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Businesses brace for health-care law’s effects, take action
SYRACUSE — The national health-care reform law, which was signed into law more than three years ago, finally becomes real for most people and businesses with this fall’s open-enrollment period for 2014 health-insurance coverage. That’s because the mandate that individuals buy health insurance, or pay a penalty, goes into effect Jan. 1, 2014. Also going […]
Medical ID Theft is Definitely Not What the Doctor Ordered
Vicki Lee Blair, a 63-year-old former computer analyst from Westminster, Calif., had the surprise of her life. Blair went to a clinic seeking antidepressant medication. She said she was shocked when clinicians bombarded her with questions about a blood test in her file indicating thyroid problems and illegal drug use. She insisted the records were inaccurate,
Bonadio Group makes first acquisition outside New York state
The Bonadio Group, which has used acquisitions to grow to become upstate New York’s largest independent accounting firm, is acquiring a Vermont firm for its
Levene Gouldin & Thompson grows strategically
VESTAL — The natural-gas and oil drilling boom in northern Pennsylvania has paid big dividends for one of the Binghamton area’s major law firms. “Our oil-and-gas practice is helping to [spark] the firm’s growth,” says Jeffrey A. Loew, managing partner of Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, headquartered at 450 Plaza Drive in Vestal. “It is
New York appoints its first business ombudswoman
Empire State Development and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance today announced the appointment of Mwisa Chisunka as New York state business
Poll: 81 percent of NY voters say more arrests of legislators for corruption are likely
A new poll from Siena College found that 81 percent of New York state voters say it’s likely that there will be more arrests of
Tully Rinckey’s Cortelyou discusses the law firm’s growth, marketing strategy
SYRACUSE — Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Albany–based law firm that has a Syracuse office, recently promoted Graig D. Cortelyou to chief of operations. Tully Rinckey says the promotion follows its recent expansion into the Syracuse and Buffalo markets, and positions it for more growth in the future. As chief of operations, Cortelyou directs Tully Rinckey’s
State Comptroller stops $21 million in ‘dubious’ tax refunds
The office of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that it has halted more than $21 million in “questionable” personal-income tax refunds after uncovering
Poll: 46 percent of New Yorkers say they paid too much in taxes
As last-minute filers scurry to submit their federal- and state-tax returns or file for extensions, a new poll finds about 46 percent of New Yorkers
Budget sequester Medicare cuts to cost Hematology-Oncology Associates $500K
DeWITT — Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C., the region’s largest private cancer practice, estimates it will lose about $500,000 annually in Medicare funding following the sequester budget cuts that took effect on April 1. The practice is not considering layoffs as a result of the funding reduction and will not turn away patients,
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