or mailing address, telephone number, telefax number and e-mail address, so that the other party knows exactly how to reach you. In cases where you already have this on your letterhead, be sure to use your letterhead. Also, it appears more professional to create a letter head with the information in it and to use your new letterhead instead of having a professional business letter with a typed "return address." However, a typed "return address" is better than none.
3. Don't use someone else's letterhead. Don't use your hospital, medical group or institutional letterhead for your own personal communications, unless you are the owner. Use your personal letterhead (see above), instead. If you are being accused of poor utilization review, unprofessional conduct, or personal use of hospital (or company) property, then using someone else's letterhead just helps prove the charge against you.
4. Date your correspondence. Date your correspondence. Date your correspondence. Nothing shows a lack of professionalism and lack of attention to detail as sharply as undated correspondence. It will certainly be difficult to prove when your letter or document was sent if you do not have a date on it. A year or two later, it may be completely impossible to do so.
On December 21, 2017, the Devereux Foundation in Philadelphia, agreed to pay $800,000 to end a wrongful death suit against staff at The Devereux Pocono Center. The suit accused staff at the organization's residential behavioral health facility in northeast Pennsylvania of failing to recognize symptoms of an infection in a developmentally disabled resident.
Details of the Wrongful Death Suit.
The family of Megan Ramsey, who died in the care of the Devereux Pocono Center in July 2014, asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to sign off on the settlement to end allegations that staff failed to detect symptoms of a perforated bowel and infection. According to court records, the patient had suffered from a rare genetic disorder known as Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Her symptoms included slow growth, small stature, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and issues with behavior and communication.
In July 2014, Ramsey complained of shoulder pain, a symptom of bowel perforation, according to the complaint. She was administered a pain reliever and observed to be uncharacteristically irritable and aggressive and was treated with doses of an anti-anxiety medication, the suit said. Ramsey asked staff members to be taken to the hospital. A residential manager at the facility, however, said only to monitor her closely, offer her fluids, and advise nursing staff of any worsening of her symptoms.
She was found dead the next morning.
The patient's family filed a pretrial memorandum in September 2017, in which investigations by state agencies resulted in findings of neglect, intentional or reckless failure to provide treatment, and intentional use of a chemical restraint or isolation.
The settlement of $800,000 includes fees for the plaintiff's counsel of just under $267,000, the filing said. Click here to read the settlement in full.
To read one of my prior blogs about a similar case involving 14 deaths at a Florida nursing home, click here.
The Health Law Firm and its attorneys represent nursing homes, nursing home employees, mental health facilities and mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers and mental health counselors, in a number of different matters including incorporation, preparing contracts, defending the facility against malpractice claims, licensing and regulatory matters, administrative hearings, and routine legal advice.
Fair, Matt. "Pa. Nursing Home Settles Patient Death Suit." Law360. (December 21, 2017). Web.
The Meyer Law Firm. "Wrongful Death in Nursing Homes." NursingHomeAbuseGuide.org. (December 22, 2017). Web.
The gunman accused of shooting and killing two women at a Titusville hospital on July 17, 2016, was awaiting a court-ordered mental evaluation, according to authorities. The gunman, David Owens, had a long history of mental health problems and it is believed that he sought help over eight times. That exam was still pending when he shot and killed two people at Parrish Medical Center.
Long-Term Care for Mentally Ill.
The gunman's mother told authorities that she had been trying to get her mentally ill son long-term care for years. She claimed he talked of killing and that she felt her life, and those of others, was in danger, and begged he be sent to a mental hospital.
To read more on mental health care, click here to read one of my prior blogs.
"Gunman accused of killing 2 at Titusville hospital was waiting for mental health evaluation." WFTV. (July 18, 2016). Web.
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At The Health Law Firm, we are frequently consulted by family members of individuals who are erroneously held under Florida's Baker Act. An erroneous confinement under the Baker Act can occur for a number of different reasons. However, the result is that an independent citizen is confined in violation of his/her constitutional rights to liberty, privacy and the pursuit of happiness.
The Baker Act allows a licensed health professional to order an individual who is a threat to themselves or others because of a mental illness to be involuntarily held. The individual may then be held in certain designated health facilities for up to 72 hours for an initial psychiatric evaluation.
If the psychiatrist examining the confined individual feels that he or she should be held for further evaluation, then he or she can be held up to a week.
When to Call a Baker Act Attorney.
Over-cautious physicians, emergency room personnel, school officials, nursing home staff and other authorities may call upon the Baker Act to have those that they suspect may be a danger and have a mental problem involuntarily confined. If they are believed to be a threat, usually that individual may be legally involuntarily confined under the Baker Act. Seniors living on their own and teenagers are often the "victims" of this process.
If the individual being held under the Baker Act is not really a threat to themselves or others and the facility will not agree to release them, this is the time to call an attorney. Mistakes often occur as health personnel, school administrators and law enforcement personnel do not want to take the chance of someone committing suicide or killing others.
1. No prior history of mental illness or Baker Acts.
2. Supportive family/friends in the immediate area.
3. Acts/statements made not truly a threat to self or others.
4. Regular treating physician or health care personnel in area.
5. No current signs of mental illness.
1. Individuals who do not have a mental condition and do not meet the basic criteria for the Baker Act may be involuntarily confined and deprived of their freedom.
2. Children are involuntarily confined at facilities that are not really set up to take care of the medical and mental health needs of children.
3. Because of overcrowding, the person is taken to or transferred to a facility far away from his or her home, family and friends.
4. A person who has other medical problems or chronic medical problems (especially true with the elderly) is confined in a Baker Act facility and is unable to receive regular medical care or attend scheduled appointments with their regular treating physicians.
5. A person who is taking one or more prescriptions for medical problems will not be allowed to take them while confined in the Baker Act facility. This can lead to a deterioration of the person's medical condition.
6. If the person has a regular psychiatrist or therapist, that person is not allowed to see or treat the person where he or she is confined because the therapist is not on the medical staff of the Baker Act facility.
7. If the person has a regular psychiatrist or therapist, that psychotherapist is, most often, not spoken to or consulted by the psychiatrist or staff of the Baker Act facility, even though the regular treating psychotherapist may know far more about the confined patients condition than anyone else.
8. An individual may be confined in a facility in which one or more dangerous patients are also confined. Our clients have reported assaults and sexual molestation which have occurred at such facilities when they were confined involuntarily under the Baker Act.
9. It has been reported to us by our clients that it seems if they have good health insurance (or Medicare) then they are kept longer because the insurance company (or Medicare) is paying the hospital for the inpatient stay, which can be a large amount of money.
10. Sometimes the family is located in another state and merely wants to have the person released so he or she can be taken where they are so the family is better able to support their needs.
Examples of How The Health Law Firm Can Help.
We often receive calls from the husband, wife, parents, children or friends of individuals who have been confined involuntarily to a mental facility. Often, we are called on to respond urgently to obtain the release of someone who may have been incorrectly confined to a mental institution without their consent.
Occasionally, we assist in cases in which the family may be located in another state and the patient is located here in Florida. Often, we are able to obtain a prompt release of the confined person in cases in which the basic requirements for an involuntary confinement under Florida Law do not exist and the patient should not have been confined.
We have been involved in working on an expedited basis with the hospital, mental institution or court to obtain the release of individuals who should not be confined or who desire to be released into the custody and care of their family or back to their own independence.
For a sample of an Emergency Petition for Write of Habeas Corpus we prepared with its supporting documentation, and which contains citations to the appropriate legal authorities, click here. A Memorandum of Law (legal brief) in support of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is also included with it.
The Baker Act Is Not a Bad Thing.
We realize that the Baker Act is a good thing. Many people who may have serious mental health issues and fail to obtain treatment, should be involuntarily confined under the Baker Act. Sometimes this is the only way they will ever be treated correctly. Additionally, it is also a good thing that police, deputy sheriffs and other law enforcement officers are receiving training which is now resulting in more Baker Act hospitalizations and fewer arrests. This helps an individual to avoid a serious arrest and possible conviction of a serious offense (giving them a criminal record forever) when they may need only medical treatment for a mental condition.
Check this blog regularly for more on Florida's Baker Act and the Marchman Act.
Contact Health Law Attorneys Experienced in Handling Victims of Involuntary Confinement Through the Baker Act and Marchman Act.
The Health Law Firm represents individuals, families and friends in challenges to and hearings related to the Florida Baker Act and Marchman Act, when the basic criteria for confinement are not met and there is no medical necessity for further confinement.
Our firm has a process we follow to make sure that a person who should not be held under the Baker Act may be released in a very short time. If the basic criteria for a Baker Act confinement are not present, the person is not required to be held and should be released. If the person has been living independently for decades, has family and a support system available, and has had no prior mental health problems, the odds are he or she should not be involuntarily confined. We act immediately to begin our representation, to make the hospital and its physicians aware that we are representing you, and to take measures to obtain release. If required, we are prepared to file an emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the local Circuit Court to have you brought before the judge for an emergency release hearing. These cases can be time intensive, require a great deal of immediate work, but can yield fast results in most cases.
From our experience mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers and family therapists are at a high risk of having a client or patient file a complaint against them with their licensing board.
Many of their clients/patients have mental health problems, emotional problems or personality disorders; this is why they are seeing a therapist to begin with. If there is a disagreement between the therapist and the client/patient over treatment, diagnosis or other issues, this can easily result in that person filing a complaint.
We have also seen complaints filed when a therapist is retained to evaluate someone for a court proceeding, for vocational rehabilitation programs, for disability insurance and for other types of evaluations where the person is not the client or the patient of the therapist.
Situations to Be Aware of As a Mental Health Counselor, Psychologist, Social Worker and Family Therapist.
Many complaints seem to arise out of situations in which the therapist has socialized with the client or patient. Socializing with a client or patient should be strictly avoided.
Divorces, custody disputes and other family law matters have resulted in an increase in the number of complaints filed against therapists. If one parent disagrees with an evaluation in a child custody dispute, this may result in a complaint against the professional with the licensing board.
We have experienced cases in which family law attorneys have suggested to their clients that they file such complaints in a misguided attempted to have that therapist disqualified from giving an opinion or intimidated into withdrawing.
Steps to Take to Help Alleviate the Consequences of a Complaint Against Your License.
Defending oneself in the investigation of a complaint against your license can be expensive and time consuming. There are two primary actions that can be taken to help alleviate the consequences of such actions by disgruntled clients/patients.
1. Be sure you have and maintain good professional liability insurance that provides professional license defense expense coverage of at least $25,000. You can easily spend this amount in legal fees to successfully defend yourself, even from a completely meritless complaint. This type of insurance is cheap and easy to obtain. Two insurers we know to provide this are Healthcare Providers Service Organization (HPSO) and Lloyd's of London. Check with your insurance agents for others.
2. Immediately retain the services of an attorney who has experience with your type of case and with your professional board. Ask for numbers of cases and outcomes. Usually this will be a health law attorney or administrative law attorney, but make sure the attorney has experience with your board. Many states now recognize the legal specialty of health law. In these states, you want an attorney that is board certified in health law.
Discipline is Forever-Hire an Attorney to Help.
Hire an attorney as soon as you suspect there may be a complaint or an investigation. Do not attempt to do this yourself. Do not make any statement, oral or written, to any investigator until you consult with an attorney. The simplest statement can be used against you to help prove a charge resulting in discipline on your license.
Discipline is for life. Don't take a chance.
Contact Health Law Attorneys Experienced Investigations of Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers and Family Therapists.
The attorneys of The Health Law Firm provide legal representation to mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers and family therapists in Department of Health (DOH) investigations, FBI investigations and other types of investigations of health professionals and providers.
Have you ever had a patient or client file a complaint against you with your licensing board? Do you have professional liability insurance? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
Have You Received a Notice of Termination of Your Medicare Provider Number?
Have you received a notice of termination of your Medicare provider number? Medicare has been revoking the Medicare provider numbers of many different Medicare providers including psychologists and other mental health providers, based on returned mail sent to old addresses which have not been updated or based on inspection team site visits to old addresses.
Often the termination is retroactive to a much earlier date the change or move may have been determined to have occurred. Even if the mailing address is correct or was changed, the physical address of the business must have been updated, as well. It is usually an incorrect or old physical address which causes this to occur.
1. You are prohibited from reapplying to Medicare for at least two (2) years.
2. You may have to pay back any monies received from the Medicare Program since the effective date of the termination (often many months prior to the notification letter).
3. Other auditing agents may be notified such as the Medicare Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPIC) and the state Medicare Fraud Control Unit (MFCU).
4. You may no longer contract with Medicare or anyone who does.
5. You may and probably will be terminated from the approved provider panels of health insurance companies with which you are currently contracted.
6. You may and probably will be terminated from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies (HHAs) with which you have contracts.
7. You may and probably will have your clinical privileges terminated by hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) where you have them.
1. Don't bother to write letters.
2. Don't bother to call the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
3. Don't bother to call the Medicare Administrative Contractor (or MAC) (previously called the "carrier" or "fiscal intermediary").
4. Don't bother to file a new CMS Form 855 (application) or a CMS Form 855C (change).
5. Don't bother to start communicating with CMS or the MAC about your situation and what you need to do about it.
1. Immediately go into the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) and the National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) NPI Registry and print out a copy of the existing information. Then update or correct any incorrect information on you or your company, if you can. Print out the information as it existed before and print out the information after you have corrected it. (Note: Medicare will act shortly after the letter to you to terminate your access to this, so it may be too late).
2. Hire an experienced health attorney immediately to assist you in putting together and submitting a comprehensive Corrective Action Plan (CAP), a Request for Reconsideration (RFR) and a request for an Appeal Hearing.
3. Note that there is a thirty (30) day deadline for submitting the CAP and a sixty (60) day deadline for requesting an appeal hearing. Do not miss these.
4. Implement formal, written internal policies and procedures to prevent a recurrence of the type of error, oversight or event that caused the termination. Train your management and staff on these.
1. Documents showing how the error occurred or past efforts to comply.
2. Surety bond guarantees and documents (where required).
3. Insurance coverage documents showing current coverage (general liability, professional liability, vehicle/auto liability).
4. Current licenses and permits.
5. Certificates of good standing and latest annual reports for any corporation or limited liability company.
6. Print-outs from PECOS/NPPES Registry discussed above.
7. Accident reports, insurance claims, police reports, fire reports or other documentation showing why a relocation was required (if this was an issue).
8. Certificates of compliance training for you and your staff, if available.
9. Copies of policies and procedures that you have adopted to keep there from being a recurrence of the situation that led to the termination.
10. An authorization form for your consultant or attorney to represent you in the matter.
All copies should be clear, legible, complete, straight, no corners cut off an no handwriting on them, to the greatest extent possible.
Everything should be professionally assembled, typed, indexed and labeled. It should include a table of contents or an index. Number every page. It should be submitted to the MAC (or the agency/address given in the termination letter) by two (2) reliable means that document both sending and receipt. Keep copies of everything, including postal receipts, airbills, Federal Express labels, courier receipts, etc. It must be received at the address given in the termination letter you received (usually MAC) by the deadline given above. Keep copies of online tracking reports and return receipts.
In most instances, should you show a legitimate reason for the error, show you are currently in compliance, and show what remedial measures you have taken to keep there from being a repeat, the MAC will accept your corrective action plan (CAP) and will reinstate your Medicare number, as things stand currently.
The attorneys of The Health Law Firm represent durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers and health care providers in Medicare audits, ZPIC audits, MAC audits and RAC audits throughout Florida and across the U.S. They also represent DME suppliers, physicians, medical groups, nursing homes, home health agencies, pharmacies, hospitals and other healthcare providers and institutions in Medicare and Medicaid investigations, audits, recovery actions, termination from the Medicare or Medicaid Program and administrative hearings.
What do you think of this blog post? Please leave any thoughtful comments below.
This is Part 3 of a 3 part series on this issue.
I continue with my tips for preparing good, professional correspondence.
19. In longer correspondence, use section headings (in bold or underlined) or headings for each issue, to better organize it. Think of these as road signs on a long road. They help the reader to know where he or she is at any given time.
20. When using headers, skip two lines before the header and one line after the header. This helps to set off the new section and header and show a definite division.
21. Keep your language objective and professional. Do not ever use profanity [Oops, I just went back and removed the word "damn" I used above.] Do not ever use any comments even remotely resembling racism, sexism, or antisemitism or prejudice. Do not be sarcastic.
22. If there are any deadlines by which you must respond, be aware of these and make sure your response is received by that date. Remember "received" means "actually received" by the correct person (or office) at the correct address. It does not mean "mailed by" or "postmarked by." If you have correspondence or a document to which you a response must be received aby a ceratin date, you need to make sure it is in the receiving person's hands by that date, even if you must hand carry it.
23. Be direct and concise in your language. To the greatest extent possible, use the same terminology and wording that the other party uses, or has used, or whatever statutes, regulations or governing documents with which you are dealing use (but also, be sure you know what the words and terms mean).
26. Always advise the other party of exactly how they should contact you; provide multiple means of contacting you. If you are very busy or have an assistant who is authorized to act for you, provide that person's name and contact information, as well. Then be available to receive the return communication(s). Don't give telephone numbers you never answer.
27. In dealing with dates and deadlines, remember that ten days is ten days; fourteen days is fourteen days, twenty-one days is twenty-one days. Made up rules such as "weekends and holidays don't count" are just that, made up (outside of formal legal proceedings). If the other party has given you "fourteen days to respond," this means fourteen days from the date on the letter, unless specifically stated otherwise. Fourteen days means fourteen days, unless it is specifically stated otherwise (e.g., "you have fourteen business days to reply").
28. Include a professional closing above your signature. This should be "Sincerely," "Sincerely yours," "respectfully submitted," or some other professional closing.
29. In your signature block, include your full typed name, with credentials and title or position listed. For example, your full name, followed by your degree and other credentials (e.g., "John J. Smith, M.D., F.A.A.C.P.") should be on the line immediately below where you sign. Next should be listed your position within your organization (if applicable) (e.g., "Chair, Pediatrics Department").
30. If you have enclosures, list them at the end of the correspondence, giving a brief or shortened description and numbering them. List and number them in the order you discuss them in your correspondence. Be sure they are properly organized, labeled and divided, especially if any are lengthy.
Following these simple rules most people learn in middle school will help to keep your correspondence professional looking and in conformity with what most professionals see on a daily basis.
On January 5, 2018, the state of Massachusetts lodged a False Claims Act (FCA) suit in federal court against the operators of a number of mental health centers. In the suit, it is alleged that they improperly billed the state Medicaid program for services provided by unlicensed, unqualified and unsupervised employees.
The complaint seeks to recover MassHealth's payments to South Bay Mental Health Center Inc. and its subsequent owners for claims they knew were false. Allegedly, they billed for services provided by unlicensed social workers who weren't properly supervised even though it violated statutory and regulatory requirements.
The complaint alleges that from at least August 2009 to the present, defendant South Bay failed to comply with applicable statutes and regulations regarding licensure and supervision requirements for staff. Additionally, the centers allegedly employ a number of staff therapists and clinic directors who aren't licensed as social workers or mental health counselors. Unlicensed social workers can provide mental health services to MassHealth members as long as they are supervised by an independently licensed clinical social worker. This was not the case for the vast majority of South Bay's unlicensed therapists, the complaint alleges.
According to the suit, South Bay could have ensured that the staff at each center was properly credentialed during the hiring process and made sure that workers who needed supervision had it, but the company declined to do so.
The suit was originally brought forth in 2015 by relator Christine Martino-Fleming, who served as coordinator of staff development and training at South Bay. South Bay fired her in September 2014 after she raised concerns about the company's regulatory violations, according to court documents.
Here is the complaint in full for Christine Martino-Fleming v South Bay Mental Health Centers, et al.
There have been an increasing number of Medicare and Medicaid audits being initiated against psychologists and other mental health professionals.
To gain more insight on these types of audits click the link above to read one of my prior blogs.
Attorneys with The Health Law Firm represent physicians, nurses and other health professionals who desire to file a False Claims Act (whistle blower or qui tam) case. This case just shows that even physicians can and should bring such claims and be rewarded for their whistle blowing activities. However, the attorneys of The Health Law Firm also defend physicians, medical groups and health facilities who have been sued in False Claims Act (whistle blower or qui tam) cases or have had administrative or civil complaints filed against them to recover civil monetary penalties. We have developed relationships with recognized experts in health care accounting, health care financing, utilization review, medical review, filling, coding, and other services that assist us in such matters. We have represented doctors, nurses and others as relators in bringing qui tam or whistle blower cases, as well.
Posses, Shayna. "Mental Health Centers Submitted False Claims, Mass. Says." Law360. (January 5, 2017). Web.
Foley, Elizabeth. "Supreme Court to Decide What Qualifies as "False" under the False Claims Act." Barrett and Singal Law Firm. (January 8, 2018). Web.
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In pandemic, teacher with health worries says he's thankful for time in classroom
By Brad McElhinny
Shepherdstown Middle School teacher and coach Kevin Holmes said health problems led to his doctor advising him not to return to in-person work during the pandemic, but he has felt safe after seeing the efforts to keep schools in Jefferson County clean. Photo by Liz McCormick/West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Kevin Holmes, a 58-year-old business teacher at Shepherdstown Middle School, is grateful for the time he's been able to spend in class with colleagues and students this year.
"I'm blessed," Holmes said a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving. "I really feel that way."
Given the risks of the coronavirus pandemic, odds were against Holmes standing in front of a class this year. His health issues include high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma, plus carrying a few extra pounds.
When Holmes was among the Jefferson County school system employees to discuss the challenges of the pandemic with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos earlier this year, he described a warning from his doctor.
"I'm probably at the top of list as the health risk in Jefferson County Schools," Holmes told DeVos.
Holmes repeated the warning during the interview for this story.
"He just said if I caught it, I'd have a hard time surviving it."
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Holmes is a good example of the kind of uncertainty that school systems and individual educators have gone through during the pandemic. Schools ramped up with personal protective equipment, cleaning regimens, new rules about social distancing and an often-awkward balance of classroom and distance learning.
"I can say all my staff are overjoyed to have the opportunity to be with students in whatever format they can and with all the students on site that they possibly can get under their wing," said Shepherdstown Middle School Principal Rebecca Horn.
"They are willing to do things that I would never have imagined adults would be willing to do at such a fast and hurried pace, inasmuch as learning the technology and making accommodations to be on site or virtual or reach the children by phone, house visits, whatever it takes to get the job done to reach our children and provide both the educational and personal touches that school provides."
Now, at a holiday break with virus levels rising, uncertainty prevails.
The weekly Department of Education map depicts nine counties as red, the highest level of virus and halting classroom instruction. Another 13 counties were orange, which also sends students home. And some counties, like Upshur, have made their own decisions to forego classroom instruction as virus cases strain the supply of substitutes.
The Department of Education lists 24 current West Virginia school outbreaks, defined as two or more confirmed covid-19 cases in a 14-day period in a single classroom or core unit.
Dale Lee
The situation has gotten so challenging that the West Virginia Education Association has called for a shift to remote learning through the end of 2020.
"Our school systems are seeing massive closures and quarantines due to exposure and contact tracing. Many systems have not opened for weeks and others are alternating between in-person and remote learning depending on map colors," stated WVEA President Dale Lee.
State schools Superintendent Clayton Burch has described remote learning as a Band-Aid, for emergency use only and far less than ideal because it's such a challenge to remain in touch with many West Virginia students from afar.
Governor Justice
On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice said remote learning "is failing us."
The governor has agreed that increased spread of the virus in communities has made it challenging to keep schools open. But Justice and state health experts have contended that the precautions in schools have made them safer than other public places.
"We want our kids in school, and we want those schools to be dadgum safe. And we want those schools to be safe for our teachers and our service personnel and everyone else," Justice said during a Wednesday coronavirus briefing.
"Those kids, they need to be in school. Badly do they need to be in school. And our teachers want them to be in school."
Jefferson County, where Holmes has been a teacher for many years, has joined many other West Virginia counties with recent challenges.
Holmes met in the principal's office to speak for this story on Nov. 12, which was a Thursday. The next Saturday, Jefferson County went orange on the map, shifting to remote learning for the following week. This week, Jefferson County remained orange.
Justice had earlier announced school should remain out a full week after Thanksgiving as a precaution because of holiday gatherings.
So Jefferson County's classroom closure has just kept getting extended, along with many other school systems in the state. Doors won't open until December, if then.
That uncertainty has been on the horizon for a long time. But Holmes said it's not clear how everyone will adjust.
"I think the teachers are prepared; we've helped each other. The virtual kids will be fine with it," he said. "I'm not sure about the face-to-face students, how it will affect them. They're used to being with each other. You see more friendships and barriers being broken down than you probably would have if this covid hadn't been around. They're embracing each other. They're helping each other."
Holmes hadn't thought he would be in school at all this year. He had already sent his official notification to the human resources department this summer when he had a change of heart. He gained confidence after taking note of the school's unprecedented efforts to prepare.
"I saw the hand sanitizer and the floor looked brand new," he said. "Social distancing was important for me."
Besides, he said, "I really needed the socialization. It was affecting me emotionally to stay home."
Moreover, "the kids needed me."
Holmes is in his 11th year at Shepherdstown Middle after spending six years at Jefferson High School. His business class responsibilities mean leading students through creating and running simulated businesses while also coaching a new robotics competition team after school. He is also football coach and girls basketball coach for the middle school.
This year, he's had to multi-task more than ever — teaching some students right in front of him while also directing attention online to some students who are logging in from home. It's been a big adjustment. Holmes admitted that a time or two he's forgotten to log in for the virtual classes, rallying once reminded.
When DeVos visited a few weeks ago, Holmes gave her an honest and somewhat frustrated assessment that the virtual learning wasn't working out very well. But with time and increased parental involvement, he now believes virtual learning has improved.
Holmes said he can tell some of the students who log on for virtual learning are eager for human contact because some log in for classes that aren't even on their schedules. Others reach out during his office hours because "they just want to talk."
"They just want you to say 'good morning,' tell them to have a good day and they're fine," Holmes said. "It's more than reading, writing and arithmetic here at school."
Holmes said he has not regrets about his time in the classroom this year.
"I love what I do," he said, "love my kids."
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I posted food photos from Mary's Kitchen event yesterday in FB, IG and Twitter. My friends kept asking where Mary's Kitchen is because they want to try the place. Here you go guys, Mary's Kitchen is a cooking-serye made by Carnation. The first in the Philippines, the series features Mary, a newly married housewife, dealing with day-to-day challenges of homemaking. From cooking delicious new dishes for her husband Mark with the help of her intimidating (but eventually, lovable Mother-in-Law) Carrie to learning tips on how to keep her house in order.
We met Mary, the beautiful star of the cooking serye, yesterday at Commune Ph, in H.V. Dela Costa, Makati City, where she shared how she met her husband Mark and the many things she learns as a wife and daughter-in-law.
One of my favorite Chefs, Chef Mitchie Sison graced the event, as she guided guests and Mary in cooking Creamy Beef Salpicao, Lemon Chicken Spinach Fettucini and Salted Caramel Brownies.
Mom and Lifestyle Bloggers had fun time in the plating contest, where we all won. We took home my favorite wooden spatulas, yahoo!
Why watch Mary's Kitchen? Now on its second season, the show will not only have new recipes tips, but it will also give you tips on how to have a beautiful house, a nice relationship with the husband, as well as, moms-in-law.
Learn how to cook and more like this ( I did this plating!).
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Mary and Mark move in to a smaller house that is closer to Mark's office. Mark's constant OT at work as well as trying to juggle running a household takes its toll on Mary.
Mary gets a surprise visit from Mark's mahadera relatives. She frantically cooks a homemade meal only for it to end up less than perfect. Luckily, Carrie comes in just in time to transform Mary's dish into something incredible.
The unplanned visit of Mark's relatives put a dent on Mary's weekly budget. She calls up Mark, who is out on a business trip to tell him about the budget issue. This leads to a slight tampuhan between the two couples. Mama Carrie visits and gives Mary a tip on how to win Mark's forgiveness. She also tells Mary that she's moving to the States—for good.
Mark comes back home from his business trip and brings Mary pasalubong as "peace offering". The two patch things up and Mary cooks a special dinner with Mark's favorite dishes.
Mary's BFF Bonnie drops by the house for a surprise visit for a quick catch-up. Mary realizes she misses having her best friend around. Mark arrives and talks to the two girls, realizing his wife has missed having a female around. Meanwhile, Mark secretly makes a phone call to a woman. Who could it be?
Mommy Eva comes to visit her little Princess, Mary. She surprises the couple with her new-age outlook in life. She bonds with her daughter over cooking, and takes notice of Mark's constant absence in the household. She calls this out to Mark, possibly creating tension between them.
Mommy Eva encourages Mary to look into selling her crafts. Eva and Mary spend the afternoon with the crafts project while Mark whips up a surprise snack for the girls. Mark makes peace with his mother in law.
Mommy Eva suggests that Mary try and sell her crafts online, just in time for Christmas. Mary whips up a batch of delicious cookies, that she takes a photo of to post in her blog. Immediately, people are starting to inquire about her baked goodies making Mary wonder if she still wants to continue with her crafts business. The whole foray of selling home-made goods made Mary think about what she gave up to be a full-time housewife.
Mary is juggling orders for her cookie business and has forgotten to plan for her Anniversary dinner with Mark. Meanwhile, Mark accidentally eats a box of cookies to be delivered, adding to Mary's stress levels. Thankfully, Mommy Eva secretly whips up a batch of cookies while Mary was napping.
Mary was able to pull through with her Surprise anniversary dinner with Mark with the help of her Mom and Bonnie. After preparing the meal, she gathers Mommy Eva, Bonnie and Mark for a surprise announcement: She's pregnant!