–Allstar Financial Group is pleased to announce that it has added an additional carrier to our Surety division- QBE North America. As a program administrator for QBE North America, Allstar is able to offer additional capabilities for our contract and commercial books of Surety business. Allstar Surety is a division of Allstar Financial Group, an Atlanta based…
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Aug. 29, 2016/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– The Affordable Care Act has substantially decreased the number of uninsured Americans and improved access to health care, though insurance affordability and disparities by geography, race/ethnicity, and income persist. All are pooled together in a research paper, soon to be published in Health Services…
–Many Americans realize they need long-term care insurance, but balk at the premiums. “Now there’s an easy way to pay,” says Denise Gott, CEO of ACSIA Partners. “Just use some of the money that’s already in your Health Savings Account.”
–Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided $52.5 million in financing to projects delivering social impact for underserved communities across the U.S. during the first half of 2016. These numbers demonstrate that, “said Ellis Carr, president and CEO of Capital Impact Partners. Finalizing a $3 million Program Related Investment from the Ford…
–Cambria Investment Management, LP, today launched Cambria Digital Advisor, a people-powered solution with no management fees. Cambria Digital Advisor’s client portfolios are powered by a research-driven investment framework called the “Trinity Portfolio,” designed by Cambria Chief Investment Officer Meb Faber. Clients are only charged a small…
–Superior HealthPlan today announced the winners of two Quality Improvement awards for 2016. Riverwalk OB/GYN P.L.L.C. earned the Summit Award and Corridor Primary Care received the Everest Award. Corridor Primary Care, located in San Marcos, is led by Sue Ann Harrison, MD, Michael Grady, MD, Jeanne Flinn, DO, Jill Humphrey, MD and Gregory Moore, MD.
–On-demand car subscription service YOYO announced today the launch of their company. YOYO offers members on-demand access to an entire fleet of vehicles without the need to own, finance, insure, clean, repair, or maintain any of them. Citing expensive insurance and maintenance costs, repair hassles, rapid depreciation, draconian claims processes, and…
–Veracyte, Inc. today announced that Noridian Healthcare Solutions, the nation’s largest Medicare Administrative Contractor, has issued a draft local coverage determination for the Percepta Bronchial Genomic Classifier. Noridian’s jurisdiction includes California, where Veracyte performs and bills for the molecular test. “This is a tremendous…
Sept. 16– UPMC has scrapped its controversial plan to build a new hospital less than a mile from rival Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital as the health giant says it is now looking at other South Hills sites. “UPMC is looking to develop a more extensive presence throughout the South Hills area than originally contemplated with just the Pleasant Hills…
Sept. 16– Bottles lay spilled on the ground in White’s Foodliner grocery store in Pawnee after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, Sat. Sept. 3, 2016. Bottles lay spilled on the ground in White’s Foodliner grocery store in Pawnee after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, Sat. Sept. 3, 2016. Welcome to This Week in Links, a new and possibly recurring Friday column reviewing the online…
He named Brenda Perrin, of Cherokee, to a fulfill a partial term on the state Health Facilities Council, a five-person board that decides whether Iowa hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities may expand. The board will consider Oct. 11 whether to allow a Tennessee company to open a 72- bed psychiatric hospital in Bettendorf.
Sept. 16– There may be a good deal of political controversy still surrounding the federal Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act, but Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that state and federal policy makers need to work together to address the law’s shortcomings and work to ensure that state health insurance…
The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board on Friday approved tax breaks totaling $1,996,000 for Cedar Rapids- based Diamond V. The company is planning a $28 million expansion of its manufacturing complex in southwest Cedar Rapids to support increased production of natural nutritional health products for animals. The IDEA board approved a $1.4…
Highmark spokesman Leilyn Perri said this week that the insurer has lost more than $800 million to date under the Affordable Care Act. Highmark leaders have said the nonprofit insurer is still owed about $223 million for 2014, and that loss and subsequent ones are a large part of why it is offering fewer plans on the federal marketplace and asking to raise…
Sept. 17– A driver involved in a car accident with Naples City Councilman Reg Buxton said Buxton and his wife knowingly left the scene after their Mercedes SUV scraped his Toyota sedan while heading south on U.S. 41, causing minor damage. “When the officer interviewed Mrs. Buxton, there was no intent that she had knowledge that she was involved in a crash,” Finman said…
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin on Thursday fined Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina $3.6 million as part of a voluntary settlement agreement, according to a statement released by his office. Goodwin’s office said the N.C. Department of Insurance has received numerous complaints from BCBSNC customers since January, which included the…
Sept. 16– For more than a decade, America’s middle class has taken a beating from rising health care costs, dwindling savings and, most of all, stagnant or declining wages due in large part to the massive downturn in the economy nearly a decade ago. A new U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday indicates that middle-class Americans had the best year in 2015,…
Researchmoz added Most up-to-date research on “The Mobile Phone Insurance Ecosystem: 2016- 2030- Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies& Forecasts” to its huge collection of research reports.Albany, NY—- 09/16/2016– Given the increasing prevalence of expensive household goods, cars and consumer electronics, insurance has become an unavoidable and often…
SAN DIEGO– The Navy completed a Manual of the Judge Advocate General investigation Sept. 14, into the cause of the June 2, 2016 crash of Blue Angel #6 in Smyrna, Tennessee. The F/A-18C assigned to the Navy Flight Demonstration Team crashed at approximately 3:01 p.m. CDT June 2, in the vicinity of the Smyrna, Tennessee, Airport. Concurrent with the aircraft mishap…
