Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the launch of its health care provider referral service for policyholders. The toll-free phone number, (800) 381-8067, provides a list of network health care providers for policyholders to recommend to injured workers. Rockport Healthcare Group …
A Somerville, Mass., flooring contractor faces $70,000 in proposed fines from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following a fire at a Somerville jobsite that killed two workers and seriously burned two others. On Sept. 2, …
The Texas Senate reported that the Senate State Affairs Committee finished work on Senate Bill 5, which would make drastic changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system. Sen. Todd Staples of Palestine, who sponsored SB 5, said the state must …
In a joint effort, investigators from the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), overseen by the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Workers’ Compensation Fraud Division are conducting a countywide enforcement sweep …
Most small car designs earned poor ratings in side impact crash tests recently conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Only the Chevrolet Cobalt and Toyota Corolla, both equipped with optional side airbags with head protection, performed well enough …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal government agency responsible for administration of the Medicare program, has awarded Palmetto GBA, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, a new contract expanding its role in answering 1-800-MEDICARE …
NCRIC Group Inc. announced that the financial rating of its insurance subsidiary, NCRIC Inc., has been changed by A.M. Best Company from “A-” (Excellent) to “B++ ” (Very Good) with negative implications. The action by A.M. Best follows the Feb. …
An Ohio insurance district sales manager in Coshocton County, Peter J. Vasilakos, 52, and Steven L. Baker, 55, also of Coshocton, were sentenced in United States District Court recently for their reported roles in a scheme to set up “ghost …
West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court against the following: • Morgan Auto Parts Inc., a Marion County …
The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC), a developer of integrated disability management strategies in all disability and absence related employer programs, announced the Management Series of Integrated Disability. The Management Series, led by integrated disability management expert and DMEC Executive …