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FBI Knoxville launches new campaign to gather info about recent shootings through Snapchat and Instagram The ads tell teens on social media that they are able to submit tips anonymously by texting (865) 410-0839. Author: Amelia Young (WBIR) Updated: 10:55 PM EST March 5, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Three Austin-East students were shot and killed within three weeks Justin Taylor, Stanley Freeman Jr. and Janaria Muhammad. Authorities are now bumping up their efforts to find those that are responsible. The Knoxville FBI office is launching a new and unique way to reach teens using social media. They are placing targeted ads on Instagram and Snapchat, going where the teens are. ....
Three Ways to Bolster Telehealth In the urgency to deploy telehealth programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers may have overlooked key processes that now need attention, according to Figuring out how to accelerate virtual care is no longer enough. Health providers also need to consider three things: whether they re delivering the best experience; how telehealth fits into their overall care model; and how to build patient trust, especially as concerns about privacy and data breeches are rising. Because of the extraordinary circumstances when the pandemic started, people would accept a less than optimal experience, noted Brian Kalis, digital health managing director for the consulting firm Accenture. But that goodwill won t last, Kalis told ....
10:55 AM The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that four people and one company have recently pleaded guilty in a telemedicine pharmacy healthcare-fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years. The group was charged with a conspiracy to defraud pharmacy benefit managers out of $174,202,105 by submitting $931,356,936 for fraudulent prescriptions purchased from a telemarketing company. Telemarketing fraud is a major threat to the integrity of government and commercial insurance programs, said Derrick L. Jackson, special agent in charge at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General in Atlanta. After improperly soliciting patient information, these marketing companies obtained approvals through contracted telemedicine prescribers, then sold those costly prescriptions to pharmacies in exchange for kickbacks, Jackson continued. ....
Pain Clinic Medical Providers Sentenced for Their Roles in Operating Pill Mills Details Written by Justice Department Knoxville, Tennessee - Three defendants, all of whom are nurse practitioners, were sentenced to prison for their roles in prescribing massive quantities of opioids from pill mills in Knoxville, Tennessee. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Special Agent in Charge Joseph Carrico of the FBI’s Knoxville Field office made the announcement. Cynthia Clemons was sentenced to 42 months in prison, Courtney Newman was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and Holli Carmichael Womack was sentenced to 30 months in prison. ....
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