A series of regional seminars about a program that helps NCAA member institutions keep insurance expenses down while providing effective claims administration resumes next week.

The seminars about the NCAA Group Basic Accident Medical Program will focus on the program’s best-practices approach to insuring medical expenses up to the $75,000 deductible of the Association's catastrophic-injury insurance program.

Nearly 100 schools from all NCAA membership divisions already are participating in the initiative, enabling the program to maximize discounts with medical-services providers; cap insurance company profits; and better manage costs associated with athletics injuries.

The remaining seminars' dates and sites are:

• Arlington, Texas -- University of Texas at Arlington, March 25 (10 a.m.)
• Richmond, Virginia -- University of Richmond, March 27 (11:30 a.m.)
• Kansas City, Missouri -- Rockhurst University, April 11 (1 p.m.)
• Atlanta -- Embassy Suites Hotel (Downtown), April 16 (10:30 a.m.)

The program features a claims management service that enables online tracking of insurance information, as well as access to an assigned claims management specialist who will assist in managing payment of claims.

The program is a partnership involving the NCAA; American Specialty Insurance and Risk Management Services, the Association's longtime insurance and risk management administrator; Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, which provides claims management services; and Summit America Insurance Services, which specializes in providing basic accident insurance plans to fit institutions' needs.

Registration is now open for the two-hour seminars at the program's Web site. Detailed information about each seminar site and further information about the program also is available from the program Web site.