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Onondaga Community College offers medical-billing and coding training
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) is offering training for those interested in the field of medical billing and coding. “We’re offering this class
VNA Homecare names Cheryl Manna COO
SYRACUSE — VNA Homecare announced it has promoted Cheryl Manna to chief operating officer (COO). In her new role, Manna will be responsible for
Binghamton firm that helps prevent medical fraud is poised for growth
BINGHAMTON — Background checks for employment and medical-fraud avoidance purposes are a hot topic. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought suit for
Health-care jobs are prominent on trending jobs list for CNY, Southern Tier
The Central New York and Southern Tier job markets are hardly booming, but for some jobs, candidates are in demand. The health-care field has a few of those positions. The New York State Department of Labor on Jan. 20 issued a list of the top five trending jobs for this year in regions around
Small-business lending at credit unions may get a boost from SBA, NCUA partnership
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) have signed an agreement to expand the accessibility of small-dollar SBA loans from credit unions. Alexandria, Virginia–based NCUA is the independent federal agency that regulates, charters, and supervises federal credit unions. By partnering, the two groups will be able to
St. Joseph’s Ruscitto talks electronic medical records, finances, physician network
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center’s leader believes its new electronic medical-record system will help improve the hospital’s annual financial performance in the coming years. St. Joseph’s last May launched SJLinked, an electronic health-record (EHR) system across its entire organization, including the hospital, clinics, and the primary-care offices of St. Joseph’s Physicians.
How the health-care sector uses mobile devices
Results from a recent Spok survey of more than 600 health-care organizations across the globe found that 44 percent of them have a documented mobile strategy. That’s up 10 percent from a year ago. Among the health-care facilities that didn’t have a strategy, 33 percent are actively in the process of developing one. Spok,
Sustainable-energy projects create sustainable growth at Taitem
ITHACA — Increased solar business is providing a sunny forecast for Taitem Engineering, PC for 2015. The Ithaca firm, recently selected as a preferred installer for the Solarize Tompkins program, expects to install more than 400 kilowatts of solar-energy systems in Tompkins County, and that’s just one of several projects on tap for the company
CNY Computer Repair opens store in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL — CNY Computer Repair has opened an 800-square-foot location at 612 Oswego St. in the village of Liverpool, near the intersection with Tulip Street. The business offers diagnostic services, internal cleaning, system optimization, back-up services, data transfer, and system rebuilds. The firm announced the location opening in a news release in mid-January. Kevin Fairbanks,
State awards CenterState CEO $1.5 million for Grants for Growth program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO’s Grants for Growth program will use $1.5 million in state funding to manage technology commercialization and pre-seed stage company investment.
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