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State program gives grant to St. Joseph’s
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center will use a grant from the New York State Department of Labor to help its registered nurses gain
SUNY Oswego plans new engineering degree
OSWEGO — The State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego will offer a new bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering next fall. The new
OIG finds $41.6 million in federal overpayments to Excellus
The federal government issued about $41.6 million in overpayments to Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health
Grant to fund spread of joint nurse-training model
SYRACUSE — A two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will help institutions across the state duplicate a joint nurse-training program between St. Joseph’s
SYRACUSE – Syracuse University (SU) Chancellor Nancy Cantor will leave the school in 2014 after her contract ends. Cantor said in a message posted today
United Healthcare survey finds that few consumers comparison-shop health-care prices
Most consumers don’t use online resources to compare health-care prices, according to a survey that UnitedHealthcare recently released. Just 14 percent of adults ages 18 and older turn to services on the Internet to look at prices for health-care treatments, procedures, and services, according to the survey. That’s lower than the 50 percent of consumers
St. Joseph’s to build larger Westside Family Health Center
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center is almost ready to start construction on a new, larger Westside Family Health Center that will offer more services for patients. The new health center is slated for space next to its current location at 216 Seymour St. in Syracuse. It will be 16,000 square feet, up from
ClearPath launches molecular assay for Group B Strep
SYRACUSE — ClearPath Diagnostics has launched a new women’s health molecular assay for the detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) from Meridian Bioscience, Inc. The new assay, named illumigene GBS, is the next generation of technology for GBS testing, ClearPath says. Sensitivity on the new assay approaches 99 percent versus a range of 65 percent
St. Joseph’s to use grant to acquire ER equipment
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has received a grant that will help it buy equipment for a “fast track” area in its emergency department. The grant, for $10,100, comes from the health insurer Fidelis Care New York. St. Joseph’s plans to use it to purchase a stretcher chair for examining patients with eye
Aon Study: Health-care premium increases slowed in 2012
This year, U.S. companies and their employees saw the lowest health-care premium rate increases in six years, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt, the global human-resources consulting business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON). The average health-care insurance-premium rate increase for large employers in 2012 was 4.9 percent, down from 8.5 percent in 2011 and
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