Archive for February 2019

Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads reached an estimated 40,000 in 2018, the third year in a row in which at least that many people died in vehicle crashes, according to new figures from the National Safety Council. The 2018 total … Source: Claims Journal

This article is the second in a two-part series about best practices for building a physician peer review panel. Click here to read the first article in the series, The Art of Creating a Physician Peer Review Panel, Part I. … Source: Claims Journal

While the essence of claims adjusting has stayed the same – investigation, evaluation, negotiation – the way a file is documented has changed significantly. Digital files have made paperless claims a reality, according to Kevin Quinley, founder and principal of … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after receiving more reports of the disease. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter Wednesday to family doctors, nurses and … Source: Claims Journal

As North Dakota’s Health Department enters the final stages of implementing a statewide distribution system for medical marijuana, state lawmakers are considering proposals that would make it easier for patients to get doctor approval for the drug. Medical marijuana advocates … Source: Claims Journal

Kemper Announces Retirement of Director Douglas Geoga Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) announced today that Douglas G. Geoga has informed the company’s Board of Directors of his intention to retire as a director at the end of his current term, expiring … Source: Claims Journal

The pilot whose plane broke apart and crashed into a Southern California home, killing five people, was disciplined for dangerous flying years earlier, it was reported Friday. Antonio Pastini, 75, of Gardnerville, Nevada, was flying home after visiting his daughter … Source: Claims Journal

After Superstorm Sandy pummeled the New Jersey coast, then-Gov. Chris Christie set out to build protective sand dunes along most of the state’s 127-mile (204-kilometer) shoreline. Despite lawsuits from homeowners throughout the shore seeking to block the project, the state … Source: Claims Journal

The warning couldn’t have been clearer. As PG&E Corp. plunged into bankruptcy last month, S&P Global Ratings slashed credit grades almost to junk status for California’s two other big electric utilities, owned by Sempra Energy and Edison International, and said … Source: Claims Journal

Louisiana’s largest auto insurer will cut its rates starting in April by an average of 3.2 percent for its roughly 1 million Louisiana policyholders. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced the rate decrease for State Farm on Thursday. It’s the company’s … Source: Claims Journal