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WMU hockey loses 4-1 to Alaska-Fairbanks - MLive.com
Posted today

MLive.com
WMU hockey loses 4-1 to Alaska-Fairbanks
MLive.com
By David Drew | ddrew1@mlive.com KALAMAZOO – The pucks were flying at Scott Greenham all night, but none of the Western Michigan Broncos could get one by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks senior goalie until there was 25 seconds left on the clock ...

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Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case - Insurance Journal
Posted yesterday.

Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case
Insurance Journal
The case centers around AES and a lawsuit filed against the company by a village in Alaska. (And AES's argument that Steadfast Insurance is liable for its defense and indemnity.) In 2008, the native village of Kivalina sued AES and other defendants for ...

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Landrieu, Isakson Introduce Bill to Protect Small Insurance Agents, Consumers - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted today (15 hours ago)

Landrieu, Isakson Introduce Bill to Protect Small Insurance Agents, Consumers
Insurance News Net (press release)
Lisa Murkowski , R- Alaska , and Ben Nelson , D- Neb. , are also cosponsors of the legislation. This legislation addresses a provision of the Affordable Care Act known as the medical loss ratio (MLR) that has had dramatic, unintended consequences for ...

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550 seeking restitution from Milwaukee Archdiocese - Wisconsin Law Journal
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Wisconsin Law Journal
550 seeking restitution from Milwaukee Archdiocese
Wisconsin Law Journal
Those who filed claims will end up splitting a settlement amount that will be determined by the creditors' committee, archdiocese and its insurance company. The archdiocese had only $4.6 million in assets to be applied to claims in 2010.

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New Legislation Would Pad Health Insurance Coffers While Screwing Over Consumers - The Consumerist
Posted yesterday.

The Consumerist
New Legislation Would Pad Health Insurance Coffers While Screwing Over Consumers
The Consumerist
The bill, introduced by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and co-sponsored by John Isakson of Georgia, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Nebraska's Ben Nelson, is intended "to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance ...

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Healthcare workers earn highest pay in California, Alaska - FierceHealthFinance
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Healthcare workers earn highest pay in California, Alaska
FierceHealthFinance
Healthcare practitioners and healthcare support staff get the highest pay in California and Alaska, reported The Business Journals. Such information should come as no surprise, given the highest paid executive across all industries is from a California ...
Buffalo area is competitive in rankings of health-care payBuffalo Business First (blog)

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Worker's failure to file comp claim foils suit - Workers Comp Forum
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Worker's failure to file comp claim foils suit
Workers Comp Forum
In Alaska, a municipality can be considered a "project owner" that is required to pay benefits to an injured worker if the worker's employer is a contractor that failed to secure the payments. Case name: Nelson v. Municipality of Anchorage, No.

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Measures Taken To Earthquake-Proof Alaskan Hospital - Insurance Journal
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Measures Taken To Earthquake-Proof Alaskan Hospital
Insurance Journal
With that goal in mind, FMH has started a $1.7 million project to upgrade the structure of the building, providing an extra dose of insurance for the only public hospital in the Interior. “Not only do we want the people inside to be safe, ...
Measures Taken to Earthquake-Proof Alaska HospitalClaimsJournal.com

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Alaska Selects SBS - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Alaska Selects SBS
Insurance News Net (press release)
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced the Alaska Division of Insurance has formally licensed State Based Systems (SBS), an NAIC owned and operated regulatory tool. "We look forward to taking full advantage of the many ...


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Alaska Medicare clinics are seeing a patient shortage - Sacramento Bee
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

Alaska Medicare clinics are seeing a patient shortage
Sacramento Bee
By Rosemary Shinohara Medicare patients flooded two new clinics targeting the older population when they opened in Anchorage last year — most other primary care doctors wouldn't take the federal insurance for seniors because they say Medicare pays too ...
After flood of patients, Anchorage Medicare clinics need more patientsThe Republic

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Alaska eyes giving state workers choice between DB, DC plans - Business Insurance
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Alaska eyes giving state workers choice between DB, DC plans
Business Insurance
JUNEAU, Alaska—A bill introduced in the Alaska Senate would allow new public employees to choose to participate in a defined benefit or defined contribution plan. The bill calls for a new defined benefit plan tier following backlash from 2006 ...


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Valley Center death fuels questions about previous accidents - Kansas.com
Posted today

Kansas.com
Valley Center death fuels questions about previous accidents
Kansas.com
The situation drew attention because, according to a court document, there had been about a dozen deaths involving members of the group who lived off life insurance payouts that resulted from the deaths. The fact that Perez was recently charged with ...


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TriWest Offers Unwavering Support, Thanks to Alaska's Military Families - Sacramento Bee
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 (11 days ago)

TriWest Offers Unwavering Support, Thanks to Alaska's Military Families
Sacramento Bee
By TriWest Healthcare Alliance It's an expression of sincere gratitude that TriWest Healthcare Alliance is committed to saying over and over again to Alaska's military members and their families. TriWest—which manages the military's TRICARE healthcare ...

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AK healthcare industry booming - HealthLeaders Media
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 (8 days ago)

AK healthcare industry booming
HealthLeaders Media
The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna regions of Southcentral Alaska.

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Milwaukee Archdiocese faces 550 sex abuse claims - CBS News
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Milwaukee Archdiocese faces 550 sex abuse claims
CBS News
Those who filed claims will end up splitting a settlement amount that will be determined by the creditors' committee, archdiocese and its insurance company. The archdiocese had only $4.6 million in assets to be applied to claims in 2010.

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Alaska CHIPRA gets hefty renewal bonus for kids' Medicaid - Alaskajournal.com
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 (9 days ago)

Alaskajournal.com
Alaska CHIPRA gets hefty renewal bonus for kids' Medicaid
Alaskajournal.com
The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a performance bonus of $5660544 to improve the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization processes. This is the third year Alaska has received such a bonus, bringing the cumulative ...


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Crook County Meningitis 'Outbreak' Declared - KTVZ
Posted yesterday.

Crook County Meningitis 'Outbreak' Declared
KTVZ
To receive the meningococcal vaccination, people with healthcare coverage should contact their local provider or pharmacist. Most private health insurance plans will cover the cost of vaccination. People without insurance should dial 2-1-1 for more ...
Meningococcal outbreak declared in Crook CountyBend Bulletin

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Connecticut mom told maternity leave viewed as resignation - The Imperfect Parent
Posted yesterday.

The Imperfect Parent
Connecticut mom told maternity leave viewed as resignation
The Imperfect Parent
When Amy Zvovushe took a new job with Ryan Partnership, she never imagined that when she became pregnant and informed her Human Resources department of her condition she'd be told she wouldn't have a job waiting for her when she came back to work after ...
Amy Zvovushe alleges her employer in Connecticut violated discrimination laws ...ABC News

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Oklahoma could benefit from health insurance exchange setup, study finds - Tulsa World
Posted on Jan 28, 2012 (7 days ago)

Oklahoma could benefit from health insurance exchange setup, study finds
Tulsa World
By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Oklahoma is one of 15 states that has made the least progress toward establishing a health insurance exchange but also one whose people could most benefit from one, a study by the Urban Institute shows.

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Alaska To Spend $200KA Year For Each High Risk Pool Member - Kaiser Health News
Posted on Jan 17, 2012 (18 days ago)

Kaiser Health News
Alaska To Spend $200KA Year For Each High Risk Pool Member
Kaiser Health News
“Health costs in Alaska are extremely expensive,” said Cecil Bykerk, executive director of the Alaska Comprehensive Insurance Association, which runs the pool. “We have a small number of people but the average claim cost is exceeding expectations by a ...

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Tech upgrade in Southwest on a roll - Bristol Bay Times
Posted yesterday.

Tech upgrade in Southwest on a roll
Bristol Bay Times
Southwest Alaska is logging on to Terra-Southwest's broadband Internet connection one step at a time, after two years of work and hundreds of miles of cable. The Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation in Dillingham was first to boot up on the new network, ...

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Swedish alliance with Providence is now complete - The Seattle Times
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

The Seattle Times
Swedish alliance with Providence is now complete
The Seattle Times
In that role, he will oversee clinical quality, physician services, human resources and communication for the Providence system; in addition, he will be in charge of the Oregon and Washington operations. Kevin Brown, previously Swedish's chief strategy ...
Business BriefsHeraldNet
Providence and Swedish finalize affiliation agreementHealthcare Finance News

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Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton - Amarillo.com
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Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
Amarillo.com
The couple plan to mark the milestone with a trip to Alaska in the spring. Mr. Hamilton married his high school sweetheart Janice Coker on Feb. 3, 1962 at Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. The couple have lived in Amarillo for 43 years.


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The cost of having diabetes in Alaska isn't cheap or easy - Alaskajournal.com
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 (9 days ago)

Alaskajournal.com
The cost of having diabetes in Alaska isn't cheap or easy
Alaskajournal.com
Insurance plays a vital role in giving people like me enough to afford necessary supplies plus the occasional meal. Still, it's not free. Take the most basic obligations like insulin, followed by glucose testing supplies. These are things you need ...


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RPT-FEATURE-Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade - Reuters
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

RPT-FEATURE-Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
Reuters
The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid-winter fuel delivery to western Alaska, capping a year of pioneering shipping as oil and gas development and climate change increase traffic along northern trade routes sought by ...

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