LA COUNTY: Reenlists Health Department Claims Manager
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to renew Sausalito-based Professional Risk Management, Inc.'s contract to administer claims for the county's Department of Health Services. Under the five-year contract, PRM will administer claims for the county's six hospitals and related clinics and services, including the departments of the Medical Examiner-Coroner, Mental Health, Sheriff and Paramedics. PRM has been providing investigation, settlement, trial management, claims processing, risk management and other services to Los Angeles since 1975 (PRM release, 1/28).
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