Healthy Howard program given good prognosis by county leaders

Healthy Howard, the program helping uninsured residents gain access to health care, has received a vote of confidence to continue for another year amid funding issues.  Read Story

Owner of New Jersey counseling center charged with Medicaid fraud

The owner of a now closed Newark, N.J., mental health and substance abuse counseling center is facing three counts of fraud, accused of collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars through improper Medicaid claims.  Read Story

Baltimore least safe, five Michigan cities among most safe for drivers

Baltimore, Md., ranked as the least safest city for motorists, while five cities in Michigan – the birthplace of the automobile – were among the safest cities, according to a new survey from an online insurance company.  Read Story

Highmark suit over confidential data ‘could’ postpone Pa. Blues review

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s plans to release the first of four reports on competition among the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers has hit a legal roadblock.   Read Story

Medicare fraud fugitive, on the lam since 2008, caught in Florida

A man accused by federal officials of conspiring to submit $10.9 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare surrendered to FBI agents upon his arrival at Miami International Airport.  Read Story

S.C. orders emergency order against unlicensed medical care provider

Regulators in South Carolina have issued an emergency cease and desist order against two state residents and several individuals and companies, in what they are calling a “nationwide, multimillion dollar health insurance fraud scheme.”  Read Story

Liberty Mutual Agency plans to go public, to raise $100 million

Liberty Mutual Agency Corp., a property-casualty insurance provider, filed paperwork May 10 to go public with a $100 million initial public offering.  Read Story

April didn’t rain with life insurance applications

April showers and storms brought a decline in U.S. application activity for individually written life insurance, according to the MIB Life Index.  Read Story

In an era of shrinking coffers, government seldom thinks like business: trim expenses. It seems that every government “service” is essential. So it should come as no surprise that the answer is to increase revenues by raising tax rates or instituting additional taxes, a luxury that businesses do not have.  Read Story

Florida senator calls for firing of state insurance commissioner

A Florida senator is repeating his call for the ousting of the state’s insurance commissioner, calling his behavior “reprehensible” and saying he is no longer trustworthy.  Read Story