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Universities, colleges eye ways to lower energy usage
SYRACUSE — Whether it’s to help keep costs down or recruit new students, embracing energy efficiency is a hot topic on college campuses these days.
Some employers start preparing for upcoming health-plan excise tax
More than one-third of the nation’s employers surveyed (36 percent) are already focusing on possible changes to health-care benefits as they anticipate the upcoming excise
St. Joseph’s opens North side training center
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center formally opened a training center at 500 N. Salina St. in Syracuse on Feb. 28. The hospital announced
Skorton to leave Cornell for Smithsonian post in 2015
ITHACA — Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University, will leave in mid-2015 to become the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the university announced
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan adds four Upstate counties to service area
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan announced it has added four additional upstate New York counties to its service area for Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health
Attorneys discuss antitrust issues in Utica hospitals’ affiliation
UTICA — The recently consummated affiliation agreement between Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) and St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC) in Utica was “all about the
Top 10 Things You Should Know About the New Medicare Surcharge Tax
This tax filing season brings a whole new tax to the mix: the Medicare surcharge tax. Since 2013 was the first year that this tax
Affordable Care Act enrollment climbs to 4.2M in February, HHS reports
Total enrollment in private health-insurance plans through state and federal exchanges rose to more than 4.2 million as of March 1, the U.S. Department of
New York’s initial jobless claims jump in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending March 1 nearly doubled to 37,824 from 19,115
Feature film to shoot in Upstate, post-production work to be done at The Film House in DeWitt
DeWITT — Producers of the upcoming feature film, “The Opium War,” will shoot it in upstate New York, with post-production work scheduled at The Film
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