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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| State Lawmakers to Investigate Workers' Comp Opt Out |  | The National Conference of Insurance Legislators has announced that it will investigate a burgeoning effort to let companies opt out of workers' compensation insurance and write their own plans for how they'll care for injured workers. 'The issues brought forward by the recent NPR/ProPublica study regarding the Texas and Oklahoma workers' compensation programs are of significant concern to state legislators responsible for the protection of injured workers,' said North Dakota state Sen. Jerry Klein, a Republican who chairs the association's workers' comp committee.
Michael Grabell, ProPublica 11/25/2015    | | Read Article: ProPublica |
| Nursing Home Agrees to $3M Settlement in Ambulance Swapping Case | | Galveston-based nursing home operator Regent Management Services has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations that the company received illegal kickbacks from ambulance providers. The resolution was announced Monday by U.S. Attorney Ken Magidson of the Southern District of Texas and top investigatory officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The settlement is believed to be the nation's first to hold a medical institution ' a hospital or nursing home ' rather than a transportation company accountable for what are called ambulance-swapping arrangements. In these arrangements, providers often give price breaks or do not charge residents for certain ambulance rides in exchange for referrals of other lucrative Medicare and Medicaid business.
Cindy George, Houston Chronicle 12/01/2015 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Albuquerque School District to Pay $750K to Settle Abuse Lawsuit | | Albuquerque Public Schools will pay $750,000 to the family of a special needs student who was inappropriately touched by her teacher. The lawsuit was filed by the girl's family and alleged that the school district had ignored a decade of complaints about the teacher's behavior toward students. The lawsuit named as defendants the school district, the teacher and two school principals. The lawsuit alleged that three schools over a ten-year period had received reports that the teacher touched students' breasts and legs and put his fingers in their mouths.
Kim Burgess, Albuquerque Journal 11/30/2015 | | Read Article: Albuquerque Journal |
| Tenn. Family Files Suit Over Child's Sexual Assault at Church | | A lawsuit has been filed by the family of a 3-year-old boy from Tennessee who was sexually assaulted by a church volunteer. The $37.5 million lawsuit alleges that the young boy was raped by a male teenage volunteer in a bathroom of Fellowship Bible Church of Williamson County during church on Aug. 24, 2014. According to the lawsuit, after finding out about the incident, the church urged the family not to press charges and encouraged them to attend another of the church's campuses. The family has filed suit against the church for the negligent failure to provide a safe environment for a child.
Collin Czarnecki, Tennessean 12/01/2015 | | Read Article: Tennessean |
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