Texas

Appeals Court OKs Multimillion-Dollar Judgment for Dallas Doctor

June 27th, 2009

A Dallas doctor who won an $8.6 million judgment against his employer two years ago won again Thursday, when an appellate court affirmed the judgment in his favor.
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas found in favor of Dr. Neal Fisher following a 2007 judgment against Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, P.A., [...]


ACM Capital Partners, Crestmark Bank Team to Deliver Multi-Million Dollar Asset-Based Loan for Struggling Medical Device Company

June 17th, 2009

ACM Capital Partners, a national investment and advisory firm specializing in assisting middle-market companies in transition or distress, and Crestmark Bank, a nationally recognized provider of working capital solutions to small- and mid-sized businesses, today announced they have partnered to deliver a multi-million dollar asset-based loan for a struggling medical device company headquartered in California.
The [...]


AMERISAFE Announces Appointment of Chief Investment Officer

June 17th, 2009

AMERISAFE, Inc. a specialty writer of high hazard workers’ compensation insurance, today announced the appointment of Brendan Gau as its Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Gau, age 34, will join the company June 23, 2009.
Prior to joining AMERISAFE, Mr. Gau was employed by AIM Capital Management in Houston, Texas, which he [...]


SOA Consortium Releases New Podcast Featuring JP Morgenthal on “Disassembling the SOA & BPM Relationship”

June 7th, 2009

The SOA Consortium™announced that a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by JP Morgenthal, EA, SOA, BPM & Cloud Computing Strategist on “Disassembling the SOA & BPM Relationship,” recorded at the March 2009 meeting of the SOA Consortium in Washington, D.C. are now available. To access the podcast, visit http://www.soa-consortium.org/pr-dc-jpm.
JP Morgenthal gave a provocative [...]


Recovery Audit Contractor Connolly Healthcare Licenses Milliman Care Guidelines(R)

June 4th, 2009

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, [...]


INSURICA Insurance Management Network Chooses ProspX to Support New Unified Market Positioning

June 2nd, 2009

ProspX, Inc., the leader in on-demand sales collaboration and automation solutions for the commercial insurance industry, today announced that INSURICA Insurance Management Network, formerly North America Group, has selected the ProspX platform to further support the launch of its new branding and positioning campaign. By networking core industries and disciplines together and enabling easy collaboration [...]


California Earthquake Authority CFO Named CFO of the Year

May 30th, 2009

Tim Richison, chief financial officer of the California Earthquake Authority since 1997, was named CFO of the Year by the Sacramento Business Journal at ceremonies held today. Judges cited Richison’s achievements as part of the original team at CEA — an entity that opened its doors in 1996 and has since become an international model [...]


inthinc Expands Sales Organization

February 9th, 2009

inthinc, a developer and manufacturer of technologies to improve driving safety, announced the expansion of its sales force to aggressively capitalize on growth opportunities. The sales organization is expanding to address new products that will be introduced this year, as well as new markets that may benefit from adoption of inthinc driving safety solutions.
T. Wayne [...]


National Insurance Partners to Host Golf and Music Weekend in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

February 5th, 2009

Bill Pollock, Chairman and Founder of National Insurance Partners (”NIP”), announced today that it will sponsor the Cabo Celebrity Golf Classic on April 23-26, 2009 at the internationally acclaimed One & Only Palmilla Resort and Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The tournament, featuring amateur, professional and celebrity golfers, will benefit the Casa Hogar [...]


Houston Independent School District Collaborates with Rockport Healthcare Group, Obtains Certification in Texas for 1305 Certified TX HCN

February 3rd, 2009

Rockport Healthcare Group, a national preferred provider organization (PPO) focused exclusively on workers’ compensation, has announced that through a joint collaborative effort, their client, the Houston Independent School District (HISD), has obtained a 1305 Texas Healthcare Network (TX HCN) certificate.
Rockport has certifiable networks that provide coverage for nearly 75% of the entire working population of [...]