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Local clinic closing after Columbus doctor pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicaid scheme
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced this week that a Columbus doctor and his clinic’s office manager have pleaded guilty in a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of more than $1.6 million. According to the press release, a tip led investigators to take a closer look at billing activity for...
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Ohio's PORTS-Pike data center raises pollution concerns | Opinion
The PORTS-Pike data center under construction in Piketon may be the largest in the world right now, but if it continues as planned, it will be an environmental and human health horror show. Powered by a 9.2 gigawatt methane gas plant, it will pollute the air, impair the health of millions of people and heat the planet faster at the beginning of an existential planet crisis. The Environmental Integrity Project reports the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus will release 53 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution annually – more than New York City. With it will come 3,221 tons of nitrogen oxides; 1,543 tons of volatile organic compounds; 844 tons of sulfur dioxide; 3,921 tons of carbon monoxide; and 2,843 tons of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), too. Most concerning are particulate matter (PM) emissions from the plant. Thirty times smaller than a human hair, when PM 2.5 is breathed deep into lungs, it enters the bloodstream, triggering inflammation throughout the body. Significant scientific evidence links PM 2.5 with asthma, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, cancer and premature death. Particulate matter accounts for most of the eight million deaths from air pollution worldwide annually. A study of a 96 MW gas plant
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Delaware May Bill Patients for 911 Ambulance Rides Starting in 2027
Delaware city officials are moving toward billing residents and visitors for ambulance calls starting in 2027, a shift aimed at recouping money the city lost after Delaware County stopped reimbursing it for EMS runs. The plan would bring in more than $1 million a year, according to city estimates, and could determine whether the fire department can keep adding staff and equipment in the years ahead.
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Columbus Says No City Money Funds Ghana Nursing Program Moreno Attacked
COLUMBUS — No Columbus city money is being used for a new program building a pipeline for nurses from Ghana to come to Columbus, according to a fact check published Oct. 29 by The Columbus Dispatch, which found that a claim by U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno conflated two separate efforts. Moreno, a Republican, attacked Columbus […]
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Delaware seeks new EMS billing vendor as county ends decades-long funding arrangement
DELAWARE — The city of Delaware is preparing to hire a new emergency medical services (EMS) billing vendor after Delaware County announced it would end a decades-long reimbursement arrangement at the end of this year. Delaware City Council recently heard an update from Fire Chief Tim Pyle, Assistant Fire...