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CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US
CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US Five Connecticut nursing homes long riddled with problems were named to a list of hundreds in the U.S. that medical officials are keeping close eyes on. Four of the facilities on the list are candidates for “Special Focus Facilities” by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with one already a designated SFF home.  The designated SFF nursing home is Regal Care in Southport. The four candidates all have had a history of serious quality issues and are being included in a special program to stimulate improvements for quality of care. CMS requires tha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Westport Man Convicted Of Stealing Government Info For Insider Trading Westport Man Convicted Of Stealing Government Info For Insider Trading
Westport Man Convicted Of Stealing Government Info For Insider Trading A Westport resident was one of four people convicted of stealing government information for insider trading, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Robert Khuzami. Theodore Huber, 56, a partner at Deerfield Management Company, L.P., a healthcare-focused hedge fund in New York, along with three others were found guilty following a four-week trial. The hedge fund is believed to have reaped more than $7 million in profits as a result of the scheme. The group was charged with participating in a scheme, from 2009 through 2014, to defraud the government and to commit sec…

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by Kathy Reakes