Medicaid fraud consisting of financial abuses by doctors, providers and patients will be targeted by a new 10-member fraud unit being formed in North Carolina. “We have to ensure that every Medicaid dollar is well spent,” Allen Dobson, a top …
A grand jury in Greensboro, N.C., has indicted Steven E. Edwards on 21 counts of fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and stealing $3.8 million earmarked for health and workers’ compensation insurance from three employee-leasing businesses. According to a news release …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. has appointed Stephen Pratt vice president of Carrier Relations, Quality and Technical Claims; and David A. Lee has been named manager of its Little Rock, Ark., Claims Management Services branch. Pratt will be responsible for establishing …
Drivers who are mentally or physically distracted react more slowly to traffic conditions and significantly reduce their “margin of safety” leading them to take risks. Consider this scenario: Your employee is driving down the road talking on a cell phone. …
North Carolina-based MJM Investigations Inc., an international insurance investigations firm providing investigative solutions to the insurance industry, announced the appointment of John Halliday as vice president of Technology. Halliday comes to MJM with more than 26 years of experience in …
Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe’s office announced it is among the state and federal agencies investigating an international scam involving forged copies of State of Arkansas checks. Operating from Turkey and possibly Latvia, the scam artists send out counterfeit checks, …
Tropical storm Irene is still churning up the Atlantic, but doesn’t appear to pose any imminent threat to the U.S. The National Hurricane Center’s latest bulletin notes that the erratic storm appears to be “becoming a little better organized at …
Senior citizens should be aware of aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies according to North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He said some seniors are being advised to make decisions that may not be in their best …
New York would join a growing list of states to repeal laws allowing insurance carriers to deny payment of medical bills for people injured while driving drunk under a measure sent to Gov. George Pataki. Under current state law, doctors …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is targeting minorities to grow its property and casualty insurance business. Beginning this month, the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer has tailored its “Life comes at you fast” ad campaign to promote insurance policies to black and Hispanic …
