Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
HOUSE PASSES WHISTLEBLOWER ACT:
Nov 7 2005 // The Michigan House of Representatives passed H.B. 4577, the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Statute, by a 106-2 vote. Rep. David Law (R-Commerce Township) unveiled the legislation in March 2005. The statute would amend...
Michigan Governor Seeks 20% Discount on Auto, Homeowners Rates
Nov 6 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Democratic lawmakers want to give homeowners and motorists a 20 percent cut in their insurance rates, a move the insurance industry says isn’t justified and is politically...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ILLINOIS Garrett Bonham, 29, seeks more than $75,000 in a lawsuit filed last month for injuries sustained in his 10 years of employment as a performing knight at the Schaumburg, Ill., Medieval Times, according to the...
Mich. Insurer Expands to Ohio and Iowa
Nov 2 2005 // American Community Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded availability of its small group health care plan for companies with two to 50 employees to Ohio and Iowa. The health care plan offers insured members access to their own...
Mich. Bill Rewards Healthy Behavior
Oct 27 2005 // Insurance companies and HMOs in Michigan would be required to offer financial incentives that reward people for healthy behavior under legislation introduced Thursday in the state Senate, according to Associated...
IIM Planning Fraud Summit
Oct 24 2005 // The Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) are sponsoring a statewide summit on insurance fraud in Lansing on Dec. 1, 2005. The event will bring together representatives from...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Premiums: NAIC Report
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Premiums: NAIC Report
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // OHIO Hospital Group Sues WC Bureau: The Ohio Hospital Association and a member hospital sued the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in September on claims the state did not follow legal processes for a $50 million...
October Serves as ‘Mich. Car-Deer Crash Safety Awareness Month’
Oct 14 2005 // October and November are two of the most dangerous months in Michigan, especially for the state’s 1.75 million whitetail deer and the 62,707 motorists who crash into them. Car-deer crashes in Michigan cause at least...
Mich. Gov. Seeks 20% Reduction on Auto, Homeowners
Oct 10 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Democratic lawmakers want to give homeowners and motorists a 20 percent cut in their insurance rates, a move the insurance industry says isn’t justified. Granholm and lawmakers...
Mich. House Passes Medicaid Whistleblower Act
Oct 6 2005 // The Michigan House of Representatives yesterday passed H.B. 4577, the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Statute, by a 106-2 vote. Rep. David Law (R-Commerce Township) unveiled the legislation in March 2005. The statute...
Mich. AG Charges Health Service with 31 Counts of Fraud
Oct 5 2005 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has charged a Macomb County-based corporation that provides in-home care and nursing services to severely handicapped patients with 31 counts of filing false Medicaid claims. Cox has also...
Mich. Joins NAIC Settlement with Marsh
Sep 28 2005 // Michigan joined with over 30 state insurance regulators, working collaboratively through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and announced a multi-state regulatory settlement with the nation’s...
Mich. Judge Rules for Health Benefits for Gay Partners
Sep 28 2005 // An Ingham County, Michigan judge ruled that the state’s ban against gay marriage does not prevent public employers from providing health insurance to partners of gay employees. Circuit Judge Joyce Draganchuk says...
BC/BS of Mich. Pledges $500,000 in Katrina Relief
Sep 9 2005 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will make a $450,000 donation to the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross in support of relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and...
BC/BS of Mich. Extends UAW Contract
Sep 6 2005 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the United Auto Workers agreed to extend their existing labor contract while discussions on a new contract continue. The existing contract expired at 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 1, and the...
Mich. Med-Mal Insurer Withdraws Bid on PIC Wisconsin
Sep 6 2005 // American Physicians Capital Inc., a Michigan provider of malpractice insurance, has withdrawn its hostile bid to buy 24 percent of Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin Inc. and opted to purchase a lesser share of the...
Mich. Dentist Charged in Scam
Sep 1 2005 // A Michigan dentist has been charged with 91 felony insurance fraud and drug charges, accused of fraudulently billing insurers for approximately $18,000 from December 2001 through January of this year. Dr. Thomas Endicott...
Michigan Workers Rack Up $100,000 in Unemployment Scam
Aug 22 2005 // Eleven workers in western Michigan have been found guilty of unemployment insurance fraud for collecting more than $100,000 in benefits to which they were not entitled. Twenty-nine others face strong administrative action...
