CSBJ Daily

The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation yesterday to halt reimbursement fees to physicians.
Without the legislation, rates will fall 10 percent July 1 for Medicare, TriCare and some commercial reimbursement fees. The bill would have increased fee reimbursement by 1.1 percent.
Health care analysts also expressed disappointment with yesterday’s vote.
“Yesterday was […]

The Internal Revenue Service has increased the optional standard mileage rate to 58.5 cents a mile for deductible costs of driving for business purposes.
The rate will increase to for all business miles driven from July 1, through Dec. 31.
This is an eight-cent increase from the 50.5 cent rate in effect for […]

Manufacturing activity declined during June for the 10th Federal Reserve District – Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, northern New Mexico and western Missouri.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued a report yesterday showing that 13 percent fewer firms had month-over-month increases in production. Production fell at both durable- and non-durable-goods […]

The Associated Press
NEW YORK – The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more should users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as “Debbie changed their profile picture.”
Users who haven’t specified their gender in their Facebook profiles will be asked to do so in the coming weeks. That way, Facebook […]