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First three-year graduates finish up at Hartwick
ONEONTA — Hartwick College has graduated the first class in its three-year bachelor’s degree program. The program began in 2009 with 18 students. Twelve from that group graduated in May, says David Conway, the school’s vice president of enrollment management and marketing. The others from that initial group either left the school or will finish […]
Columbia College seeks to boost enrollment at Syracuse campus
SYRACUSE — Columbia College’s Syracuse campus expects to grow enrollment in the years ahead. The school recently opened a new 12,000-square-foot building in a different section of Hancock Field, where the college is located. Historically, Columbia has had close ties to the military with a number of campuses located at armed-forces sites like the one
CDPHP hires new VP of health-care network strategy
Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) has named Michael Grodus as its vice president of health-care network strategy. The move puts Grodus in charge
Bassett to cut ribbon on new primary-care center
LITTLE FALLS — Bassett Healthcare Network will celebrate the grand opening of its new primary-care center on the Little Falls Hospital campus tomorrow from 4
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
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