The 2014 AMCAS processing fee is $160 and includes one medical school designation. Additional school designations are $35 each.
AMCAS 2014 Opening Dates Reminder:
May 1st AMCAS Application Opens
June 4th Applicants can begin submitting the 2014 AMCAS Application
June 28th Medical Schools will begin to receive VERIFIED AMCAS application data
(this process can take weeks so it’s advised that applicants submit in early June)
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Physician Assistant Virtual Fair 2013
REGISTER NOW to attend the FREE Physician Assistant Virtual Fair on April 24th & 25th
Get answers to your most pressing questions from 25+ PA Programs in a Live Event! (Review List)
Get answers to your most pressing questions from 25+ PA Programs in a Live Event! (Review List)
International Service Learning Summer Trypes
"Changing the World One Adventure at a Time"
Do you want to experience field clinical work firsthand in villages of Costa Rica, Belize, or Tanzania? Interested in medicine, public health, or nursing? Travel to Costa Rica, Belize, or Tanzania for 1-2 weeks over summer break, setting up medical clinics in underprivileged villages with doctors and fellow UVA students!
Email isl.at.uva@gmail.com with questions and to learn more about International Service Learning. An information session will also be held on Wednesday, April 10 in Clark 108 at 7pm.
Do you want to experience field clinical work firsthand in villages of Costa Rica, Belize, or Tanzania? Interested in medicine, public health, or nursing? Travel to Costa Rica, Belize, or Tanzania for 1-2 weeks over summer break, setting up medical clinics in underprivileged villages with doctors and fellow UVA students!
Email isl.at.uva@gmail.com with questions and to learn more about International Service Learning. An information session will also be held on Wednesday, April 10 in Clark 108 at 7pm.
Jefferson Medical College's PSAP
Jefferson Medical College’s rural
Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP)
Informational meeting on Friday, May 10, 2013
for
interested pre-medical students from rural areas or small towns
planning to practice in similar areas
Jefferson Medical College is hosting an informational meeting on Friday May 10, 2013 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM) for pre-medical students who are interested in the rural Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP). This meeting will take place on Jefferson’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania campus, and is specifically geared for those students (freshman through seniors) and graduates:
- who have grown up or lived in a small town or rural area (i.e. not urban and not suburban), and who are also
- committed to practicing in a small town or rural area (not necessarily their home town).
During this day, students will be provided with more specific information regarding the PSAP and the admissions process – and will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and students involved in the program. Lunch will be provided, and a campus tour will be offered after the meeting for those who are interested.
Interested students can sign up for the program, or obtain additional information, by contacting contact Natalie Nederostek, via email at Natalie.Nederostek@jefferson.
Food for Thought: Nutrition Lecture
Society of Multicultural Medicine &
Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. present…
“FOOD FOR THOUGHT”
Wednesday, April 10th at 7pm in Clark 102
Become better equipped to handle the pressures that may arise in college! Dietician Melanie Brede of U.Va.’s Student Health Department will give advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle during college and inform students about careers in nutrition.
Free pizza and drinks will be provided!
ADEA AADAS Application Cycle 2014
The 2014 ADEA AADSAS Application cycle opens June 3, 2013.
The application fee is $244 for the first designation and $90 for each additional designation. A fee assistance program is available to students with financial need.
Resources for ADEA AADSAS Applicants:
- ADEA Dental School Virtual Fair (Coming Soon)!
- April 23 and April 24, 2013. Register NOW for the free event at www.GoDental.org.
- ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools: For students entering in Fall 2014 http://www.adea.org/
publications/Pages/ OfficialGuide.aspx. - 2014 ADEA AADSAS Fact Sheet
Friday, 29 March 2013
SoCal Woman Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison in Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Durable Medical Equipment
LOS ANGELES—A Carson woman has been sentenced to 156 months in federal prison in an $8 million Medicare fraud case in which she illegally paid kickbacks for referrals to patients whose beneficiary information was used to make bogus claims to the government health care program.
Uben Ogbu Rush, 54, received the 13-year sentence yesterday afternoon from United States District Judge George H. King.
During yesterday’s hearing, Judge King said Rush was motivated by greed and the lengthy sentence was necessary, in part, to send a message of deterrence to others who might commit crimes against Medicare.
Rush owned or controlled six companies that ostensibly sold durable medical equipment, such as motorized wheelchairs and powered pressure-reducing mattresses. The companies were located in Carson, Gardena, Torrance, and Paramount.
At a trial in November 2011, federal prosecutors showed a jury how Rush paid marketers to recruit Medicare beneficiaries who would allow their identities and Medicare numbers to be used for the submission of false claims. The evidence also showed how Rush paid kickbacks to marketers, who in turn paid kickbacks to doctors who fraudulently wrote prescriptions, even though the physicians had not examined the patients or an examination revealed that the medical equipment was not medically necessary.
During the course of a scheme that ran from 1999 until 2008, Rush submitted more than $15 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare seeking payment for motorized wheelchairs, hospital beds, air pressure mattresses, and other items for patients who did not need the equipment. Medicare paid more than $8.1 on the bogus claims.
A co-defendant in the case, Carlos Alberto Rezabala, 60, of Downey, was sentenced by Judge King in June 2012 to 41 months in federal prison. Rezabala was a recruiter who brought Medicare beneficiaries into the scheme so their information could be used to submit fraudulent bills.
Another co-defendant, Phitsamay Syvoravong, 58, of Orange County, another recruiter who brought Medicare beneficiaries into the scheme, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge King on May 20.
A related defendant, Dr. Alfred Glover, 57, of Playa Vista, testified at trial that he was paid for writing fraudulent prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom he never saw. Glover is schedule to be sentenced on May 28.
The investigation into Rush and her Medicare fraud scheme was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Uben Ogbu Rush, 54, received the 13-year sentence yesterday afternoon from United States District Judge George H. King.
During yesterday’s hearing, Judge King said Rush was motivated by greed and the lengthy sentence was necessary, in part, to send a message of deterrence to others who might commit crimes against Medicare.
Rush owned or controlled six companies that ostensibly sold durable medical equipment, such as motorized wheelchairs and powered pressure-reducing mattresses. The companies were located in Carson, Gardena, Torrance, and Paramount.
At a trial in November 2011, federal prosecutors showed a jury how Rush paid marketers to recruit Medicare beneficiaries who would allow their identities and Medicare numbers to be used for the submission of false claims. The evidence also showed how Rush paid kickbacks to marketers, who in turn paid kickbacks to doctors who fraudulently wrote prescriptions, even though the physicians had not examined the patients or an examination revealed that the medical equipment was not medically necessary.
During the course of a scheme that ran from 1999 until 2008, Rush submitted more than $15 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare seeking payment for motorized wheelchairs, hospital beds, air pressure mattresses, and other items for patients who did not need the equipment. Medicare paid more than $8.1 on the bogus claims.
A co-defendant in the case, Carlos Alberto Rezabala, 60, of Downey, was sentenced by Judge King in June 2012 to 41 months in federal prison. Rezabala was a recruiter who brought Medicare beneficiaries into the scheme so their information could be used to submit fraudulent bills.
Another co-defendant, Phitsamay Syvoravong, 58, of Orange County, another recruiter who brought Medicare beneficiaries into the scheme, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge King on May 20.
A related defendant, Dr. Alfred Glover, 57, of Playa Vista, testified at trial that he was paid for writing fraudulent prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom he never saw. Glover is schedule to be sentenced on May 28.
The investigation into Rush and her Medicare fraud scheme was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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