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MVP expands self-funded insurance offerings to mid-sized businesses
MVP Health Care, Inc. has seen plenty of interest after launching a self-funded insurance option for mid-sized businesses, according to the Schenectady–based insurer’s vice president of corporate affairs. The mid-sized self-funded insurance option, which MVP launched in March under the name SelectSuite, targets companies with between 51 employees and 149 employees. MVP hadn’t previously offered […]
Whitman dean joins Aflac board
SYRACUSE — The dean of Syracuse University’s management school is now a member of the board of directors at Aflac, Inc., a Fortune 500 company
JumpStart applications due in June
ITHACA — Applications for the latest round of the JumpStart Grant program are due June 30. JumpStart, a program of the Cornell Center for Materials
Health-care staffing company adds to services offered
UTICA — The Fortus Group, Inc., which has specialized in health-care staffing since the 1990s, has some new offerings on tap for 2012 that it hopes local health-care organizations and providers will find attractive. Michael Maurizio, president and CEO, founded the company in Rome in 1993, providing permanent-placement staffing services, and over the years, the
SU professor chosen as president of American Library Association
SYRACUSE — A professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be president of the American Library Association (ALA) next year. Barbara
Binghamton 2020 plan calls for new energy R&D facility, more students
VESTAL — The plan has been pitched and now it’s just a matter of waiting for final state approval before Binghamton University can get to
Report: Social media presents opportunity for health-care groups
About one-third of consumers use social media for health discussions, according to a report released in April by the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Health Industries Group.
Grant to fund breast cancer outreach at Crouse
SYRACUSE — Crouse Hospital will use a grant from the Central New York Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to try to increase
Community Health Foundation awards grants to midwifery services
SYRACUSE — The Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (CHFWCNY) is giving $15,000 grants to three midwifery services in the Syracuse area
New partnership expands health care options at OCC
SYRACUSE — Onondaga Community College (OCC) and Broome Community College (BCC) are launching a new partnership involving three health care programs. The initiative will allow
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