ASCOG Advocate: August 13, 2013

A selection of sites important to this project.

On this date, in 1942, Major General Eugene Reybold authorized construction of facilities across the U.S. that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, with the principal research facility being built at Los Alamos, N.M.  

What was the new code name given to this project?


The nation's largest long-term care insurance provider is seeking government approval to increase rates on older policies, considering getting out of long-term care.

There's an app for that:  iPhone application and case used to detect heart problems and prevent strokes.

Families for Better Care ranks Oklahoma nursing-home care among the worst in the nation.

PharMerica shares fall on Wall Street as DOJ files charges for providing nursing home patients Schedule II drugs without prescriptions and for Medicare fraud.

A Congressional committee is investigating alleged Medicaid fraud through political influence in New York.

Medicare Part D:  "The most cost-effective and successful entitlement program the federal government runs."

Illinois caregivers found guilty of criminal neglect in case where 47-pound daughter was found dehydrated and malnourished.

In the largest social trend of the 21st century, Boomers move to urban areas as nests become empty.