Thread by @CoreysDigs

1) 💥BOMBSHELL: What was Barack Obama’s "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”, which established the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program, all about? $$$ & Immigration. Pay attention...
#ChildTrafficking #Immigration

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2) So Obama created this stimulus package for physicians to buy this technology and make all health records electronic. But why? There was a big push for this. In fact, prominent venture capitalists jumped at this opportunity. #Immigration #SaveTheChildren #ChildTrafficking

3) In its economic recovery package, the Obama administration plans to spend $19 billion to accelerate the use of computerized medical records in doctors’ offices. #Immigration #ChildTrafficking #LockThemUp
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4) Supposedly the physician incentive was for more than $40,000 spread over a few years for a physician who buys and uses the electronic health records. Physicians will only be paid for “meaningful use” of digital records. #Immigration #LockThemUp #BarackObama

5) The Primary Care Information Project in NYC was the “model”, headed by Dr. Farzad Mostashari, an assistant commissioner in the city’s health department at the time. The NY project’s brief history began in 2007 with $27 mil financing. #LockThemUp #BarackObama

6) They don’t seem to mention the fact that Thomas R. Frieden was the NYC Health Commissioner at that time. That’s strange? Because Obama made it a point to praise him for his work "in the establishment of electronic health records”… #BarackObama #LockHimUp

7) …in a statement by Obama, when he chose Frieden to be his CDC Director in 2009! So NYC was working on this 2-yr “project”, Obama’s 2009 Act was put in place, then he moves over to CDC Director. But who’s behind the technology? #LockThemUp

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8) They are "Well placed to benefit from President Obama’s stimulus package — which includes US$19 billion for a national rollout of electronic medical record systems — the software company is preparing for breakneck growth.”
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9) Meet eClinicalWorks 3 founders. India natives & American entrepreneurs Girish Navani, brother Mahesh Navani, and cousin Rajesh Dharmapuriya. They were so psyched, just one month after the new Act passed, they were taking on Walmart.
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10) By 2013, supposedly over half of the doctors in the U.S. have ditched their paper-based systems for the electronic health records (EHRs), according to U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services. The market was est at $6-$10 billion! #LockThemUp
venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/now…

11) The Washington Post and The New York Times couldn’t say enough good stuff about it, and by Sept., 2015 eClinicalWorks was kicking ass and bought this property for a cool $21.5 million to house their incoming staff. #Immigration #ChildTrafficking #LockThemUp

12) Just one month later, the New York Post painted a very different picture for how well this new system was working in the industry: "Team Obama’s electronic medical records mandate is a disaster”
nypost.com/2015/10/23/tea…

13) Yet, on May 31, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice fined eClinicalWorks $155 million for misrepresenting capabilities of its software. This is an important read. I pull out the key parts below. #WhereAreTheChildren
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14) Under the program, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offers incentive payments to healthcare providers that adopt certified EHR technology and meet certain requirements relating to their use of the technology. #LockThemUp

15) To obtain certification for their product, companies that develop and market EHR software must attest that their product satisfies applicable HHS-adopted criteria and pass testing by an accredited independent certifying entity approved by HHS.

16) In its complaint-in-intervention, the government contends that ECW falsely obtained that certification for its EHR software when it concealed from its certifying entity that its software did not comply with the requirements for certification.

17) “This settlement is the largest False Claims Act recovery in the District of Vermont and we believe the largest financial recovery in the history of the State of Vermont,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Eugenia A.P. Cowles for the District of Vermont.

18) Under the terms of the settlement agreements, ECW & 3 of its founders, are jointly & severally liable for the payment of $154.92 mil to the U.S. Separately, Developer Jagan Vaithilingam will pay $50,000, & Project Managers Bryan Sequeira, & Robert Lynes will each pay $15,000.

19) As part of the settlement, ECW entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) with the HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) covering the company’s EHR software. This innovative five-year CIA requires, among other things, that ECW retain…

20) ….an Independent Software Quality Oversight Organization to assess ECW’s software quality control systems and provide written semi-annual reports to OIG and ECW documenting its reviews and recommendations.

21) ECW must also retain an Independent Review Organization to review ECW’s arrangements with health care providers to ensure compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute. - What is an anti-kickback statute?

22) The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“Anti-Kickback Statute”) is a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or offer to exchange), of anything of value, in an effort to induce (or reward) the referral of federal health care program business. See 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b.

23) Here is the icing on the cake… in 2014 (when they still thought she wouldn’t lose), eClinicalWorks won a government contract to provide electronic health record services to the medical professionals who….
#ChildTrafficking #Immigration #LockThemUp

24) ….manage care at ALL 23 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities. Yes, you heard correctly. And that following year is when they bought their new $21.5 million property. @FoxNews @SaraCarterDC bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

25) So to recap, Thomas Frieden, NYC Health Commissioner was working on the electronic health records project for two years before Obama created the “Act”. In 2009, he brought Frieden on as the CDC Director...

26) Obama laid out billions on this, and big investors jumped on board. eClinicalWorks was building a name for itself and one month after the Act passed, they landed Walmart. They likely landed other big prospects as well.

27) There are a lot of articles on this group, but I’m trying to keep this to the key factors. In 2014 they land a government contract providing the EHR software to ALL immigration & customs enforcement detention facilities. #Immigration #ChildTrafficking

28) These records therefore manage the data of ALL adults & children seeing the medical professionals that come into those facilities. Do they ALL see them? So aside from the obvious $$ (kickbacks), is this aiding in child trafficking? #ChildTrafficking #LockThemUp

29) Clearly the Justice Department was onto them. The fines indicated in the press release may or may not speak to exactly what the fines actually cover. I'm confident they know exactly what's going on, hence why I didn't tag them along this journey.

30) It’s important to see the full gravity of this, as well as the “full picture” on immigration scandals. So I’m going to include threads from two brilliant diggers. The @TheLastRefuge2 maps out a huge $$/child scandal. MUST READ:

https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1008840390110269441

31) Rosie kills it with this thread on who’s profiting from the detention facilities.
#LockThemUp #BarackObama #ChildTrafficking #Immigration #MAGA

https://twitter.com/almostjingo/status/1013947567011328000

32) They literally had this shit locked up - from the facilities to software/databases/tracking, to the legal system $$, and trafficking the children through. That's ending. This is what we fight for! This ends NOW! #BuildTheWall #MAGA #SaveTheChildren

33) @threadreaderapp unroll please 🙏

34) I wrapped that thread up before seeing this other one from @almostjingo. This is critical information to include because it pertains to the children. People need to be fully aware of what was taking place, and what we are trying to stop. #ChildAbuse

https://twitter.com/almostjingo/status/1012888231480733696