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Community Bank System acquires professional-services practice from EBS-RMSCO
SYRACUSE — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE:CBU), through its subsidiary Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc. (BPAS), has reached an agreement to acquire the professional-services practice
Year-end planning should include review of expiring tax breaks
SYRACUSE — As the year draws to a close, business owners have one last chance to take advantage of some expiring tax breaks before they are gone. There are two major opportunities expiring at the end of 2013 that businesses may want to examine, says Michael Reilly, partner in charge of the tax department at
Bowers & Company CPAs announces merger with Watertown firm
SYRACUSE — Bowers & Company CPAs PLLC today announced it has merged with Poulsen & Podvin CPAs P.C. of Watertown. Neither firm released the financial
NY State of Health says 48,000 have enrolled
The New York State Department of Health on Tuesday, Nov. 12, announced that more than 48,000 New Yorkers have enrolled in health plans through NY
ACR Health says health-insurance sign-ups are ‘operating smoothly’
SYRACUSE — ACR Health, a nonprofit whose website describes it as a “legacy of AIDS Community Resources,” today contended that the state’s health-insurance exchange is
MVP Health Care decides to withdraw from New Hampshire
MVP Health Care, a health insurer with members in three states, on Tuesday announced it intends to withdraw its services from New Hampshire to concentrate
Federal Reserve rolls out new $100 bill to banks
The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it began supplying banks with a redesigned U.S. $100 bill that includes new security features to help deter counterfeiters.
POMCO Group expands service offerings into western states
SYRACUSE — POMCO Group, a third-party administrator of self-funded health-care and risk-management plans, recently announced it will be expanding its geographic reach in the West while also boosting hiring locally. On Sept. 16, the Syracuse–based firm announced it will expand its service offerings into additional regions of the country, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and
The Fortus Group’s sales skyrocket
UTICA — The Fortus Group, Inc. recently made the Inc.–5000 list with a three-year revenue growth averaging 139 percent. The Utica–based recruitment-services firm, which specializes in the placement of dialysis and transplantation professionals, accomplished this by growing from $2.6 million in revenue in 2009 to $6.2 million last year. Employment has also jumped from 25
POMCO Group hiring for role as administrator in NY State of Health
SYRACUSE — POMCO Group today announced it is hiring about 40 employees following the firm’s selection as an administrator for a health plan that’ll be available through NY State of Health, New York’s health-insurance marketplace. POMCO announced in April 2012 that Freelancers Union selected the firm as the administrator of the New York Consumer
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