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Oct. 23– COLUMBIA, S.C.– Suspended S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell is expected to resign his House seat and plead guilty Thursday to charges of using campaign funds for his personal gain, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Harrell is scheduled to appear at a 10:30 a.m. hearing at the Richland County courthouse, according to a prosecutor’s…

–Anthem Blue Cross was served with a lawsuit that was filed by the Law Offices of Theresa Barta in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of Dr. Dr. Ochi’s lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross, the largest for-profit health insurer in California, claims that despite being entitled to reimbursement from Anthem Blue Cross as a Non-Participating Provider, Anthem Blue…

Oct. 22– A former El Paso police officer and owner of a medical insurance billing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he tried to evade IRS laws by not reporting large amounts of withdrawals. Ricardo Huante, 54, pleaded guilty to corrupt interference with IRS laws, and structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements and aiding and abetting.

Oct. 22– BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York no longer plans to exit the Medicaid managed care program, the insurer announced Wednesday. The reversal means the insurer’s 53,000 Medicaid clients in the region– including about 29,000 in Erie County– don’t have to worry about switching their coverage to another health insurance company this year.

East Hempfield Township- based David Miller/Associates Inc. named Paul M. Artale a senior project manager. York Township- based PeoplesBank named Diane E. Baker a senior vice president and enterprise risk management oficer. Chrissy J. Ferguson, Aneury Perez and Kerry VanTassel were named financial center managers.

The announced retirement of Atlantic Health CEO Joseph Trunfio has left one of the state’s biggest and most important hospital systems looking for a new leader. “I’m sure everyone does a national search just because they want to see,” said David Knowlton, chief executive of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Health care is very local; the practice of…

The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief,…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 22, 2014/ PRNewswire-iReach/– The 2014 GRC Metrics Survey is now open for participation. Click here to participate in the survey.. These questions and more are addressed in the 2014 GRC Metrics Survey now open for participation. “Using analytical data developed through key performance and risk metrics to drive priority and action is the…

Oct. 22– The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services began suspending Medicaid payments Tuesday to C Care Services in Anchorage while investigation into the company and its owner continued. C Care Services and owner Cecilia De Leon are under investigation for Medicaid fraud, according to a statement from DHSS. Federal regulations stipulate that…

Nashville- based Royce Williams recently appeared in an all new Allstate video, which can be found at http://youtu.be/VpAhBe1Oghg. “At Royce Williams, our focus has always been on the customer,” said Royce Williams, Allstate Insurance Agent. Royce Williams is a certified Allstate agent.

–Some 900 estate planners will converge on Seattle Oct. 30-31, 2014, to discuss hot topics from social media to terrorism financing at the 59 th annual Estate Planning Seminar, hosted by the Estate Planning Council of Seattle and the Washington State Bar Association, and presented in cooperation with the Alaska Bar Association. These lawyers, accountants,…

“I am very confident the organization will receive the necessary guidance and support that will position McGraw Group as a leader in the specialty insurance sector. Incorporating new forms of technology will be critical to our success in building deep distribution partnerships, “said John Chu, Chairman and President of the McGraw Group.

Complete hiring and recruiting solution for small and medium-sized businesses Handles the entire hiring process: creating and posting job descriptions, referrals, sourcing, scheduling interviews and compiling interview feedback. TriNet, a leading cloud-based provider of HR services, today announced the launch of TriNet Hire- a cloud-based solution to…

The original framework, authored by PwC in 2004, is a widely accepted standard used by companies to enhance an organization’s ability to manage uncertainty and to determine how much risk to accept as it strives to increase stakeholder value. “PwC has had a long standing relationship with COSO and we’ve seen enterprise risk management evolve into a…

Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement on the failure of Obama Administration officials to release health insurance rates for 2015 until after the November midterm elections:. “At a May Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, I asked representatives of some of the nation’s largest health insurance providers about…

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 22, 2014/ PRNewswire/– We at Calhoon& Associates are proud to announce that attorneys Ronald L. Calhoon and Tom Cook have been named as 2014 Super Lawyers ®, and Melissa Leininger as a Rising Star Super Lawyer for 2014. This remarkable designation puts them among the top 5% of their peers across Pennsylvania. Mr. Calhoon, Mr. Cook and Ms. Leininger…