Sept. 30– Gastric bypass surgeries in 2008 produced unpleasant long-term results for Shannon Dempsey, 37, and his wife, Christa Dempsey, 42, both of Victoria. Shannon Dempsey had diabetes and weighed 320 pounds before the procedure. Dean McDaniel, director and founder of Citizens Bariatric Center and physician with Better Life Bariatrics, about gastric bypass…
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Dunmore School District tries to control rising health care costs [The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.]
Sept. 30– DUNMORE– The Dunmore School District’s new high-deductible health insurance plan is the latest of many Northeast Pennsylvania governments’ efforts to control exploding health care costs. The district now pays $2,500 deductibles for all medical services for employees in exchange for a 16 percent lower health insurance premium, business…
Sept. 30– One of four former Carbondale police officers who accepted a lucrative retirement incentive earns more than $113,000 per year between his pension and salary from another municipality where he is now employed as police chief. Joseph Laguzzi, 42, was already approved for an annual pension of $63,767 from Carbondale when he was hired as police chief in…
The Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School reopened this fall for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the Northeast last October. As a post-tropical cyclone, the storm swept through Brigantine, N.J. with hurricane-force winds, resulting in an estimated $40 million worth of damage to schools across New Jersey. “AllRisk was privileged to take part in the…
Dan Rand, Vice President of Hudson United Mortgage, Title& Insurance, announced his firm’ s plans to enter the marketplace of New Jersey mortgage, title and insurance services. Hudson United Mortgage and Hudson United Abstract Professional offer mortgage and title services that, until now, have only been available as a complete package to consumers purchasing…
The Guatemala native, whose extended family sought asylum in the United States and Canada from 1979 to the 1990 s, remembers keenly the struggles they overcame to build new lives. They represent St. Mary’s University and its law school, Our Lady of the Lake University, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of the Incarnate Word, where de Leon is…
The occasion was an annual FFA Field Day at the University of Missouri Hundley-Whaley Research Center in Albany, Mo.. Bob Kelly of Buchanan County University Extension challenged the students to work with county agribusiness leaders, Farm Bureau officials, insurance firms and rural firefighters to raise donations for three-piece aluminum grain rescue…
Reproductive Science Center of New England has announced exciting enhancements to its Attain ® IVF Refund Programs that provide in-vitro fertilization patients with even more options to help control costs. The Attain IVF Programs are a great solution for patients with limited or no infertility insurance benefits”, stated Rick Dietz, Executive Director…
The Ninth Annual New York Business Expo& Conference, sponsored by Time Warner Cable Business Class, taking place Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center offers added value for business owners with a full slate of expert led seminars, all free of charge with registration. Panelists Marjorie A. Cadogan, HRA Executive Deputy Commissioner;…
Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP is pleased to announce that Adam L. Anthony has joined the firm as an associate attorney in the Houston office. While attending South Texas College of Law and working towards completing his law degree, Adam was a law clerk at HDBD. He received his Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law and graduated in the top 5% of his class.
The U.S. Department of Transportation published the following notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration:. A Notice by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on 09/30/2013 ACTION. FMCSA announces and requests public comment on data and information concerning the Pre-Authorization Safety Audit for…
Mr. Berman has been bestowed this honor for his work done in California in handling personal injury, wrongful death, and nursing home abuse and neglect cases in San Diego and throughout the State of California. Mr. Berman and his firm hold recognition as a top AV rated attorney and firm from Martindale Hubbell, a leading source in registering the ratings of…
Thomas Kowalkowski is the only physician in Central Minnesota to offer the procedure. “It’s basically a high-velocity water jet eroding system,” Kevin Staid said about the medical device that his North Billerica, Mass.- based company makes. With HydroCision, a jet of saline solution comes out of a nozzle that is 0.005 inches in diameter– “slightly larger than a hair”–…
BMI Imaging Systems, Inc., a leader in secure document conversion services and document management solutions, today announced that its Sunnyvale, California document conversion facility has been officially notified that it is in compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 guidelines.
Restoration Local, one of the leading providers of water and flood damage repair and restoration in the United States, is offering recommendations to vehicle owners on how to salvage their car or truck in the wake of flooding. The recent Colorado floods have damaged thousands of vehicles which may or may not be salvageable. The first step following a flood is to…
The partners include Nationwide and Security Life Insurance Company of America. “Without willing carriers as partners, the idea of a vision and dental insurance exchange where employees’ and retirees’ benefits can be more efficiently and independently administered, could never have come into being,” said Avery Smith, DentalInsurance.com Director of…
“It’ s essential that physical therapists think like business owners instead of medical providers to ensure the viability of their practice and an EMR provides the tools to accomplish that. Efficiently running clinics experience exponential growth, better patient outcomes, and lower administrative costs,” said Chhoda. He is the author of “Physical Therapy…
Sept. 30– Following years of partisan rancor, millions in development costs, endorsements by a mythical lumberjack and a handful of controversies, Minnesota on Tuesday hopes to launch… a website. “It’s a marketplace,” said David Durenberger, a senior health policy fellow at the University of St. Thomas who previously was a Republican U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Insurance agents who only focus on homeowners insurance customers are missing a golden opportunity to build long-term relationships with renter customers as their insurance needs grow due to life or circumstance changes…
