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VIEWPOINT: Medical-Insurance Planning for a Healthy Practice in 2021
With the coronavirus pandemic accelerating a shift towards telemedicine, 2020 [was] a year of tremendous change in the medical industry. 2021 will be no different, with the incoming Biden administration promising to shift the regulatory landscape. Insurers are still playing catch-up with these surprising developments. For practitioners, there are real and unsettling questions as to what […]
VIEWPOINT: Can Schools Finish the Year Normally?
COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S., a harsh reality that students, parents, teachers, and staff feared would happen when many schools opened for fall sessions. As a result, schools throughout the nation have closed and shifted to remote learning in recent weeks. What will it take to return kids to the classroom and keep schools open?

FLH Medical, P.C. Clifton Springs Internal Medicine has a new office
CLIFTON SPRINGS — FLH Medical, P.C. Clifton Springs Internal Medicine, recently announced it has moved to a new office at 120 Clifton Springs Professional Office Park. The practice was previously located at 420 Clifton Springs Professional Office Park. This medical practice includes internal-medicine physicians Dr. Wilfredo Cruz and Dr. Reihaneh Derafsh and nurse practitioner Kelly

Cayuga Health opens 40,000-square-foot mass vaccination clinic in Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health (CH) on Thursday said it’s opened a 40,000-square-foot mass vaccination clinic in the former Sears department store at The Shops

Rome Medical Practice to consolidate sites to support RMH as pandemic continues
ROME, N.Y. — Effective Jan. 18, Rome Medical Practice will temporarily consolidate two of its Rome locations to enable clinical and administrative staff to help

Restaurants in orange zone can reopen for indoor dining, Cuomo’s counsel says
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Restaurants operating in orange zones under New York State’s COVID-19 cluster initiative can reopen for indoor dining across the state, Gov. Andrew

Chancellor launches SUNY’s free online training for those pursuing education for careers
SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras has launched a statewide campaign supporting SUNY’s new free online training center designed to give New Yorkers a “clear pathway” to

SBA opens new round of PPP loan applications, starting with community financial institutions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), together with the U.S. Treasury Department, on Monday morning reopened the loan portal for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP),

Eligible restaurants can apply for funding through ESD’s “Raising the Bar” restaurant-recovery fund
Empire State Development (ESD) has introduced the more than $3 million “Raising the Bar” restaurant-recovery fund to assist New York restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walmart awards Oswego Health Foundation $5K for new mental-health facility
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Health Foundation will use a $5,000 grant award to help pay for the upcoming Oswego Health Lakeview Center for Mental
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