The U.S. Department of Health& Human Services’ Administration for Children& Families’ Office of Refugee Resettlement issued the following news:. Refugees and asylees in the United States meet immigration status eligibility requirements for immediate access to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the health coverage options under the…
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published the following notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Emergency Management Agency:. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release:. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted the Process for Developing and Maintaining the NAIC List of Qualified Jurisdictions, which is a process to evaluate the reinsurance supervisory systems of non-U.S. jurisdictions for reinsurance…
The Healthy Facilities Institute, Healthy House Institute, and The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification are partnering to offer professionals tips they can share with clients and consumers. Over the past five years, the average paid flood insurance claim was more than $35,000, according to the National Flood Insurance Program.
The latest moves in Sharon and Uniontown follow layoffs in recent months by UPMC, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Washington Hospital and Excela Health; and the purchases of Altoona Regional Health System by UPMC and West Penn Allegheny by health insurer Highmark Inc.. Hospitals are facing bigger expenses for technology and to hire doctors at a time when…
Cardium Therapeutics announced that its LifeAgain Insurance Solutions Inc., a subsidiary in Cardium’s investment portfolio, has entered into a commercialization agreement with AgencyONE to support the development and commercialization of survivable risk life insurance products based on Cardium’s advanced medical data analytics platform…
Fluke Biomedical announced its first Medical Device Quality Assurance Training Summit Sept. 16-20 at the North Seattle Community College Biomed Laboratory in Seattle, Wash.. “And to ensure we provide the most complete experience possible, we’ve partnered with the NSCC Biomed Technology program and Washington State Biomed Association to allow attendees to…
Aug. 29– Aetna has withdrawn from the public health exchange in New York as it has with other exchanges earlier this summer in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland and Ohio. “On New York, as a result of our analysis, we reluctantly came to the conclusion to withdraw the Aetna individual exchange filings for 2014,” Aetna spokeswoman Cynthia Michener said in a prepared…
Aug. 29– JAY– The Knights of Columbus Hall on Route 4 has reopened after anonymous donors helped pay the liability insurance on the building. The insurance for the building jumped from about $1,800 to $4,800. Knights of Columbus Council 320 held a special meeting Tuesday, led by Grand Knight George Doiron, to address reopening its hall for beano, free suppers and all…
Aug. 28– Vacationers who narrowly escaped the sinkhole-collapse of their vacation villas at Summer Bay Resort say the time-share company is reneging on promises to reimburse them for losses of thousands of dollars in personal property. Maggie Ghamry, a graphic artist from Virginia, said she lost more than $10,000 in electronics, including a laptop, iPad and…
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA – August 28, 2013 – Keystone Insurers Group, one of the nation’s largest property and casualty…
The Two-Day Event to Include Intensive Training and Leading Industry Speakers San Diego, CA – The Producers Group (TPG)…
Applicants: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, NML Variable Annuity Account A, NML Variable Annuity Account B and NML Variable Annuity Account C and Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account and Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account II. The Substitution Applicants and Credit Suisse Trust are also collectively referred to as the “Section…
Farmers Insurance has named former Chairman of the Barger& Wolen law firm and insurance and litigation partner, Steven Weinstein, as its new General Counsel. “Farmers is pleased to have a legal expert like Steven Weinstein join our leadership team,” said Jeff Dailey, Chief Executive Officer of Farmers. He was recently appointed as a Board Member of the California…
Aug. 28– The 2012 drought forced the Federal Crop Insurance Program to pay farmers a record-breaking $17.3 billion in crop losses last year, including about $39 million for Morgan County farms that lost corn, soybeans and wheat. Out of the 50 states, Illinois had the highest percentage of crop loss caused by drought, heat and hot wind, with 98 percent– or $2.96 billion–…
Not long ago, President Obama soft-pedaled concerns about the Affordable Care Act- concerns that two surveys released that month had raised. “According to Census estimates, nearly 85 percent of the population had some form of health insurance in 2007 and more than two thirds of those people received coverage through an employer,” Mark Weber, spokesman for the…
Organizations attending the PCMH& Shared Savings ACO Leadership Summit in Nashville have an extra opportunity to receive customer service assessments from Solix Inc., based on best practices and success benchmarks from one of their premium offerings, Solix Connect. Additional appointments have been added to the schedule to accommodate companies…
Sedgwick announced today that company veteran and care management expert Kimberly George has been named senior vice president, senior healthcare advisor. “I can think of no one more qualified than our own Kimberly George to help us and our valued clients navigate this increasingly complex and ever-changing environment.” In 2011, Business Insurance…
“The Modern Woodmen of America is no longer a foundling at the mercy of capital, but a growing young giant endowed with strength and stability…. The Modern Woodmen of America is composed of 75,000 men of the West who have banded together with no income but their daily toil and no capital but honor and loyalty, to insure financial aid to their families when they are…
