Doctor to rooms and how substance of views has depicted his, family testified on the Opioid Epidemic, and recommendations on how to treat, it and it also addressed Insurance Fraud schemes with witnesses from the government as well as Addiction Treatment centers, centers. I usually dont start these meetings until the Ranking Member comes, but because the service that we have, congressman cummings plus the fact that we had to change this meeting to adjust to that schedule i would like to get going and its going to be kind of an erratic sort of operation because i have another meeting that i have to and, attend, so i will start out and i know that you want to introduce one person, are you under a time constraint . Because if you are i will give you the courtesy of going ahead. Mister chairman i can wait until irregular mark. So i will welcome the panelists today to our hearing, on the one Year Anniversary of this act, this landmark statute, which many of us had a hands in developing, resp
Recent high profile case involving treatment scams in ohio, and investigations and partnership with the fbi and Law Enforcement generally, leading to the indictment of six people this year, all six pled guilty to medicaid fraud. Some have called for developing more by which the public could evaluate the effect in the Treatment Programs. Our last witness, has gone a step further not only identifying it core standards, he believes are key to any successful program, but also launching quality rating systems. This is uncharted area treatment sector, and we look forward to hearing from him, the progress thats been made there, with his Non Profit Organization. We are here today because two Many Americans have lost too many loved ones to addiction. Americas Opioid Crisis has left a trail of broken hearts and homes across our country. We are here to help communities get on a path towards health and wellness. Millions of americans are desperately seeking a path forward. Working together, we can
We heard the alarms going off. Came outside. 302nd later flames out of g 5. He says the fire appears to have start in the his neighbor lindas second floor apartment he saw firefighters carry her out on a stretcher. Deputy fire commissioner said she was one of three people hurt. We made one occupant transport today a local hospital. Second occupant, also transported from adjoining apartment. And we had one firefighter suffer minor injuries. Say the fire contained to the one apartment but the other nine in the Building Sustained extensive smoke and water damage. The red cross is assisting the 50 people displace the. Staff kept resident on septa bus, until they could arrange accommodations. Anything we needed, they had. They were great. Hours after the fire several resident returned to their apartments, collected what they could, before the Fire Marshalls Office closed the building. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. In northeast philadelphia, im trang do, cbs3, Eyewitnes
Then some sun breaks, temperature 67 our at the airport, 68 in wilmington, 64 in trenton this morning, in the 70s to the south. Team luster will vary, 81 around philadelphia, south jersey, but if are through some our northern sections, of bucks, montgomery counties, that sort of thing lehigh, berks county, probably see these temperatures stopping in the mid to upper 70s. Briefly run this through, you can see by 11 00 this morning, we start to see some break ups of the clouds, and by this afternoon finding even more of that still cannot totally rule out scattered shower moving through the rest of the the day, a lot better than yesterdayment check out the seven day just ahead. Thank goodness for, that carol. Thank you. Saturdays storm pack plenty of high wind, enough to bring this tree down in southwest philadelphia, no one was hurt, so thats some good news, but the road shutdown while crews dealt with that mess. Now thousands more are in dark this morning because of the storms, right no
Then some sun breaks, temperature 67 our at the airport, 68 in wilmington, 64 in trenton this morning, in the 70s to the south. Team luster will vary, 81 around philadelphia, south jersey, but if are through some our northern sections, of bucks, montgomery counties, that sort of thing lehigh, berks county, probably see these temperatures stopping in the mid to upper 70s. Briefly run this through, you can see by 11 00 this morning, we start to see some break ups of the clouds, and by this afternoon finding even more of that still cannot totally rule out scattered shower moving through the rest of the the day, a lot better than yesterdayment check out the seven day just ahead. Thank goodness for, that carol. Thank you. Saturdays storm pack plenty of high wind, enough to bring this tree down in southwest philadelphia, no one was hurt, so thats some good news, but the road shutdown while crews dealt with that mess. Now thousands more are in dark this morning because of the storms, right no