Nurse practitioner navigating public scrutiny
The Education Department has issued a temporary rule aligning with a judge’s order to keep some loan-cap changes in place while litigation continues. Borrowers face new limits on graduate and professional-degree loans, and notices will go out to SAVE-plan participants as the department pursues a legal path to reinstate or revise the policy.
A nationwide Justice Department crackdown has charged more than 450 defendants in a sweeping healthcare fraud operation, including cases in Texas, Florida, California and Hawaii. The indictments cover Medicare and TRICARE schemes, kickbacks and falsified records, with several cases citing life-threatening patient harm and notable luxury assets seized.
The Education Department has updated its list of degrees eligible for higher student-loan limits, while a federal judge has frozen the department’s definition of a “professional degree,” delaying changes set to take effect July 1 amid ongoing litigation.