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Oakland Warehouse Fire: Sprinkler Group Pledges Renewed Legislative Push

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According to media reports, Ghost Ship had not received proper inspections or permits for its various uses. The Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, first introduced in Congress after a deadly 2003 blaze at The Station, a Rhode Island night club, would allow building owners to deduct costs of installing sprinklers—up to $125,000 in a single year.

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Association Blasts Medicare for Paying Unlicensed Prosthetics Providers

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The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) continues to allow unlicensed providers of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) services to apply for and collect federal payments, despite regulations in at least 15 states prohibiting it, according to a report from the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA). bill in the Works.