ATLANTA— A Stone Mountain rapper will spend six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges involving the theft of thousands of checks from the mail. Shamarri Tache Brooks, 34, pleaded guilty in May to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to his record in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Rhode Island:. A new September 2026 report from the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner highlights that Rhode Island has made significant progress strengthening Medicaid reimbursement for primary care. Following the state's increase of Medicaid primary care reimbursement…
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 22 states in challenging the Trump administration's attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for transgender care for low-income minors and some young adults. In their lawsuit, the coalition argues that since the creation of the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance…
Auto insurance fraud, like staged vehicle accidents, costs consumers an estimated $300 a year in increased premiums. Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen alongside U.S Representatives Troy Nehls, Josh Gottheimer and Vince Fong introduced the bipartisan Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026 to make motor vehicle collision fraud a federal crime, improve safety for…
Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost introduced the Launching with Healthcare Act to allow young adults to remain on a parent's health insurance plan through age 30. Just last year, Republicans cut roughly $1 billion in federal healthcare spending in their One Big Ugly Bill, which Rep. Bynum voted against.
CARA For Workplace announced that employee-benefits brokers and consultants can add its 12-month caregiving support and workforce intelligence program to their product mix and introduce it to employer clients at any point during the plan year.
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ and the Long-Term ICR of“ bbb+” of Frank Winston Crum Insurance Company. The outlook of the FSR is stable. Recent adverse reserve development has been driven primarily by legacy general liability exposures, including…
–Louisiana is ending its Medicaid managed care partnership with Healthy Blue, a change that will force more than 290,000 people to move to another health plan by the beginning of next year. The Louisiana Department of Health announced Tuesday its contract with Healthy Blue will end Dec. 31. The plan has served Louisiana Medicaid members since 2012 and has…
The state Legislature in 2023 passed a law requiring the Oregon Health Authority to create its own online exchange by November 2026, and Explore Health earlier this month received federal approval. Health Authority officials framed the transition in a recent news release as a move that gives the agency "greater flexibility to respond to the needs of Oregon…
AM Best has assigned the Financial Strength Rating of B- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bb-” to Mainstream Reinsurance Limited Company. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings is stable. In addition, Mainstream Re is exposed to high levels of economic, political and financial system risks in Ghana, where the company is domiciled and all its…
