Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers announced that Oregon physician Randall Jay Smith was convicted of the felony offense: Submitting False Claims for Health Care Payment. Smith pled guilty and was sentenced by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Julie Franz to 18 …
Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the former president of the New Jersey Association of Acupuncturists has pleaded guilty to health care claims fraud for billing two insurance companies for acupuncture treatments he never performed. According to …
Injured workers and their advocates will hold a series of news conferences across California on Wednesday, June 23, to protest the loss of medical care and disability benefits, and the reported failure of insurance carriers to pass on to businesses …
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is warning residents to beware of callers and door-to-door solicitors fraudulently claiming to be representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or groups that assist with FEMA applications. Such groups have reportedly been …
Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced the successful prosecution of a Department of Motor Vehicle Safety employee and her accomplice in a scheme centered on “fixing” motor vehicle records for cash. Lori Gilmer, an employee in the Driver Services Unit …
Florida officials are responding to a call by the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) making it clear that no insurance company should deny auto coverage to U.S. Armed Forces personnel, or raise their rates, because their coverage lapsed while …
“Lawmakers, regulators and courts must ensure that markets function freely and that laws governing those markets are reliable,” declared National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) Legal and Regulatory Affairs Director, Peter Bisbecos this morning during a briefing at the …
The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a July 14, 2004 public hearing to consider approval of proposed amendments to §§5.4009, 5.4603, and 5.4800, and new §5.4010 concerning building code specifications in the plan of operation of the Texas Windstorm …
As the end of the 2004 legislative session draws near in Rhode Island, Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt says he is pushing hard for the passage of his legislation to change some of the state laws governing medical malpractice lawsuits. The …
California auto insurer 21st Century Insurance plans to open a call center in Lewisville, Texas, that could introduce hundreds of new jobs over the next five years. The company said site construction and training is expected to begin in July, …