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, [...]

Compliance 360, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for enterprise governance, risk and compliance (eGRC) and the most widely used solution in the healthcare industry, today announced the results of a recent survey of hospitals preparing for CMS RAC audits.
The survey of several hundred hospitals conducted in late 2008 found that “holding everyone accountable [...]

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. released the following statement today in response to the Department of Defense’s release of the TRICARE contract awards:
“Health Net Federal Services is disappointed not to be selected by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for the Managed Care Support Contractor in the TRICARE North [...]

Wm. Scott Page, president and CEO of The Lifeline Program, will host a workshop on “Successful Life Settlement Portfolio Aggregation” at the 6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit (www.ilsbermuda.com) being held July 15-17, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda. Sponsored by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), the summit draws top professionals in [...]

BWise, a global leader for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions and Tauw Group, engineers and consultants specializing in the improvement and management of the natural environment, built-up environment and infrastructure, announced today their partnership to bring joint services to the market. By joining forces, Tauw Group and BWise can help organizations realize better [...]

H&R Block, Inc.announced that Charles Elliott “C. E.” Andrews has been named president of its wholly owned business services subsidiary, RSM McGladrey, effective June 29, 2009. He joins the Company after most recently serving as President of SLM Corporation (”Sallie Mae”) following a 29-year career with Arthur Andersen
“We are pleased that C. E. Andrews is [...]

Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced that it will build two new buildings totaling 275,000 square feet on the existing grounds of Farmers Insurance office facilities located in Caledonia. This development is thanks in part to an attractive incentives package offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The expansion will create a significant number [...]

XL Insurance, XL Capital Ltd’s global insurance operations, announced a new agreement with National Indemnity Company (”National Indemnity”), an insurance company subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Under this agreement, and its related reinsurance agreement, National Indemnity will issue endorsements to “Side A” Directors & Officers policies.
“Given today’s business climate, we believe that this enhanced ‘Side [...]

Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), one of the leading global provider of location and communication intelligence offerings, today announced that its GeoTAX® Insurance Premium Tax solution has been officially verified by the Kentucky Department of Insurance. Under a recent change in state legislation, Kentucky now requires that insurance carriers use a verified geo-spatial database that [...]

As a leader in the property and casualty insurance marketplace, South Florida-based Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. certainly understands the science of risk management and protecting the assets of its customers.
As part of its corporate business continuity/data protection plan, Universal has decided to expand the scope of its colocation/disaster recovery coverage with 1Vault Networks [...]