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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz released a staff report titled, “How Mismanagement and Political Interference Squandered $305 Million Federal Taxpayer Dollars.” In light of the report’s findings, the Committee sent letters to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Oregon State Attorney…

May 26– “Gotta give’ em process” will never be an applause line in a barn-burner political speech. But consider a presidential memorandum signed last week by President Barack Obama, making 4.2 million Americans eligible for overtime pay, a potential boon for salaried workers putting in uncompensated work hours. Obama’s memorandum will double the threshold for…

SALEM— Oregon officials and forestland owners have renewed the state’ s wildfire insurance despite failing to reach the policy’ s $50 million deductible last year. The price of the premium declined by $300,000 to $3.45 million in 2016, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. The $25 million policy is underwritten by Lloyd’ s, a London insurance…

May 26– PROVIDENCE– Rhode Island leaders are looking to lure insurance companies to the state with a proposal that would tie tax cuts to the number of jobs they create. William Walaska, both Warwick Democrats, have introduced a pair of bills that would allow reductions in the state’s 2- percent tax on insurance premiums if the industry adds employees.

Improved surgical safety efforts are part of a statewide initiative led by the Connecticut Surgical Quality Collaborative, founded by Scott Ellner, DO, and Philip Corvo, MD, in 2011. Today, the Collaborative boasts 22 hospitals, the support of three medical associations throughout Connecticut, and is one of the largest surgical safety collaboratives in the…

Zane Benefits, the leader in individual health insurance reimbursement for small businesses, announced today the publication of a new resource, “Sample Section 105 Medical Reimbursement Plan.” The guide helps small businesses understand and set up an individual health insurance reimbursement program. According to Zane Benefits, a significant milestone…

The preliminary order, released Tuesday evening, would block the company from selling individual health insurance, small group health insurance, group Medicare Advantage and individual Medicare Advantage plans in 65 of Missouri’s 114 counties. “The Missouri order does not impede the Department of Justice approval process,” Aetna said in a statement.

May 25– BEAVER– The county will be saving money on its general liability insurance premium this year and it will apply that savings to lowering its deductibles for some claims, Beaver County Financial Administrator Ricardo Luckow told commissioners Wednesday during their work session. The county purchases insurance from the Pennsylvania Counties Risk…

May 25– Sutter County Supervisor, District 1, candidates. –Education/training: U.S. Army for six years; North Seattle Community College; multiple trainings in marketing, finance, and sales; licensed in insurance. –Community involvement: Sutter County/ Yuba City Planning Commissions; 14 civic boards including Flood Control, Regional Water Authority, and Sutter…

May 25– The city of Springfield should complete an in-depth study of its expenses and possible cuts if it hopes to pass a tax increase in November, members of an advisory panel said. Andy Bell and Mark Robertson presented the Community Financial Advisory Committee’s findings to the Springfield City Commission at a work session on Tuesday night.

May 25– The U.S. Justice Department has joined a four-year-old whistleblower case against Prime Healthcare Services, adding significant weight to allegations of widespread Medicare overbilling at 14 of the company’s hospitals in California. Federal court documents show that a judge granted the agency’s request to join the case Tuesday, one day after the…

May 25– ASHEBORO– They lit luminaries, candles and sparklers. About 100 people gathered in front of Kickback Jack’s Tuesday evening to remember Melissa Reynolds and Dustin Wheeler, who had died a day earlier in a car crash in northwestern Randolph County. Wheeler, 31, and Reynolds, 37, both of Plainfield Road, Sophia, were westbound at about 2:45 a.m. Monday on…

It’s called the Property Assessed Clean Energy Program– or PACE– and property owners can finance energy efficient and hurricane-hardening improvements for up to 20 years. Officials of Ygrene Florida, a California- based company that has quickly become South Florida’s top PACE Program administrator, say interest has grown sharply since a state Supreme Court…

May 25– Highmark Inc. wants to raise health insurance premiums by an average of up to 48 percent next year for plans the insurer sells to individuals and families on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department on Wednesday posted increases Highmark and other insurers requested for their ACA plans for 2017.

May 25– Did a Robins Air Force Base airman conspire with Demetrius Hardy and his wife to burn down the airman’s Warner Robins home for the insurance money, or did the couple act alone? His wife, Infini Hardy, drove him to the arson site and later to a hospital. After all, Infini Hardy, dressed all in black, drove her husband to the arson site and then parked their black Chevy…

Nearly 1,400 American water systems test above the federal lead standard, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As the nationwide consciousness for lead poisoning continues to develop, local entities with aging water lines may become targets for litigation, as Flint, Mich. has seen. An estimated $1 trillion dollars will be required to replace…