–Latitude 360 announced today that it will present at the 2015 Marcum MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 28, 2015 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Latitude 360, is an award-winning pioneer of combining premier upscale casual dining with state-of-the-art entertainment creating a “360 Experience” in its unique venues. The Company develops, constructs…
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Charles Krauthammer gave a balanced and insightful perspective on how our treatment of animals is a reflection on our character as a society. A recent commentary by Charles Krauthammer was headlined “Future generations will judge us for our treatment of animals. Columnist Charles Krauthammer asked a great question in his May 10 column.
For the 28th consecutive year, GEICO is once again looking for top volunteers in each military branch as it kicks off the 2015 GEICO Military Service Awards. The deadline for entries is October 31, 2015. “Each year we're proud to honor military members from the five military branches and the guard/reserves for their contributions to the public good,” said Jon…
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a subsidiary of Quality Systems, has entered into an agreement with Reno Sparks Tribal Health Center. “In our extensive search for another system, we found that NextGen Healthcare offers the only solutions designed to not only meet, but exceed the specific reporting requirements for our organization.
Before launching SafeBee, she was executive editor of Sharecare, the health website and social network. Previously, she developed more than two dozen illustrated consumer health books for Reader's Digest. Her favorite safety tip: Know the purpose of every medication you take and under what circumstances you can stop taking it.SafeBee is a relatively new…
New York Life recently reported that Douglas A. Wheeler has been elected a senior vice president in its Office of Governmental Affairs. In a release, New York Life noted that he continues to report to Senior Vice President in charge of the Office of Governmental Affairs, George Nichols III.. Wheeler joined New York Life in 2011 and is responsible for overseeing all…
Those are two very different steps, Rick LaPlante, a business leadership consultant, recently told a South Dakota/Wyoming Farm Bureau joint Young Farmers and Ranchers conference. LaPlante illustrated that two-step process of transitioning a farming or ranching business to the next generation by detailing a case study on a Montana farming and ranching…
May 26– After a heated debate late Sunday night, the Texas House approved a bill to change the funding scheme for the quasi-governmental insurer of last resort for businesses and residents in coastal Texas. Greg Bonnen, R- Galveston– passed 80-47. The bill seeks to put the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, or TWIA, into stronger position to pay wind…
May 25– EDWARDSVILLE– It was only his second meeting as executive director and Ed Weiss announced he had already taken care of a long-overlooked necessity. “We now have flood insurance,” he told the board that runs the Northeast Pennsylvania School District Health Trust. Good thing, since the trust's office sits behind the Gateway Shopping Center, about a four…
May 24– The University of Oregon is poised to enter the high risk, high reward business of providing health insurance to students this fall. The UO's projections– which it has not yet made public– are for a surplus of cash in the first year of operation, to be put into reserves to support the venture, Mike Eyster, executive director of the University Health Center, said…
May 24– The University of Oregon is proposing to create its own health insurance plans– UOCare– and to sweep all new and returning students into one of the plans come fall. The federal penalty for individuals who neglect to buy coverage is getting steep: $325 this year and $695 for 2016.. “If we don't provide something for students, they will have to navigate the state…
ProMedica has taken steps to make it more convenient to get price estimates before entering the hospital. The form is designed to help those get an idea of what final out-of-pocket costs will be with various insurance plans, said Haley Studer, vice president of revenue cycles for ProMedica. ProMedica also operates a telephone hotline consumers may call during…
May 25– Cape Fear Valley Medical Center's Emergency Department is among the busiest in the nation. One woman, Christina St. Romain, said she and her son were at the hospital for 17 hours before he was discharged with a concussion diagnosis. Often, long waits are attributed to patients whose condition does not require emergency care but who seek treatment in the…
May 25– SAN MARCOS– Rescue crews in San Marcos on Sunday began the arduous task of sorting through the rubble left by the worst flood in the city's history while keeping an eye out for more rains in the Hill Country that could put them back at square one. “This event has been categorized as twice as bad as the most noted event in the 1920 s with twice the height of water and…
May 25– SAN MARCOS– Rescue crews in San Marcos on Sunday began the arduous task of sorting through the rubble left by the worst flood in the city's history while keeping an eye out for more rains in the Hill Country that could put them back at square one. “This event has been categorized as twice as bad as the most noted event in the 1920 s with twice the height of water and…
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the ” Non-Life Insurance in Switzerland, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018″ report to their offering. 'Non-Life Insurance in Switzerland, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018' report provides detailed analysis of the market trends, drivers, challenges in the Swiss non-life insurance segment.
“It's a huge issue,” said Bob Applebaum, a professor of gerentology at Miami University. About seven in 10 senior citizens will require a stay in a nursing home, which can cost upwards of $100,000 a year. Applebaum, director of the Ohio long-term care research project at Miami's Scripps Gerontology Center, said only 6- to-8 percent of Americans 60 and older are…
May 25– For those pushing the state to opt into an expansion of Medicaid offered under the Affordable Care Act, it should seem obvious that Gov. Bentley reiterated Tuesday that he was not looking to enter into an expansion of Medicaid, though he has suggested in the past that he might look into it under certain conditions. Should Bentley ever change his mind on…
Recently filed IRS Form 990 s from CentraCare Health System, St. Cloud Hospital and CentraCare Clinic obtained by Times Media show about 3.7 percent of that total– about $23.1 million– was concentrated among the top 47 wage earners in the organization. Three interventional cardiologists with CentraCare Clinic also surpassed the $1 million mark.
