Beth Simpson, of Heartland Home Care in Lawrence, stood up at a KanCare Advisory Council meeting this past week to offer constructive criticism, sandwiched between compliments, of the move to managed care Medicaid. She said the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been outstanding in responding quickly to her small pharmacy’s concerns about the…
Read more– 10th Annual LIDMA Fall Meeting & Showcase to be held at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, CA…
June 30– The Olympian Sunday business page has entered its second year after its successful relaunch in May 2012. We have profiled more than 20 businesses in the past six months, including Airport Golf& Batting Center in Tumwater, the Lacey State Farm office run by Kevin Hayward, eFairies.com in Tumwater, Phoebe’s Pastry Cafe in west Olympia and CommitChange in…
Online Insurance Marketplace has released a blog explaining that term life policy is the most affordable and suitable life policy for senior people! A life insurance for over 50 is a good investment able to offer a high degree of economic security for any person stated in the contract. The policyholder is the only one capable to do later modifications to the…
June 30– MIDWEST CITY– A couple whose Choctaw home nearly washed into the swollen North Canadian River on June 6 say they have “fallen through the cracks,” as neither their homeowner’s insurance nor flood insurance will cover their lost home. “The insurance companies are kind of pointing at each other,” Rhonda Buford said Friday. James Lankford, R- Oklahoma City, who set…
June 30– Shaula Wright knows values– one benefit of a long career as a content appraiser for insurers, law firms, and others who need to know what things are worth. So when TD Bank advised her last month that the minimum balance on her checking account– the deposit she’d need to avoid a $10 monthly fee– would soon jump from $100 to $250, she didn’t mince words in response.
June 30– As a vice president at Exchange Bank, Debbie Kelley administers trusts and estates for people who typically have compiled the key financial and personal documents of their lives. “If you want to give a generous gift to your heirs, in addition to money, you might consider giving them the gift of time saved and stress reduction and peace of mind,” said Julie…
June 30– Kerri Musgrove joined the CBG team on June 3, 2013. Kerri will work as a Voluntary Group Sales Representative and will manage the administration of our newly acquired Section 125/ Cafeteria business… Kerri has worked in the insurance business for the past 11 years, bringing a wealth of knowledge to the Catalyst Benefits Group team.
June 30– Even if Ron Heilmann is named superintendent in the Pulaski school district, Eau Claire school district taxpayers presumably will continue to foot the bill for most of his health and dental insurance costs. And if precedent is any indication, taxpayers in the Pulaski district may pay Heilmann, Eau Claire school district superintendent from 2008 to…
Erie Insurance has scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference to detail development of some of the land, including parcels near its corporate headquarters at East Sixth and French streets, across from Perry Square. Officials previously said Erie Insurance was working on a long-range plan. Erie Insurance has said it needs more office space and parking spots for the…
June 30– TRENTON, Mo.– For most people, pencils rattle around in junk drawers, scatter loosely in backpacks and shake around in the bottom of purses. This weekend, the Ketcham Community Center at North Central Missouri College is filled with people who collect pens and pencils. One member, Finn Sorenson, traveled from Denmark to attend this conference.
Headquartered in suburban Chicago, NRS provides risk services, insurance and surety products for individuals, companies and organizations in the nuclear technology industry. Its dedicated team of professionals combines over a century of experience in the creation of innovative risk solutions for two select groups; Health Physicists and Materials…
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Glenview Capital Management, which owns 14.6 percent of the common stock of Health Management Associates filed a preliminary Consent Solicitation Statement June 25th nominating eight candidates to replace the current Board. Our firm, Glenview Capital Management, has been a shareholder of Health Management Associates, Inc. for more than two years, and…
In a release on June 21, A.M. Best noted that concurrently, it has affirmed the financial strength rating of B of both companies, with a stable outlook. The change in the ICR outlook reflects A.M. Best’s view of the modest improvement in the funding strategy for Merit and Yosemite’s parent, Springleaf Finance Corp.. A.M. Best notes that SFC recently has demonstrated…
ExlService Holdings, Inc., a business process solutions company, has been recognized by Life Office Management Association with the 2013 LOMA Excellence in Education Award for developing highly skilled professionals to serve the insurance industry. According to a release, the award will be presented at LOMA’s Annual Conference and Conferment this…
XL Group adds marine underwriting with the addition of John Ellis to its North America Marine business in New York. In a release, Rich DeSimone, President of XL Group’s North America Marine business, said: “Two years ago, we set out to build a best-in-class ocean and inland marine staff and broaden our product portfolio to provide the marine industry with a one-stop…
The recent Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people highlights the serious risks that labor conditions can pose not only to workers, but also to organizations’ reputations, supply chains, and bottom lines, according to Marsh. According to a release, in its latest Marsh Risk Management Research report, Bangladesh Factory…
LA HABRA, CA, June 29, 2013/ PRNewswire/- A dream is now a reality for children in La Habra as their drawings were turned into a new playground today. In less than eight hours, the play space was built at Portola Park with the help of more than 200 volunteers from Foresters TM, the Institute for Healthcare Advancement, the La Habra Family Resource Center and the City of La…
Smart Choice, which contracts with radiologists at Cleveland Clinic to read its scans, did roughly 5,000 MRIs last year at its imaging centers in Milwaukee and Sheboygan. Smart Choice MRI contends that Wheaton Franciscan’s physicians will not get the required pre-authorization from insurance companies needed for an MRI. Wheaton Franciscan doesn’t deny…
