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...election in sight, the Petersen campaign does not anticipate the need for any new expenditures. Allen said that another presidential ticket, led by Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and running mate Adam Goldenberg ’08, who are both Crimson editors, has expressed concern to the Election Commission that the Petersen-Sundquist campaign has understated its expenses. But Allen said that there was “no evidence at this time” of any suspect spending. The Hadfield-Goldenberg campaign has been charged with 25 violation points, the fewest number of infractions among the tickets, although...
Further, since physicians get paid through fee-for-service rather than, say, for curing their patients, their primary incentive is to do more stuff. CMS is starting to experiment with pay-for-performance programs that address this concern. But such measures can work only if they are remunerative enough to counter the base incentives that drive excess care. "A few pennies here and there is not going to change what physicians do every day," says Pham. "They're not stupid, and they have business managers...
...oversee the state’s prosecutors and their cases, ensure that businesses and elected officials are complying with state law, and generally work “to protect the public interest” (as the website of current Attorney General Tom Reilly phrases it). Cause for concern thus arises when her campaign deposits cash from executives of companies likely to have business before her office, and scrutiny of the Coakley committee’s deposit reports over the past year indicates numerous donations that could potentially lead to such conflicts of interest...
Harvard’s color may be crimson, but the University stayed out of the red this year.Amidst rising expenses and concerns about future revenue growth, Harvard maintained its financial footing this year, the University announced yesterday in its annual report for fiscal year 2006.But the University’s reported operating surplus of $100,000 on $3 billion in revenue was markedly lower than last year’s $44 million surplus. This year, the rise in expenses outpaced revenue growth by two percent, in contrast to even revenue growth and expenses the previous year. The report highlighted several...
...episode highlights the hair-trigger sensitivity to Islamic issues in Britain today. While the presence of parallel legal systems in ethnic communities may alarm the British, it's the perceived growth of a parallel Islamic culture that causes most concern. Hence, the slightest suggestion of Sharia law on British turf hits the headlines in a flash, and the debate over Muslim women wearing the veil rumbles on. (A poll this week found one in three people would support a ban on face-covering veils in public places...