New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and New York State Health Department Commissioner Antonia Novello announced that AllCity Family Healthcare Inc., a diagnostic and treatment center in Brooklyn, has agreed to repay taxpayers $6 million for false claims submitted by …
New Jersey’s State Board of Chiropractic Examiners suspended the license of a doctor and ordered the payment of fines and restitution to an insurance company after the chiropractor reportedly admitted to paying a “runner” to find and refer patients to …
The New Jersey Senate is scheduled to vote on medical malpractice legislation that would create a $90 million fund to help physicians cover their insurance costs today. The proposal also places a tax on health care providers and a new …
Dallas-based Claimsnet.com inc., a provider of Internet-based business-to-business solutions for the healthcare industry, reported its results for fiscal 2003, which ended Dec. 31, 2003. For the year ended Dec. 31, 2003, the company reported revenues of $652,000, a 41% decrease …
San Francisco-based Liability Management Systems LLC, a member of the FSC Group, announced the expansion of its risk and loss management practice with the addition of casualty claims consultation to serve the insurance industry and its legal counsel. Donald Huffer …
Insurers are optimistic that a Minnesota Senate bill designed to curb fraud abuses in auto personal injury protection (PIP) will move quickly through the legislature, according to the Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The bill …
A Hyannis, Massachusetts man has been found guilty and sentenced to jail for working as a laborer while collecting $7,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Mark Gomes, 39, of Hyannis, was found guilty recently on one …
Members of the Independent Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) testified before a Senate committee to make a case for renewal and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Bill Stiglitz, an agent with Hyland, Block, Hyland Insurance of …
A Mandeville, Louisiana insurance producer (agent) was shut down and booked on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud involving misappropriation of premiums, Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced. Allen James Harrison, 44, was taken into custody at the Mandeville Police …
Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe announced that the Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Board awarded $291,414 in reparations to 181 crime victims during February, 2004. Additional expenses were paid in 123 previously submitted cases. Beebe noted that in 2003, nearly 2,700 …