Defrauding Medicaid out of $816K | Unethical Worcester sales contest

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Monday, October 3, 2016

Worcester agency charged with defrauding Medicaid out of $816K

Worcester-based Compassionate Homecare and three individuals have been indicted in connection with allegations that they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state's Medicaid program.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin has charged Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC with with dishonest and unethical conduct in connection with high pressure sales contests, some of which took place in Worcester.

A Georgia couple has been charged with carrying out a scheme that reportedly defrauded Framingham-based Staples of over $1.4 million.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has cut the proposed $133.2 million revenue request proposed late last year for its electric customers by 24 percent to $101 million.

Worcester's Community Legal Aid has received $300,000 out of $1.9 million in federal funding to bankroll fair housing initiatives in Massachusetts.

The state Department of Public Health has recommended approval of a $1 billion expansion at Boston Children's Hospital, a step that moves the controversial project closer to fruition.

Baker puts a cork in wine bottle bill

Concerned that it might extend re-corking privileges in an uncertain manner, Gov. Charlie Baker recommended a technical change Friday to a bill that would let people have a last glass at home.