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ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITALAMY CARISSIMO-HARRIS has joined Rome Memorial Hospital as director of relationship-based care. She has 25 years of nursing experience, including 20 years at

CEO Coyle discusses need for Liberty Resources’ new health center in Fulton

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FULTON, N.Y. — The top official at Syracuse–based Liberty Resources says Oswego County has a “disproportionate” share of poverty, Medicaid population, and need for behavioral-health services. “Suicide was actually, the last time it was evaluated, the number one reason for death in Oswego County, says Carl Coyle, CEO of Liberty Resources, a nonprofit provider of

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FULTON, N.Y. — The top official at Syracuse–based Liberty Resources says Oswego County has a “disproportionate” share of poverty, Medicaid population, and need for behavioral-health services.

“Suicide was actually, the last time it was evaluated, the number one reason for death in Oswego County, says Carl Coyle, CEO of Liberty Resources, a nonprofit provider of health care and social services. He spoke with BJNN on June 13.

Liberty Resources Inc. on June 7 held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its future 50,000-square-foot health center at 14 Crossroads Drive in Fulton.

Its Syracuse clinics have a same-day access policy, Coyle notes. “You can walk in, unannounced, and you will be seen and evaluated that day. We cannot do that up in Fulton.”

Liberty Resources’ behavioral-health center currently provides therapeutic mental-health services in Fulton at its 945 South 1st St. location. The program has reached its capacity and holds an “extensive” waiting list of clients in need of support.

That waiting list had included about 90 people, according to Coyle. The organization was able to dwindle that figure down “substantially and then it blew right back up to 100” because it doesn’t have the space or therapists in Fulton.

The new health center will fill a “significant need in the community,” he contends.

At the same time, Liberty Resources is partnering with Farnham Family Services, which has offices in Oswego and Fulton and provides services for those needing substance-abuse treatment. The organizations are working together “because there’s such a significant opioid-abuse need in Oswego County,” says Coyle.

Farnham needed more space, so it’ll be occupying the upcoming building with Liberty Resources to provide a “fully integrated” substance abuse, mental health, and primary-care program.

With the upcoming health center, Coyle says Liberty Resources will add 15 to 20 new employees, including therapists and nurse practitioners.

The new building will increase capacity for Liberty’s current behavioral-health services in Fulton and allow it to add primary-care services as well, the organization said.

“That’s what we’re doing in Syracuse. We’re operating both of those services and that level of integration is highly robust,” says Coyle.

The “integration of care ensures” that patients have “all of their health needs met in one, easily accessible” location and helps to address the “significant” health-care shortage in Oswego County, Liberty Resources said.

The project is projected to cost $1.6 million, Meghann Perillo, who handles marketing and community engagement for Liberty Resources, said in an email response to a BJNN inquiry.

Rowlee Construction Inc. of Fulton is the general contractor and Syracuse architect Daniel Manning is the project designer.

Coyle anticipates the new health center will be ready to open in early 2020.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com

Syracuse University Athletics signs new contract with Nike

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University announced that it has inked a new multi-year agreement with Nike (NYSE: NKE) that will keep Syracuse athletes wearing Nike

Syracuse football adds 6,800 new season ticket holders

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Orange football fans have purchased 6,800 new season tickets for the upcoming gridiron season, Syracuse University Director of Athletics John Wildhack

People news: Seeger returns to Oswego Health to deliver care at Behavioral Health Services unit

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OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced that Carol Seeger has returned to the health system to deliver care at its Behavioral Health Services (BHS) facility.

CNY, North Country businesses receive New York State service-disabled veteran-owned business certification

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New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner RoAnn Destito recently announced that one Central New York and two North Country businesses have been certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB). The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to Leatherneck Safety Services and Supply LLC, a Fayetteville–based firm that

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Parsons renews lease of nearly 20,000 square feet of office space at Salina Meadows Office Park

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SALINA — Parsons Corporation — a provider of technology-driven solutions in the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets — recently renewed its lease of 19,594 square feet of office space at 301 Plainfield Road in Salina. The building is located in the Salina Meadows Office Park. Bill Anninos, of CBRE/Syracuse, and Randy Brown & Leticia

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CNY Tweets – June 17 2019

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. Small Business Expo @SmallBizExpoThinking of Starting a Business? Make Sure You Have These Skills First http://twib.in/l/KxEjna7oe78K GSA @USGSADo you have a small business interested in doing business with the federal government? Learn more on

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, tech, HR, career, and personal tips.

Small Business Expo @SmallBizExpo
Thinking of Starting a Business? Make Sure You Have These Skills First http://twib.in/l/KxEjna7oe78K

GSA @USGSA
Do you have a small business interested in doing business with the federal government? Learn more on how to get started from @GSAOSBU! https://go.usa.gov/xmM5c @SBAgov

SBA @SBAgov
We are excited to be part of the #CIOCode Challenge pilot program! Test your skills & learn about the many federal government IT roles — http://ow.ly/16j550uyCv7

NFIB @NFIB
Writing an effective job description can help your #SmallBiz target the best talent and save you from potential lawsuits. Here’s how: https://www.nfib.com/content/resources/economy/perfecting-the-art-of-the-job-description/

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4 Steps to Help Maximize Your #YouTube #Marketing Strategy. http://ow.ly/UF2130oV4qb

Alondra Casillas @AlondraC_AI
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Henrik Petersen @henrikpsg
Great article that reminds us all that the #marketing is focused on delivering results. It’s impossible to know whether you have achieved your goal if you haven’t established what #metrics you are measuring. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/334390

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8 simple ways to make social media work for your business: http://ow.ly/NKMl50uzlf4 [via @Entrepreneur]

Mark C. Crowley @MarkCCrowley
The most important thing a manager does is help their people grow, develop & maximize their full #human potential. When managers do this, the results they need always follow —and then some.

Dave Ulrich @dave_ulrich
As responsible leaders, we can embrace good work design which means more opportunity “to fully harness and cultivate talent by providing more job autonomy.” https://hbr.org/2019/06/why-managers-design-jobs-to-be-more-boring-than-they-need-to-be …

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Bonadio Group @bonadiogroup
Gail McIntyre, partner in our Syracuse office, weighs in about her own experiences navigating what has historically been a male-dominated profession for @nysscpa. Take a look: https://www.nysscpa.org/news/publications/the-trusted-professional/article/nysscpa-past-president-gail-m.-mcintyre-looks-back-on-how-the-profession-has-changed-for-women …

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MVP Health Care taps COO Del Vecchio as CEO

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The Schenectady–based health insurer has named Christopher Del Vecchio to the role, per a June 12 news release. The announcement follows the resignation of current CEO Denise Gonick, which MVP announced June 6. Del Vecchio began working for MVP Health Care in 2014 as executive VP of strategy and innovation. In that role, he was

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Del Vecchio began working for MVP Health Care in 2014 as executive VP of strategy and innovation. In that role, he was responsible for guiding strategic planning as well as business and corporate development.

In 2016, MVP promoted him to COO, where he “continued driving MVP’s strategic goals” while also focusing on identifying emerging trends and developing new initiatives for the company. Del Vecchio helped to secure MVP’s “strong” financial stability and performance, including expansions of MVP’s commercial and public-programs portfolio in New York and Vermont.

In June 2018, MVP promoted Del Vecchio to president and COO.

“It is an honor to be named the next CEO of MVP Health Care,” Del Vecchio said in the MVP release. “Over the past five years it’s been both professionally rewarding and inspiring to help set direction for a company with deep roots in the region and a great commitment to providing access to quality health care.”

“I’m confident that Chris is our best candidate to take the reins and lead MVP’s continuing efforts to make health insurance a more rewarding and personal experience for our members,” Alan Goldberg, chair of the MVP Health Care board of directors, said. “Chris has brought deep industry expertise and an exceptional track record of entrepreneurial leadership to MVP.”

About Gonick

Gonick began her tenure with MVP in 1995 as associate counsel and was eventually named VP of legal affairs and general counsel. She then served as executive VP and chief legal officer until she was appointed president of operations in 2012 and then president and CEO later that year.

“It’s been an honor to work with MVP for 24 years and to lead the organization as CEO for the past seven. MVP is now in a position of great strength and I take pride in knowing that I have accomplished everything I set out to do during my tenure, most importantly building a strong, competitive market position for the company. Health care today exists in a rapidly changing environment and this is a good time to make a change in leadership to take MVP into the future,” Gonick said in the June 6 release.

The nonprofit MVP Health Care is a health insurer serving more than 700,000 members in New York and Vermont. The figure includes more than 150,000 individual and small-group members, according to a company spokesperson.

MVP Health Care operates a Syracuse office at 333 West Washington St., an Endwell office at 3660 George F Highway, and an office at 421 Broad St. in Utica, per its website.

Accomplishments

Gonick’s “signature accomplishments” as CEO include leading MVP through the “difficult political environment surrounding the adoption and subsequent scaling back” of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. She also led the effort to acquire Hudson Health Plan in 2013, MVP said.

Under Gonick’s leadership, MVP’s expansion was recently noted as it is now ranked as the second largest company based in the Capital Region according to the Albany Business Review.

Gonick serves as co-chair of the Business Council of New York State and as chair of New York Health Plan Association. She will continue in those roles through the end of 2019.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com

Masonic Lofts in downtown Syracuse sold for $1.1 million

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SYRACUSE — The Masonic Lofts — a 61,160-square-foot, five-story, 31-unit apartment building — in downtown Syracuse, was recently sold for $1.1 million. Peter Finn and Marty Dowd, of CBRE/Syracuse, were the exclusive listing agents in the sale of the Masonic Lofts, located at 318-322 Montgomery St. The real-estate firm said it facilitated the managed bid

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