News For: Obtaining Independent Medical InsuranceTIAA Maintains Highest Possible Financial Strength Ratings From Independent Insurance Ratings Agencies NEW YORK----TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, medical and cultural fields, today announced that the nation's leading independent insurance rating agencies have all affirmed the highest possible insurance financial strength ratings for Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America and its insurance operating subsidiary, TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company. Medical debt plagues Mass. residents Medical debt continues to be a problem for lower- and middle-income residents of Massachusetts, even though hundreds of thousands of state residents now have health insurance under the landmark health reform law, according to a new report from research group The Access Project. Ed McMahon Allowed to Sue Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ed McMahon suing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA for $1 million while his own legal battles are not going away anytime soon. Jones named new CEO at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center Stephen K. Jones, Jr., is the new Chief Executive Officer at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center CLRMC, the largest hospital in the Bay Area. Jones comes to CLRMC from Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, where he was CEO for three years. Prior, he was CEO at Southwest Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. Columbus-Based Physicians' Assurance Enrolling First Customers for Group Health Insurance The Physicians' Assurance Corp. TPAC, a provider of employee group health insurance owned and operated by local medical leaders in Columbus, Ohio, began enrolling policyholders this summer. Medical shelter will close The special medical shelter for people needing to recharge ventilators, wheelchairs and other equipment will close at noon today. Marijuana factory filled a medical need, growers told police Torrington residents arrested last week for running a marijuana factory on Weigold Road told police the marijuana they were growing and processing was for medical use, according to court records. Medical examiner: Trooper's death a suicide The untimely death of a state police sergeant Tuesday night has been ruled a suicide, a spokeswoman for the office of the chief medical examiner said on Thursday. Sunrise-based medical firm Pediatrix widens focus, changes name Pediatrix Medical Group, the largest publicly traded healthcare company based in South Florida, is changing its name to Mednax, to reflect its broadening to physician services beyond pediatric specialties. Pediatrix Medical to change name, ticker symbol Pediatrix Medical Group Inc. said Friday it will change its name to Mednax in order to reflect its expansion beyond pediatric and maternal health care services. |

