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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
EBRI: Small employers cutting health-insurance coverage
In the wake of the national health-care reform law, fewer small employers are offering health-insurance benefits to their workers, but big employers are holding steady. That’s according to new findings from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). EBRI says its analysis examines the percentage of employers offering health insurance from 2008–2015 to “better understand” how
Cayuga Community College, faculty union agree on new four-year contract
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Community College and its faculty union have reached a new four-year contract agreement. The school’s board of trustees approved the new
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has been ordered to pay $3.2 million for seeking Medicaid payments for mental-health services “rendered by unqualified
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