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Ascent Launches Medical Billings E&O Coverage for U.S. Healthcare Professionals

Ascent Underwriting, the Managing General Agent (MGA) specialising in emerging risks, has launched a medical billings errors & omissions insurance product specifically aimed at U.S. healthcare professionals. CyberPro Medical Billings offers financial protection against HIPAA billing and coding regulation violations …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Healthcare Risk Management

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its healthcare professional liability capabilities to provide customers with customized risk management support. The company will now reimburse qualified healthcare professional liability insurance policyholders for the costs of pre-approved risk management services of their …

Ohio Physician Ordered to Repay $16K-Plus for Workers’ Comp Fraud

A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after he was caught using the information of another physician in order to receive reimbursement from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ …

Indiana Physician Who Hid in Europe Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who was once the subject of an international dragnet before being captured on an Italian mountainside after five years on the run has pleaded guilty to 22 counts of health care fraud in his …