Category: Archive – Seminars

Auditors: FL overbilled Medicare $374 million in 3 years

Jul 23, 2008

Florida Health News–July 23, 2008 By Bill Hirschman Florida hospitals and doctors overbilled Medicare by more than a third of a billion dollars since 2005, according to results from a pilot program to become permanent this fall. The three-year project …

Civil Remedy Notice of Insurer Violation Form Rule Hearing

Jul 23, 2008

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Consumer Services has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Hearing for: 69J-123.002: Procedures The proposed Rule adopts a new electronic form (Form DFS-I0-363, “Civil Remedy Notice of Insurer Violation”) for filing a …

Marketing Communication Materials and Guidelines Rule Hearing

Jul 23, 2008

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Hearing for: 69O-149.041: Marketing Communication Material and Marketing Guidelines The proposed amendments to this Rule change the current practice of small group carriers …

NAIC Reinsurance Task Force Meeting

Jul 23, 2008

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold a Reinsurance Task Force meeting from Wednesday, July 23 through Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel in New York City. Items scheduled to be discussed include: The Reinsurance Regulatory …

Small Group Carriers Rule Hearing

Jul 23, 2008

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Hearing regarding the following small group carriers Rule: 69O-149.041: Marketing Communication Material and Marketing Guidelines Date:  Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Time:  9:30 a.m. …

Florida-based North American Risk Services Buys Unisource Tallahassee

Jul 22, 2008

Insurance Journal–July 22, 2008 Headquartered in Maitland, Florida, North American Risk Services purchased the Tallahassee divisional assets of Unisource Administrators from Claimetrics Inc. NARS is a national provider of property and casualty third-party administration services. Chief Executive Officer, Walt Silva, …

COLUMN: State Farm customers have other choices

Jul 22, 2008

Florida Today–July 22, 2008 It’s not that I favor State Farm’s huge proposed rate hike for homeowner’s insurance. What I meant — when I wrote Sunday that State Farm should go ahead and raise rates — is that the market …

Hospitals to share $13.2 million, turn down $12 million

Jul 22, 2008

Florida Health News–July 22, 2008 By Christine Jordan Sexton TALLAHASSEE — Three years after a series of hurricanes slammed into Florida, hospitals across the state are finally getting promised financial help for damages and increased expenses they incurred in the …

Pharmed founders charged with fraud

Jul 22, 2008

Miami Herald–July 22, 2008 By JOHN DORSCHNER Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes, founders of Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic owned businesses in the country, were charged Tuesday with healthcare-related wire fraud and income tax evasion in federal court. …