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SBA, partners to host Aug. 16 event for entrepreneurs over the age of 50
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Entrepreneurs over the age of 50 who want to start or grow their small business can participate in an event scheduled for
People news: On Point for College hires Kohler to lead jobs program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — On Point for College announced it has hired Rebecca Lo Kohler as its new director of the On Point for Jobs program.
Health-insurance rates in New York’s small-group market to rise by more than 8 percent in 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. — Insurance regulators have approved an average 8.3 percent increase in health-insurance premiums in the Empire State’s small-group market in 2017, the New
People news: Rome Memorial Hospital hires West as risk manager
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced it has appointed Kristin West as its risk manager. The job entails analyzing processes to identify areas for
Upstate University Hospital’s new pediatric-emergency department to begin treating patients Tuesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital’s new $3 million pediatric-emergency department will begin treating patients Tuesday. Upstate officials formally opened the new pediatric-emergency department with
Summer camp encourages high-school girls to pursue careers in STEM fields
SYRACUSE — Makenna Gadway, who will be a freshman at Bishop Grimes High School in the fall, has always liked her math and science classes in school. “Anything hands-on is interesting to me,” says Gadway. She’d like to pursue engineering for a career and is considering colleges such as Syracuse University, Clarkson University, and the
St. Joseph’s ordered to pay $3.2M fine for using “unqualified” staff for mental-health services
SYRACUSE — Federal and state authorities ordered St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center to pay $3.2 million after its comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP) sought Medicaid payments for mental-health services that were “rendered by unqualified staff.” The Syracuse hospital violated the federal and New York False Claims Act in making the false claims for payment to
St. Joseph’s Physicians Family Medicine has hired DENISE LOUGEE to its Radisson Health Center in Baldwinsville. She holds a master’s degree in physician-assistant studies from Le Moyne College, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with minors in chemistry and health-care missions, from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Lougee has practiced as a physician assistant in
BARRY SPRIGGS has been named provost of Morrisville State College (MSC). He has more than 29 years’ experience in higher education and has worked at five universities. Prior to MSC, Spriggs was dean of academic services at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. He also served as adjunct criminal justice and sociology instructor, associate
State mandates health insurers to expand coverage for breast-cancer screenings
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on July 8 told health insurers that they must provide coverage with no cost-sharing for breast-cancer screenings, breast-cancer risk assessments, genetic testing, and medications to reduce the risk of breast cancer. DFS’s action “builds” on the series of breast-cancer initiatives outlined in Gov. Cuomo’s 2016 State
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