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SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Two Health Net companies paid a $1.9 million fine to settle allegations including not providing consumers with the required information on their “explanation of benefit” forms and not paying certain claims on time, New York State Insurance Superintendent [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Arlington, VA . . . The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the issuance of 11 closure orders to Elk Run Coal Co.’s Seng Creek Powellton Mine when federal inspectors last week discovered [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.afge.org Washington, D.C. . . . AFGE is proud to be the newest member of the multi-organization coalition, Strengthen Social Security.  The coalition is united around one premise – to strengthen Social Security, not cut it. Strengthen Social Security [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Cinergy misleadingly offered health coverage for “little more than $5 per day” Cinergy Health Inc., a Florida-based insurance agent that advertised low cost health insurance plans on late night television, the Internet and through telemarketers, has been fined $500,000 [...] Read More

Source: www.veterans.house.gov House passes legislation to enhance, expand and modernize benefits for veterans Washington, D.C. – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 3219, the Veterans’ Benefits Act [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov New Program Eases Veterans’ Transition To College Life Washington, D.C. . . . Two commuity colleges and three other four-year colleges and universities are being added to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VetSuccess on Campus pilot program. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C . . . Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless Veterans this year. “These [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Health insurer Aetna paid a fine of $850,000 to settle charges including incomplete disclosures on “explanation of benefit” forms to consumers, and violations of New York’s prompt pay requirements, New York State Insurance Superintendent james Wrynn announced today. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov In response to the President’s Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, Federal Agencies offer bike memberships to employees and urge other Federal agencies to do the same. Washington, D.C . . . The [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov A total of nearly 3,000 employers and unions have been approved to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to date; applications still being accepted. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today [...] Read More