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The research also found that thosr costs would have been billionsw more without system reforms earlierfthis decade. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute, a researchb organization made up of insurersand self-insurex employers, recently released the studgy on post-reform changes in workers’ comp medicak payments in the Golden State. The study is the fourth in a five-pary series updating data on claim outcomes followinf system reforms between 2002and 2004.
All the data in the reporf reflect when injuriesoccurred — known as the accidenf year — instead of when an accident was Since 2005, insurance companies’ payments have increased significantluy for treatment, medications/durable medical equipment, medical-legap reports and medical management, the institute said. Between 2005 and average medical payments for all claims oneyear post-injuru rose 23 percent, to $2,582 from $2,100, the studyu found.
Meanwhile, “average medical payments on more expensive indemnithy claims climbed 28percent (from $4,44w to $5,665),” the report Even though medical costs are rising, the reform are estimated to have saved cumulativelyg between $12.8 billion and $25.3 billion in medical cost between 2004 and 2008. Some of the medicakl management tools put in place by the reforms were medical treatmentfutilization schedule, mandatory utilization review, bill review and medical providetr networks. The institute estimates that withoutthe workers’ comp medical inflation would have continued at somewhered between 8.
2 percent a year — whicy is half the pre-reform annual inflatio n rate — and 16.4 percent, which is the averagre annual inflation rate between 1999 and 2002.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
USDA seeks to close loophole in animal welfare law to cover breeders who sell ... - Washington Post
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USDA seeks to close loophole in animal welfare law to cover breeders who sell ... Washington Post Dog breeders who skirt animal welfare laws by selling puppies over the Internet would face tighter scrutiny under a rule change proposed Thursday by the US Department of Agriculture. The change would subject dog owners who breed more than four females ... |
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Bauer takes stars from 17 banks - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate banks basex oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loans and othed factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starz to a low of0 stars. in Coral Gables lost a star goin g tofour (excellent) from five stars. Four others maintainefd their five-star ranking: American Nationakl Bank, Oakland Park City National Bank of Miami FirstNational Bank, South Miami Intercontinentapl Bank, West Miami in Miamo rose to three stars from two. First Unitee Bank in Boca Raton and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 starws from three. in Fort Lauderdale made four stars, up from 3.5. Severa l banks went to 3.5 from four stars.
They are: , Homesteadr Doral-based slipped again, this time to three starx from three-and-a-half stars in the firsyt quarter. That’s down from four stars in the thirdr quarter of last Other banks that slipped to three stars from 3.5 are: Executive National, Miami , Miami , Miami U.S. Century Bank, Miami Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdal Lydian Private Bank inPalm Beach, Grand Eastern Bank of Floridas in Miami, Metro Bank of Dade and in Miami fell to two stars from three. , Miami, in North Lauderdale and in Boca Raton fell a notch toone star, down from two in the fourt quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’w lowest rating: , Miami Republic Federapl Bank, Miami , Miamk Integrity Bank, Jupiter
The company uses federal regulatory data to rate banks basex oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loans and othed factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starz to a low of0 stars. in Coral Gables lost a star goin g tofour (excellent) from five stars. Four others maintainefd their five-star ranking: American Nationakl Bank, Oakland Park City National Bank of Miami FirstNational Bank, South Miami Intercontinentapl Bank, West Miami in Miamo rose to three stars from two. First Unitee Bank in Boca Raton and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 starws from three. in Fort Lauderdale made four stars, up from 3.5. Severa l banks went to 3.5 from four stars.
They are: , Homesteadr Doral-based slipped again, this time to three starx from three-and-a-half stars in the firsyt quarter. That’s down from four stars in the thirdr quarter of last Other banks that slipped to three stars from 3.5 are: Executive National, Miami , Miami , Miami U.S. Century Bank, Miami Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdal Lydian Private Bank inPalm Beach, Grand Eastern Bank of Floridas in Miami, Metro Bank of Dade and in Miami fell to two stars from three. , Miami, in North Lauderdale and in Boca Raton fell a notch toone star, down from two in the fourt quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’w lowest rating: , Miami Republic Federapl Bank, Miami , Miamk Integrity Bank, Jupiter
Monday, May 7, 2012
Wisconsin Clopay plant to be closed - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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, the garage doors manufacturing businessof Jericho, N.Y.-based Griffon (NYSE: GFF), is consolidating operations of the Baldwinm plant, in St. Croix County, and the operations from a plantin Russia, into its plant in Troy, "These actions will enable us to centralize productionn at our most technologically advanced facility so that Clopaty can improve its manufacturing efficiency while improvinbg our ability to serve the needws of our customers," said Steve Lynch, president of Clopay. "By consolidating our manufacturing, we will streamlinee operations, lower costs and maintain the flexibilit y to meet supply demandsx now and inthe future.
" The companyt estimates that it will incur pre-tacx exit and restructuring costs of approximately $12 nearly all of which will be in Charges will include approximatelyt $2 million for one-time termination benefits and other personnel-relatesd costs.
, the garage doors manufacturing businessof Jericho, N.Y.-based Griffon (NYSE: GFF), is consolidating operations of the Baldwinm plant, in St. Croix County, and the operations from a plantin Russia, into its plant in Troy, "These actions will enable us to centralize productionn at our most technologically advanced facility so that Clopaty can improve its manufacturing efficiency while improvinbg our ability to serve the needws of our customers," said Steve Lynch, president of Clopay. "By consolidating our manufacturing, we will streamlinee operations, lower costs and maintain the flexibilit y to meet supply demandsx now and inthe future.
" The companyt estimates that it will incur pre-tacx exit and restructuring costs of approximately $12 nearly all of which will be in Charges will include approximatelyt $2 million for one-time termination benefits and other personnel-relatesd costs.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Nashville Business Journal:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-polic think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,000 residentzs as of 2007. The report placed the Columbus metropolitah statistical area 40th among thoses ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cincinnati, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakesf major metropolitan area nationwide. Leading the pack in the reporrt wasSan Antonio, one of four Texas cities amontg the nation’s top five. Detroit was ranked followed byCape Coral, Fla.
, and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosure crisis. Brookingzs found that the metropolitan perspective on performance amid therecession “suggests that recovery may be quitse uneven as well, posing particula r challenges for policymakers seeking to ensure a trulh national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strength s and weaknesses in the reporf varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percen decline in employment sincee its peak earlierthis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjusteds housing prices for the first thred months of 2008 compared with the same period this year.
But the city was ranke near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent declinwe in its gross metropolitan produc – a measure of the goods and services produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 comparede with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last thred months of 2008 with the first quarted thisyear alone, the GMP droppedf 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured. To download the full click .
A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-polic think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,000 residentzs as of 2007. The report placed the Columbus metropolitah statistical area 40th among thoses ranked forits strength, based on unemployment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cincinnati, Akron and Dayton found slots from 61st to Toledo was rankedthe 10th-weakesf major metropolitan area nationwide. Leading the pack in the reporrt wasSan Antonio, one of four Texas cities amontg the nation’s top five. Detroit was ranked followed byCape Coral, Fla.
, and Stockton, two areas devastated by the foreclosure crisis. Brookingzs found that the metropolitan perspective on performance amid therecession “suggests that recovery may be quitse uneven as well, posing particula r challenges for policymakers seeking to ensure a trulh national rising economic tide.” Columbus’ strength s and weaknesses in the reporf varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percen decline in employment sincee its peak earlierthis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodest 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjusteds housing prices for the first thred months of 2008 compared with the same period this year.
But the city was ranke near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percent declinwe in its gross metropolitan produc – a measure of the goods and services produced in the area in the first quarter of 2009 comparede with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last thred months of 2008 with the first quarted thisyear alone, the GMP droppedf 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worst decline among the cities measured. To download the full click .
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wachovia report: Florida hit harder by recession - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Florida went into the recession nine months aheade of the rest of theUnited States, and excessese in housing and commercial real estate are considerabl worse than the nation as a whole, the report Statewide, the median salesw price of existing homes is down about 45 percenyt from the peak of the housing boom in Novemberr 2005, but the drop in the Tampa Bay area is even steeperd at about 60 percent. Employment conditions continusto deteriorate, the report says. The state’s unemployment rate is expected to top out arounds11 percent, Wachovia projects, with a loss of 720,00o0 jobs, including 430,000 jobs lost this year.
reported 137 layofcf events during thefirsty quarter, more than double the previoues period. Job losses are heaviest in industries with direct ties to thebuildingg boom, including construction and Wachovia said. Wachovia estimates Floridians saw a net lossof $1.2 trillio in household wealth during 2008 with about two-thirdsz of that drop occurrintg in financial assets.
Florida went into the recession nine months aheade of the rest of theUnited States, and excessese in housing and commercial real estate are considerabl worse than the nation as a whole, the report Statewide, the median salesw price of existing homes is down about 45 percenyt from the peak of the housing boom in Novemberr 2005, but the drop in the Tampa Bay area is even steeperd at about 60 percent. Employment conditions continusto deteriorate, the report says. The state’s unemployment rate is expected to top out arounds11 percent, Wachovia projects, with a loss of 720,00o0 jobs, including 430,000 jobs lost this year.
reported 137 layofcf events during thefirsty quarter, more than double the previoues period. Job losses are heaviest in industries with direct ties to thebuildingg boom, including construction and Wachovia said. Wachovia estimates Floridians saw a net lossof $1.2 trillio in household wealth during 2008 with about two-thirdsz of that drop occurrintg in financial assets.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Abercrombie shutting struggling Ruehl chain - Orlando Business Journal:
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The New Albany-based apparelp merchant said Wednesday it willshut Ruehl’sw 29 stores and direct-to-consumer operations and will be “substantiallgy complete” with the effort by the end of next The decision comes a month aftef Abercrombie (NYSE:ANF) took a deep strategifc look at the chain, which targets young adults with clothes and Ruehl, whose only Ohio store is at Easton Town generated a pretax operating loss of $58 millionh last year. The chain regularly was Abercrombie’s weakest sales performer at storexs open at leasta Ruehl’s same-store sales were off 33 perceny in May. Abercrombie earned $272.3 millionn on $3.54 billion in revenuwe last year.
“It has been a difficulf decision toclose Ruehl, a brand we continur to believe could have been successfulk in different circumstances,” CEO Michaeol Jeffries said in a statement. given the current economicc environment, we believe it is in the best interests of the companyy to focus its efforts and resources on the growt opportunities afforded by ourothert brands, particularly internationally.” The company didn’t disclose the effectsz on the chain’s work force, nor did it indicatde the number of jobs tied to Ruehl. The reviewq of Ruehl, which opened in 2004, cost the company about $51 million in impairment charges in itsfirsf quarter.
Abercrombie expects to book abouty $65 million in pretax charges through the rest of the fiscapl year as it windsdown Ruehl. The company Wednesdaty also said it amended a credit agreement to excludesome Ruehl-relatede charges from requirements under its covenant with the lendedr and reduced its available creditt to $350 million from $450 million. Jeffries said the company is confident is has sufficientf cash on handbut “wr believe it is prudent to make thess changes” in light of the recession-battered retail environment and the one-time Ruehl costs. In addition to the 29 Ruehkl stores, Abercrombie runs 350 flagship stores and 733 others undetrthe Abercrombie, Hollister Co.
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The New Albany-based apparelp merchant said Wednesday it willshut Ruehl’sw 29 stores and direct-to-consumer operations and will be “substantiallgy complete” with the effort by the end of next The decision comes a month aftef Abercrombie (NYSE:ANF) took a deep strategifc look at the chain, which targets young adults with clothes and Ruehl, whose only Ohio store is at Easton Town generated a pretax operating loss of $58 millionh last year. The chain regularly was Abercrombie’s weakest sales performer at storexs open at leasta Ruehl’s same-store sales were off 33 perceny in May. Abercrombie earned $272.3 millionn on $3.54 billion in revenuwe last year.
“It has been a difficulf decision toclose Ruehl, a brand we continur to believe could have been successfulk in different circumstances,” CEO Michaeol Jeffries said in a statement. given the current economicc environment, we believe it is in the best interests of the companyy to focus its efforts and resources on the growt opportunities afforded by ourothert brands, particularly internationally.” The company didn’t disclose the effectsz on the chain’s work force, nor did it indicatde the number of jobs tied to Ruehl. The reviewq of Ruehl, which opened in 2004, cost the company about $51 million in impairment charges in itsfirsf quarter.
Abercrombie expects to book abouty $65 million in pretax charges through the rest of the fiscapl year as it windsdown Ruehl. The company Wednesdaty also said it amended a credit agreement to excludesome Ruehl-relatede charges from requirements under its covenant with the lendedr and reduced its available creditt to $350 million from $450 million. Jeffries said the company is confident is has sufficientf cash on handbut “wr believe it is prudent to make thess changes” in light of the recession-battered retail environment and the one-time Ruehl costs. In addition to the 29 Ruehkl stores, Abercrombie runs 350 flagship stores and 733 others undetrthe Abercrombie, Hollister Co.
and Gilly Hicks
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