The companyundertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in thisrelease, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Vertigo Theme Parks, Inc., Boca RatonKevin Johnson, 561-368-4700 Ext 6 Copyright Business Wire 2009. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced they had charged 53 people with Medicare fraud and vowed to pursue a crackdown on schemes that cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year. U.S.  |  HealthAttorney General Eric Holder said Medicare fraud charges this week demonstrate “we will strike back against those fraudulent schemes” that undermine the health insurance program for the elderly and contribute to rising health costs.The Justice Department said indictments unsealed in Detroit charged the 53 people — doctors, business owners, employees and patients — with more than $50 million in Medicare offenses.That followed separate indictments in Miami charging eight people of defrauding the healthcare system by creating phony clinics that produced fraudulent bills of about $100 million.President Barack Obama has pledged to get healthcare reform through Congress this year.

The administration was talking with lawmakers about allowing better data-sharing and other strategies to battle fraud, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.”As we work on health reform legislation, we’re working to ensure that the final legislation includes new policies to help prevent fraud and abuse,” she said.”This is not a victimless crime,” FBI Director Robert Mueller said. “We in the FBI now have more than 2,400 pending healthcare fraud investigations.”Investigators are using techniques such as undercover operations and wiretaps in these types of cases, Mueller said.”By pursuing these methods we can reduce the long-term damage to the American economy and to the citizens we serve,” he said.(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; Editing by Xavier Briand) U.S. Health. WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA has announced theselection of Wackenhut Services Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., to performan agency-wide consolidated contract for protective services. The initialcontract value for a possible 10-year period totals approximately $1.2billion.(Logo: http://)Wackenhut will provide fire services, security services, emergency management,export control, protective services training, and protective servicesinformation assurance and information technology security. The contract is a performance-based, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantitycontract enabling protective services to be provided to all NASA installationsunder a single agency-wide contract.

This consolidated approach will promotecoordinated and efficient operations throughout NASA.It is anticipated that 14 firm-fixed priced task orders will be issued underthe contract. Each task order will authorize work to be performed at NASAlocations throughout the United States The basic period of performance willbe for five years The contract will contain five one-year option periods. Thecontract also contains an option to increase the maximum value by 20 percent,if needed.The major subcontractor for the contract is Chenga Security and ProtectiveServices of Ashburn, Va.This selection is pursuant to re-evaluation of the proposals and a newselection decision ordered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims directing NASAto take corrective action relative to its initial source selection decision.Pursuant to the court order, NASA appointed a reconstructed source evaluationboard, appointed a new source selection official, issued reconsideredfindings, and made a new selection decision.