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Amedisys Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare program. That’s according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Friday.   Amedisys is a Louisiana-based for-profit company and one of […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region remained unchanged at 6.0 percent from February to March. While the March rate was unchanged, employers in the Georgia Mountains area laid off fewer workers, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “We saw a dramatic drop in initial claims in the Georgia Mountains area, which is people newly laid off, ” […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Project has been named by Rivers Alive as the 2013 Government Partner of the Year, recognizing the project’s efforts during the annual Hartwell Lake clean-up campaign. Rivers Alive is an outreach program led by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division that targets the annual cleanup of all waterways located […]

In Banks County, authorities are searching for the person who left what appeared to be a bomb in a Starbuck’s parking lot. It happened Thursday morning, according to Banks County Sheriff spokesperson Carissa McFaddin, at the Starbucks in Banks Crossing at the 149 I-85 Exit. “The manager was advised by a customer about an object in the parking lot area,” […]

Hart County’s Habitat for Humanity is looking for women to volunteer on a special project coming up on May 3. It’s part of Habitat International’s Women Build Week.  Local coordinator Darlene Nixon says Hart Habitat is one of more than 300 Habitat affiliates nationwide that will be  hosting a Women Build project that week. “It’s a partnership with Lowe’s Home […]