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Seminar: Uncertainty remains regarding health-care reform
Employers have plenty of changes to keep track of this year due to the 2010 federal health-care reform law, even though it faces an uncertain future, according to speakers at a health-care seminar May 11 in Syracuse. “Two years into it, we’re still left with a lot of uncertainty and a lot of court challenges,” […]
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
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