Federated National Insurance Company (”Federated National”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21st Century Holding Company insurance holding company, today announced that it received approval from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (”OIR”) to write commercial residential property business in the state of FloridaMichael H. Braun, President of Federated National and Chief Executive Officer of 21st [...]

Connolly Healthcare, a permanent Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines.
Connolly will use the Care Guidelines content and software to review Medicare claims in 15 states — West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, [...]

TriServ Alliance, LLC recently submitted the final revisions to its bid to the U.S. Department of Defense to support their delivery of health care for the third generation TRICARE South Region Contract. If awarded the contract, TriServ will begin servicing the 2.9 million active duty, retired and participating reserve and National Guard members of the [...]

The VSP Mobile Eyes® program traveled the nation in 2008 providing over $1.8 million in charitable eyecare services and education outreach, including response services to four major disasters. The introduction of a second mobile clinic in June 2008 provided an additional channel to provide for those in need.
The mobile clinics traveled to 62 locations nationwide [...]

Access Plans USA, Inc. a developer and nationwide distributor of quality affordable consumer driven healthcare programs, has announced the sale of all of its El Paso-based operations, conducting business as Foresight TPA, to HealthSCOPE Benefits, Inc.a full service third party administrator and health management firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas. The transaction is scheduled to [...]

Care Improvement Plus, one of the nation’s largest chronic condition Special Needs Plans (SNPs), announced today that it has received top scores from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the evaluation of its structure and process measures. The measures are the first in a series of new requirements evaluating the performance of [...]

Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey — are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to “The 2008 State New Economy Index,” released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The report is being released during Global [...]

The Republic Group (Republic) announced A.M. Best Company has affirmed the rating of A- (Excellent) for each of the group’s companies. In addition to affirming the group’s current financial strength, A. M. Best assessed its outlook as “stable”.
The rating and outlook reflect the group’s adequate capitalization, sustained operating profitability, long-standing regional market presence, consistent [...]

Humana Veterans Healthcare Services (HVHS) announces the appointment of former U.S. Army Deputy Surgeon General, Gale Pollock (MG,Ret.) to its Advisory Board. General Pollock will join the HVHS Advisory Board for their meeting in Louisville, KY this December. The HVHS Advisory Board was formed to provide guidance and insight into the changing needs of the [...]