Compliance

As providers seek to improve patient satisfaction and associated business outlook, many are turning to electronic health records as one way to become more efficient and improve their operations.

Congress holds hearing on the regulation of long-term care insurance.

Travelers, Nationwide, The Big I and The Council are fostering a comprehensive, private-market approach to improve the affordability and availability of coastal wind storm insurance for homeowners.

Insurance Information Act Presses On The controversial effort to establish a federal insurance advisory clears a legislative hurdle.

Expanded Role for RRGs Elicits Concern Insurers raise hackles as the Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act moves out of committee.

Celent: Insurers Can Improve the State Filing Process Insurers take action to improve their state filing process, and technology is a key contributor.

The action was taken in response to emerging concerns expressed by state regulators and The Securities & Insurance Licensing Association (SILA) advisory board members regarding the potential for conflict of interest between Kaplan and SILA.

Common reference model for straight-through processing provides a framework for implementation of standards to streamline annuity processing.

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators is looking to derail the establishment of a federal insurance office.

The legislation would offer local governments grants to enhance building codes.

As market conduct examinations become more strenuous, insurers look to technology to manage complex requirements.

The law would stiffen punishment for securities law violations targeting senior citizens.

The company's Insurance Compliance Solutions group reviewed and analyzed content from last year’s market conduct exams from across the United States to comprise the top 10 criticisms lists for property/casualty insurance and life and health insurance.

Bradley Lucido will oversee the ethics, compliance and governance programs, policies and procedures across the MassMutual Financial Group companies.

A new Web-based tool verifies compliance against insurer audit rules and helps enforce guidelines to autobody shops and appraisers.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services nudges physicians with “EHR” incentives, while Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft partner to pilot health data transfers.

The legislative effort to create a federal insurance advisory is eliciting both praise and concern.

Connecticut AG is seeking to reform the way public bonds are rated.

The CFO Forum believes a new set of market-consistent embedded values produce additional consistency and improved disclosure.

NAMIC adds voice to those opposing NAIC plan to aggregate market conduct data.