Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Oklahoma to Require Medical Certification for Some Commercial Drivers
Jan 23 2012 // On Jan. 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will begin adding medical certification status and medical examiner’s certificate information to commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS)...
Oklahoma Commissioner Disappointed in MLR Waiver Denial
Jan 23 2012 // But State Lawmaker Thinks It’s a Good Thing for Consumers Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio...
Oklahoma’s GHS Property and Casualty Insurance Co. Ratings Downgraded
Jan 19 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of GHS Property and Casualty Insurance Co. (GHS), located in...
More Than $25.2M in Virginia Quake Aid OK’d
Jan 18 2012 // More than $25.2 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help residents, businesses and local governments in Virginia recover from last summer’s earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says...
4 Injured in Explosion at Oklahoma Business
Jan 13 2012 // Authorities say four men suffered burn injuries on Jan. 12 in an explosion at a business in south Edmond, Okla. Edmond Fire Department Maj. Kelly Lewis told reporters at the scene that one man suffered third-degree burns...
Oklahoma to Require Medical Certification for Some Commercial Drivers
Jan 13 2012 // On Jan. 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will begin adding medical certification status and medical examiner’s certificate information to commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS)...
Oklahoma Woman, Pet Kangaroo Moving Over City Spat
Jan 13 2012 // An Oklahoma woman who keeps a partially paralyzed kangaroo as a therapy pet said on Jan. 11 that she is moving to another city over a spat with local officials, even though they insist they haven’t told her to go or...
Oklahoma Charges Former Agent with Embezzlement, Unlawful Insurance Sales
Jan 12 2012 // The Oklahoma insurance regulators announced that a Tulsa area man has been charged unlawfully selling health insurance to Oklahoma customers. The Oklahoma Insurance Department said Terry L. McCrackin, 64, was charged in...
South Carolina Judge Grants Initial OK for Class Action Over Sun City Homes
Jan 10 2012 // A South Carolina judge has granted preliminary class-action status to lawsuits alleging defective stucco work on homes in Sun City Hilton Head. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that Judge J. Michael Baxley issued...
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Part of Workers’ Comp Law
Jan 9 2012 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down on Dec. 20, 2011, part of a new law that prevents chiropractors and some other medical professionals from serving as independent medical examiners in the state’s Workers’...
Oklahoma’s Commissioner Doak Had a Full Plate in 2011
Jan 9 2012 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak was a busy man. Doak and the agency he leads had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a host of...
Oklahoma Commissioner Disappointed in Denial of MLR Waiver Request
Jan 5 2012 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio component of federal health insurance reform After...
Central Oklahoma Homes ‘Quaked’ a Bit on Christmas Day
Dec 27 2011 // Some Oklahoma residents may have felt their homes shake on Christmas Day, but it wasn’t because reindeer had landed on the roof. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.3-magnitude quake struck around 8:10 a.m. on...
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Part of Workers’ Comp Law
Dec 22 2011 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down on Dec. 20 part of a new law that prevents chiropractors and some other medical professionals from serving as independent medical examiners in the state’s Workers’...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Doak Has Had a Full Plate in 2011
Dec 19 2011 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak has been a busy man. Doak and the agency he leads have had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a...
2 Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud in Oklahoma; 3rd Pleads Guilty
Dec 9 2011 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has charged two men with workers’ compensation fraud and announced a guilty plea from woman who was previously charged. Charlie Jones, 45, of Norman faces one count of...
Oklahoma Legislator Files Guest Worker Program Bill
Dec 9 2011 // In an effort to stimulate Oklahoma’s economy and allow the state to be more competitive with out-of-state companies, a state senator has filled a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to legally work in...
White House Denies Earthquake Aid for Oklahoma
Dec 5 2011 // The White House has denied a request from the state of Oklahoma for individual assistance for those affected by a series of earthquakes in November. Gov. Mary Fallin said she’s disappointed and will consider other...
Oklahoma Gov. Requests Earthquake Disaster Assistance
Dec 5 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is requesting a federal disaster declaration in the wake of a series of earthquakes that rumbled through the state in November. Fallin made the formal request on Nov. 22 to help individuals,...
Can’t Wait on Exchange
Dec 5 2011 // A legislative panel exploring the impact of the new federal health care law on Oklahoma will likely suggest that the state should do the minimum amount required to comply with the act, the committee’s chairman...
