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Schneiderman urges 15 health plans to implement pharmacy-exemption rules
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on June 3 sent letters to 15 New York–based health-insurance plans, calling on them to change their policies to permit certain members to purchase specialty-drug prescriptions at retail pharmacies instead of through mandatory mail-order services. The letters urge the 15 companies to adopt “Specialty Prescription Drug Fulfillment Hardship Exception Criteria,” similar […]
Survey: NY contractors maintain employment levels, pay higher health-care costs
Contractors in upstate New York are “strategically and tactically” trying to stretch their dollars to survive as they strike to satisfy their employees’ needs. That’s according to the 2013 Upstate New York Contractors Compensation and Benefits Study that The Bonadio Group, released in late May. Headquartered in Rochester, The Bonadio Group is an accounting and
Crouse adds patient-tracking system in operating room waiting area
SYRACUSE — Crouse Hospital has installed a patient-tracking system in the family-waiting area of its Witting Surgical Center. The technology provides families with real-time, patient-status updates during the surgical process through a virtual view on a flat-screen monitor. Each surgical patient has a unique identification (ID) number. Crouse makes the number available to any family
Cuomo awards grants to area schools in NYSUNY 2020 Challenge
Area campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY) will share in newly announced grant funding benefitting four projects in the NYSUNY 2020 Challenge grant program. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 3 awarded a total of $60 million in equal amounts to the projects. The 19 SUNY schools collaborated, developed, and submitted the economic-development
Cuomo’s NY Works group releases 10-year capital investment plan
New York has developed its first-ever, 10-year statewide capital plan. The state contends it’s designed to “break down the old ‘silo-based’ approach to capital investment,
UUP president opposes Tax-Free NY proposal
The president of United University Professions (UUP), the union representing faculty at the State University of New York (SUNY), on Wednesday issued a statement opposing
OCC and CCC forge agreement on medical-records degree
AUBURN — Cayuga Community College (CCC) and Onondaga Community College (OCC) today announced an agreement that allows CCC students to earn an associate degree in
HealtheConnections completes transition to new information-exchange platform
SYRACUSE — HealtheConnections, the regional health-information organization (RHIO) supporting 1.4 million people in Central New York, on Monday announced that the transition of all regional
Le Moyne kicks off work on Madden School of Business building
DeWITT — Construction has started at Le Moyne College to renovate the school’s Mitchell Hall to house the Madden School of Business. The school held a short ceremony May 23 to mark the beginning of the construction period. The first phase, which began on May 20, includes the renovation of Mitchell Hall’s first floor and
Upstate provides EMS training for Cayuga County providers
SYRACUSE — Upstate University Hospital on May 22 offered free training to emergency-medical service (EMS) providers in Cayuga County in what the hospital called “one of the largest EMS training efforts undertaken by the hospital outside of Onondaga County. Upstate has a regional mission to serve the entire Central New York region, Dr. Derek Cooney,
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