The Technology Executives Roundtable, an association that consists of more than 120 CEOs, CFOs and general managers in Georgia’s technology community, announced that Asif Ramji, president and CEO of Paymetric, has been appointed president of TER, succeeding Paul Ilse for 2014.. In a release, TER said that in addition, for 2014, Philip Naples, senior consultant at…
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Health Net announced that the California commercial, Medicaid and Medicare lines of business of its subsidiaries have been awarded the Multicultural Health Care Distinction by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. “Everyone at Health Net is proud to become the first health insurer in the nation to receive the Multicultural Health Care…
Lakshmi Halasyamani as the chief medical officer, effective February 1. “After a national search that included several outstanding candidates, Lakshmi’s extensive leadership experience in hospital medicine made her the clear choice for our CMO position,” said Dean Weiland, president and chief executive officer of Cogent Healthcare. Halasyamani is also a…
USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Travers, O’keefe& Associates, Inc., headquartered in New York. In a release on Jan. 28, USI Insurance Services said Travers, O’keefe’s headquarters will be combined with USI’s New York office, and USI’s Albany, N.Y., office will be combined with Travers, O’keefe’s Saratoga, N.Y., office.
In conjunction with its 15th anniversary celebration, Kevin/Ross Public Relations announced a new suite of content marketing services designed to help organizations improve their online presence and intelligently leverage digital communications to support their brand and business goals. “Over the past 15 years, America has witnessed a dramatic shift…
Humana, Inc. announced that CAC-Florida Medical Centers CEO Mark Kent’s position has been expanded to Regional President with oversight of all Humana- owned, Florida- based primary care practices, including CAC, MetCare and Continucare. Kent began his career with Humana in Miami in 2004. He was responsible for operational management, strategic planning,…
According to a release, with the partnership, SIRA customers will be able to leverage the service for shared device reputation in ReputationManager 360 to better decide whether or not a transaction is potentially fraudulent based on the current and past behavior of the device being used in a transaction. “SIRA relies on a rich collection of identity-based…
Step Solutions Group, an insurance processing software as a service provider, announced that it launched a newly designed website to promote and educate insurance carriers on the value of its straight-through solution for origination, issue, underwriting, policy administration and claims processing. According to a release, the new website features a clean,…
According to a release, the New Brunswick- based company with a network of over 200 brokers servicing clients throughout seven provinces will implement Adjudicare, Symbility Health’s adjudication platform. Symbility Health’s best- of-breed adjudication platform will enable us to achieve this goal through its versatility and multifaceted services, “…
BeneTrac, a Paychex company, announced the development of a new addition to its suite of health care reform solutions, the BeneTrac Full-Time Employee Analysis Service. “Although the employer mandate doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2015, there are a number of things employers need to act on now to ensure they are in compliance with the new requirements when 2015…
According to a release, as the industry’s first company dedicated to supporting an enterprise-quality, commercialized version of OpenJDK across various operating systems, hypervisors and Cloud platforms, Azul will help accelerate the continued adoption of open source Java technology by enterprises. Azul noted that Zulu Enterprise is ideal for…
Global executive search and assessment firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, announced the addition of veteran healthcare business consultant Mindy Kairey to the firm’s Healthcare Sector in its expanding Chicago office. “Mindy brings our clients over 20 years of experience as a business strategist and senior advisor in the healthcare sector,” said Gabrielle…
Agiliance, an independent provider of Integrated Risk Management solutions for Operational and Security programs, announced the release of the Agiliance Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Risk Management Guidance Content Pack. According to a release, built around the OCC-issued Bulletin 2013- 29, “Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management…
Global professional services company Towers Watson has announced the availability of an enhanced financial modeling application, based in Igloo, for property and casualty insurers in the U.S. According to a release, this application is designed to help insurance companies get a start in using full-function models to help better manage risk and capital on a…
Vanguard announced that it has partnered with HelloWallet, a financial wellness service, to help employees save more for retirement by addressing the money pressures and behaviors that stand in their way. While we will continue to provide educational content and calculators to participants as important sources of guidance, HelloWallet is based on a deep…
Kennedy co-founded and served as President of the Marwood Group, a healthcare- focused strategic advisory and financial services firm. Under Kennedy’s leadership, the Marwood Group advised hundreds of the nation’s foremost healthcare companies, institutional investors, and trade associations. He previously served as a lawyer at a New Haven, Conn., law firm…
CollabNet, a provider of cloud-based Application Lifecycle Management solutions for agile software delivery at scale, announced Ameritas selected its TeamForge ALM platform to consolidate, manage and host all of its source code management using Apache Subversion. According to a release, subversion becomes the leading open source version control system…
The new directors are William M. Isaac, senior managing director and global head of Financial Institutions for FTI Consulting and former chairman of the FDIC, and Connie D. McDaniel, former senior executive at the Coca-Cola Co. and Ernst& Young. Issacs served under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. McDaniel is also on the board of Ridgeworth Funds in…
Anderson A. Arroyo, 29, of Amherst, and Timothy S. Reinard, 45, of Lockport, were arrested at about 1:20 a.m. following the third holdup in recent weeks of the Noco gas station at 5114 Transit Road. Police believe that the two may be responsible for a rash of similar armed robberies over the last month in Amherst, Wheatfield, Medina, the Town of Tonawanda and other…
