Pickens County Progress News Today

ATLANTA- Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has been indicted on federal charges of conspiring to commit health-care fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department announced Friday. Jeffrey Gallups and others to submit fraudulent insurance claims for more than $2.5 million in medically unnecessary tests ordered from a lab in Texas.

ATLANTA- Georgia's insurance department has fined Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield $5 million for several violations of state law following a months-long investigation. To avoid additional fines, Blue Cross Blue Shield must develop a new process for handling provider complaints, pay claims within the time frames established under state law, and load...