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Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office warns public of dangerous sex offender

Posted: Apr6, 2008 2:18 PM EST

Updated: April 6, 2008 11:29 AM PDT

27-year old Logan A. Mattson is wanted by authorities in Washington and has cautions for weapons, assault, guns and mental illness.

khq.com

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CMS PROGRAM IDENTIFIES $371.5 MILLION IN IMPROPER MEDICARE PAYMENTS IN THREE STATES

Http://www.cms.hhs.gov gives the details of the lack of care in charges made by health care providers. HSS says that “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today [the 28th of February] announced that $371.5 million in improper Medicare payments has been collected from or repaid to health care providers and suppliers as part of a demonstration program using recovery audit contractors (RACs) in California, Florida and New York in 2007. Nearly $440 million has been collected since the program began in 2005.”

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STUDY: U.S. LEADS IN MENTAL ILLNESS, LAGS IN TREATMENT

By Rick Weiss

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; Page A03

One-quarter of all Americans met the criteria for having a mental illness within the past year, and fully a quarter of those had a “serious” disorder that significantly disrupted their ability to function day to day, according to the largest and most detailed survey of the nation’s mental health, published yesterday.

Although parallel studies in 27 other countries are not yet complete, the new numbers suggest that the United States is poised to rank No. 1 globally for mental illness, researchers said…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601651.html