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Fortus Healthcare Resources recently added ALYSSA FALBO to its team as a recruiting specialist in the firm’s Travel Division. Prior to joining Fortus, she worked with Empire Merchants North as a sales representative. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com

Primary Urgent Care accepting, treating patients in Utica
UTICA — Utica’s newest walk-in health-care clinic has been accepting and treating patients since early July.Primary Urgent Care on July 5 formally launched operations at 1908 Genesee St. in Utica. The space was previously home to Mohawk Valley Health System’s Genesee Urgent Care and Independent Urgent Care, says Jeremy Enck, CEO of Primary Urgent Care.

Binghamton University to use federal grant to train nurses for work in rural areas
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing will use a federal grant of $350,000 to “fully fund” the training of nurses for work

People news: Fortus Healthcare Resources names Urtz sales manager for Fortus Group Travel
UTICA, N.Y. — Fortus Healthcare Resources announced it has appointed Rebecca Urtz as sales manager of its travel division, Fortus Group Travel. In her new

Cayuga Community College to offer tourism-management certificate
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Community College is launching a new, one-year, tourism-management certificate program. The community college will offer the certificate program beginning in the

Vera House to buy building for headquarters move
SYRACUSE — Vera House Inc., a prominent local nonprofit that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence, plans to buy a nearly 15,000-square-foot building at 723 James St. in Syracuse that will serve as the organization’s new headquarters. The organization, which currently operates in a 10,000-square-foot structure at 6181 Thompson Road in DeWitt, “prevents, responds

CMS selects Upstate oncology physicians for “more coordinated” cancer care
SYRACUSE — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected oncology physicians at the Upstate Cancer Center to participate in a care-delivery model that “supports and encourages higher quality, more coordinated cancer care.” Upstate is one of nearly 200 physician-group practices and 17 health-insurance companies that CMS chose for the initiative, Upstate said
Bassett, Oneida Healthcare pursue partnership pact
ONEIDA/COOPERSTOWN — On June 1, Bassett Healthcare Network (BHN) and Oneida Healthcare (OHC) announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement. While both organizations will remain independent entities with their own boards of directors, they say the partnership will provide opportunities to exchange best practices, reduce operating costs, and provide better medical outcomes. There is

Rural/Metro relocates administration, operations facility to former Marsellus Casket building
SYRACUSE — Rural/Metro Ambulance, which is changing its name to AMR (American Medical Response), recently relocated its administration, operations, training, and vehicle facility from West Onondaga Street in Syracuse to more than 38,000 square feet of leased commercial space on Richmond Avenue. Ed Kiesa brokered the lease at 101 Richmond Ave., Syracuse, the site of
RMS Healthcare hires Johnson as new health-care transformation specialist
BALDWINSVILLE — Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) announced that it has recently hired Peter Johnson for its RMS Healthcare division as a health-care transformation specialist. Johnson comes to Baldwinsville–based RMS with 10 years of information-technology experience and “vast” knowledge of the health-care industry, according to an RMS news release. His past employers include MultiMed,
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