bhoffman | September 1, 2010
PHX, www.phx-online.com
PHX Acquires Crossfire Technologies to Expand PPO Management Services
PHX today announced that it has acquired all of the assets of Crossfire Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of automated medical claim re-pricing software. Crossfire’s Technologies product line includes automated EDI and Web-based claims re-pricing, provider profile data warehousing and fee schedule management. PHX is expanding [...]
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bhoffman | August 11, 2010
Leaders of Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna received nearly $200 million in compensation in 2009, according to a report, while the companies sought rate increases as high as 39%.
By Noam N. Levey of the Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com
The top executives at the nation’s five largest for-profit health insurance companies pulled in nearly $200 million [...]
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Adam V. Russo | June 30, 2010
My firm’s partner, India Minchoff, won a settlement known to be the biggest awarded settlement in Plymouth County history. To learn more about the case, please see the article below.
Families Win Multimillion Lawsuit Against Hemlock Associates Of Lakeville
BOSTON — A civil rights trial against a homeowner’s association accused of discriminating against Jewish members has ended [...]
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Adam V. Russo | June 21, 2010
Court Enters Judgment for Stop Loss Carrier Based On Pleadings Alone
MyHealthGuide Source: Tom Croft, Esq., King & Croft LLP, 6/15/2010, www.StopLossLaw.com
Case: Federal Warehouse Co. v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co, No. 2:08-cv-275, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division (5/24/2010) Court’s Opinion
Sometimes these stop loss cases are just plain [...]
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Adam V. Russo | June 17, 2010
The health care industry spans a broad spectrum of entities – ranging from employee benefit plans to preferred provider networks to stop loss carriers. Organizations throughout the industry are subject to a variety of regulations to which they must comply or face potential fines.
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Adam V. Russo | April 29, 2010
Health network examined for possible antitrust violations
By Robert Weisman and Liz Kowalczyk
The US Department of Justice has opened a civil investigation into possible anticompetitive behavior by Partners HealthCare System Inc., the region’s most powerful hospital and physician network.
In a letter sent to Partners and the state’s three largest health insurers on April 19, investigators [...]
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Adam V. Russo | April 13, 2010
Safety record eyed after blast kills at least 25
By Sally Roberts
MONTCOAL, W.Va.—The company that owns the West Virginia coal mine where at least 25 miners were killed last week is largely self-insured for the risks associated with the explosion.
In its annual report filed last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Richmond, Va.-based Massey Energy [...]
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Adam V. Russo | March 19, 2010
The following Lawyers Weekly article depicts my partner’s, India L. Minchoff of The Law Offices of Russo & Minchoff, $2.63 million judgment win.
Son Misleads Father Into Signing Over His Assets
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Adam V. Russo | March 16, 2010
Yesterday Monday, March 15th I had the opportunity to speak about The Phia Group’s Innovative Plan Document Design services at the ECI User Group Conference held at the Loews Ventana Resort in Tucson, AZ. click here to see the entire PowerPoint presentation.
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Adam V. Russo | February 25, 2010
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Adam V. Russo | February 25, 2010
By AVERY JOHNSON
Insurers faced harsh criticism Wednesday during a congressional hearing on steep premium increases by a Wellpoint Inc. unit in California.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, pointed to internal company documents he said demonstrated that profit influenced the decision by WellPoint’s Anthem Blue Cross unit to raise [...]
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Adam V. Russo | February 10, 2010
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Mike and I creating our company.
At the time we had no idea what would happen, but it’s clear that based on the hard work of our staff and dedication of our clients, we are a key resource in the industry’s quest to reduce healthcare costs.
Thanks to all of you [...]
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Adam V. Russo | January 19, 2010
This morning in my extremely democratic town, I pulled the lever for Scott Brown. The atmosphere in this state is clearly electrified for Brown. I just don’t see how he doesn’t win today. All you see is Scott Brown signs, stickers, and people everywhere. His rallies are like giant parties. But this is Massachusetts where [...]
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Adam V. Russo | January 12, 2010
Financial services regulation, surplus lines, flood coverage all expected to be addressed
Mark A. Hofmann
WASHINGTON—If you want to know the risk management and insurance legislative agenda for 2010, take a look at what’s left over from 2009, industry observers say.
Financial services regulatory reform passed the House of Representatives, but still must be taken up by the [...]
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Adam V. Russo | December 28, 2009
by Barbra Rabinowitz, Berry,Odom & Rabinowitz, LLP
Final regulations under the Internal Revenue Code have recently been issued which require group health plan sponsors to self-report the applicable excise tax resulting from a failure to comply with several federal group health plan requirements. While the excise tax liability associated with failure to comply with such requirements [...]
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