More than 100 cars and trucks owned by Allstate Insurance Company customers and claimants are reportedly being held inside a chain of troubled California collision repair centers. Seeking immediate release of the vehicles, Allstate said on Monday it is filing …
Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes said Monday that Pennsylvania’s increased emphasis on prosecuting unprofessional and incompetent behavior by doctors led to 120 more disciplinary actions taken in 2004 than in 2003. In 2003, the State Boards of Medicine …
Roslynn Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Gordon Heddell, Inspector General, United States Department of Labor, Howard Radzely, Solicitor of Labor, United States Department of Labor, David Williams, Inspector General, United States Postal Service, and …
In the turmoil, shock and loss that follows a disaster, misleading rumors, half-truths and misunderstandings about available assistance may cause affected residents to disqualify themselves from much-needed help. Recovery officials voiced concern that word-of-mouth misinformation may discourage eligible individuals from …
CompWest Insurance Company, a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, has selected CompPartners Inc. to be its network and health care management partner in a Medical Provider Network (MPN) for its workers’ comp customers in California. The MPN has 28,000 physicians, 335 …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced an area nurse, Stephanie Kinnen, entered a guilty plea for her involvement with West Side Medical Inc. It is estimated that between the years of 1997 and 2002, West Side Medical defrauded …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. First quarter 2005 revenues before reimbursements totaled $184.3 million, up 8.5% …
In 2004, the automotive claims industry was faced with providing the replacement costs of mobile electronics systems more than 400,000 times. To address this issue, Chicago-based CCC Information Services Inc. (“CCC”) has entered into an agreement with Coordinated Claim Services, …
Fifty North Carolina counties declared disasters areas after storms swept through the state last year will open centers today to help people still recovering from the damage. State lawmakers have agreed to provide $247 million in disaster relief. The centers …
Florida members of Congress said Sunday they were appalled by revelations that some Federal Emergency Management Agency housing inspectors had criminal records. “There is just simply no excuse for this,” said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat. U.S. Rep. Mark …