March 3, 2015
Usability barriers dampen participation yet nearly three-quarters who use state databases report prescribing fewer opioids, according to a new survey. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that physicians report relatively high awareness of state databases …
March 2, 2015
While workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit managers have been utilizing drug formularies for a long time, only Washington, Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma have state-regulated drug formularies in place. Several more states are considering their use as a way to reduce drug …
March 2, 2015
The No. 44 race car returned to its NASCAR shop in North Carolina on Saturday after it was recovered along a remote road in suburban Atlanta, apparently abandoned by the thieves who stole it from a hotel parking lot. While …
March 2, 2015
A youth hockey team escaped without injury when part of a snow-weighted roof collapsed at a Massachusetts skating rink on Saturday morning, officials said. Police in Canton said the rear portion of the roof at the Metropolis Skating Rink began …
March 2, 2015
Investigators on Thursday were trying to determine why a pickup truck driver mistakenly turned onto railroad tracks before a crash that derailed a California commuter train, and prosecutors said they would await more answers before deciding to file charges. “We …
March 2, 2015
A settlement has been reached in a long-running dispute between the nation’s largest homeowners’ insurer and the state of Texas over premium overcharges. The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) announced Feb. 27 that a settlement had been reached …
March 2, 2015
Robert Benmosche, the combative former chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. who led the insurer, once the world’s largest, to repay a $182.3 billion taxpayer bailout, has died. He was 70. He died on Friday at NYU Langone …
March 2, 2015
A measure that would offer financial incentives for auto industry employees to expose safety defects won unanimous backing from a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday. The vote by 13 Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation …
March 2, 2015
Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2015- Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that effective February 17, 2015, Bridget Livingston has joined the firm as a Broker in the Healthcare Practice Group. In addition to her solid Healthcare …