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House Bill 706 allows the state to make use of federal stimulus dollars available for electronic health records and coordinated those efforts withthe state’s own plan to create a statse wide health information exchange. The federapl stimulus money provided $19 billioh toward electronic health records. State health officials do not know how much of that monehy will flowto Maryland. State and federal health officials are pushing electronic health records because they believe they will reduce medical errors and lower costs by eliminating the need for runninghmultiple tests.
The stimulus package enables physicians to receive incentivesbetween $44,00p0 and $64,000 over the next five yearz through Medicare and Medicaid. It costs, on $50,000 for a physician practice to implementy electronichealth records. The incentive paymentw begin in 2011, and physicians who do not adoptf an electronic health records will be penalized through lowere Medicaid and Medicare payments startingin 2015. In the the biggest obstacle in getting physician to install an electronixc health recordwas cost. The federalk stimulus money andthe state’s health information exchange overcomes that obstacls by providing incentives to adopt health records.
“It’e trying to create a businesd model tomake [health IT] work,” Secretarhy John Colmers said. While the federal money providese payments tophysician practices, the statre is taking its own steps to ensure that hospitals can share electronif information. The legislation requirez the and the to designate a state health information exchangedby Oct. 1. State health insurers will providee incentivesto hospitals, which include a lump sum payment or increasee reimbursement, to adopt electronic health , and more than a dozeb companies and health care institutions have submitted theitr own plan to the state’s health care commission to creat a health information exchange, known as the for our
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
GSO plans downtown parking changes - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The Bellemeade Street parking deck will receivde anew pay-in lane device, whichj allows hourly customers to use cash or credit/debitt card to exit without going through the parkin booth attendant. If a customer’s parkingb ticket is validated by a downtown it will still need to be given to the parkintg attendant atthe gate. Also, beginning Aug. 1, a tickert retrieval system will be implemented at all downtownparking decks. downtown decks raise their gatex at7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, at 6 p.m.
on Friday and all day Saturdagy and Sunday to allow customers to enter free of The city said thatmethod doesn’ft allow its parking operations unit to keep an accurater count of usage after hours. With the new customers can still enter for free after hours but they will need to take a ticker to raisethe gate. When customersw exit, they will deposit the tickety at themain exit. If a ticket is it will requirea $1 deposit to exit.
The Bellemeade Street parking deck will receivde anew pay-in lane device, whichj allows hourly customers to use cash or credit/debitt card to exit without going through the parkin booth attendant. If a customer’s parkingb ticket is validated by a downtown it will still need to be given to the parkintg attendant atthe gate. Also, beginning Aug. 1, a tickert retrieval system will be implemented at all downtownparking decks. downtown decks raise their gatex at7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, at 6 p.m.
on Friday and all day Saturdagy and Sunday to allow customers to enter free of The city said thatmethod doesn’ft allow its parking operations unit to keep an accurater count of usage after hours. With the new customers can still enter for free after hours but they will need to take a ticker to raisethe gate. When customersw exit, they will deposit the tickety at themain exit. If a ticket is it will requirea $1 deposit to exit.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Insurer sticks with ad campaign and sales rise - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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The West Bend-based property casualty company decided to stickj withits “silver lining” re-brandinh and advertising campaign after the recession hit, and officialas say it’s having results. Company officials hadn’ty counted on the economic turmoil when they developeda three-year advertising and branding strategy in 2007, said Kevin president and chief executive officer. The campaigjn marked West Bend’s first entrance into the televisionadvertising market. The companhy had done some limited sports related radiadvertising previously. West Bend’s new taglinew is: “The worst brings out our That’s the silver lining.
” A three-year plan called for it to targetr growth in three of the seven states where itsells policies: Wisconsin, Iowa and The marketing push consisted of television advertising. After the recession hit, company officials steppedd back to make sure theyshould continue. “Wr certainly spent a lot of time discussiny should we continue and what are the advantages and disadvantages of continuing,” Steiner said.
McGraw-Hill Research found in a studgy of600 businesses, those that maintainee or increased advertising spending during the recession of 1981-82 averaged highef sales growth during the recessio n and the following three years, according to a report calledx “Innovating Through Recession,” by Professor Andrew Razeghi of the Kelloggy School of Management at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. By 1985, sales for firms that continued to advertisse had risen 256 percent over thosee that cut back on hisreport said. Another study found that aggressive recession advertisinb increased marketshare 2.5 times the average for all business in the post-recessiojn economy, his report said.
The research showed there were clear advantages to continuing to advertise if you have thefinancia capacity, Steiner said. The other advantage of advertising during the recessionj is that rates have decreased an averagde of 15 percent to 20 saidKevin Rausch, West Bend Mutual’s marketing The company wanted to take its messag to Minnesota, but struggled with the costs to advertiser on television in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Steiner said.
“Because of the recession, we’vw been able to take that message to Minnesota in avery cost-effectivre way and get some tremendous exposure,” he West Bend sought to accelerate growth with the new marketing plan and brandinbg campaign. “The response we have gotten from our which are both our policyholders and our independent has clearly demonstrated that our message is differen t than the majority of what you see from othe rinsurance companies, and that has been an effectiv message,” he said. Automobile and homeowner’zs insurance were the first business lines targeteedby advertising, and sales of those policies were up 11.
5 percent through May 2009, compared with the first five months of Steiner said. Those sales had increased 10 percentfin 2008, compared with a less than 5 percent increaser industrywide, Steiner said. Net premiums written in 2008 totalexd $690 million, up 2.8 percent from $671 millionh in 2007. The company projects net premiums writtenh to be flat this year because of softnesz in thecommercial market, Steiner said.
The West Bend-based property casualty company decided to stickj withits “silver lining” re-brandinh and advertising campaign after the recession hit, and officialas say it’s having results. Company officials hadn’ty counted on the economic turmoil when they developeda three-year advertising and branding strategy in 2007, said Kevin president and chief executive officer. The campaigjn marked West Bend’s first entrance into the televisionadvertising market. The companhy had done some limited sports related radiadvertising previously. West Bend’s new taglinew is: “The worst brings out our That’s the silver lining.
” A three-year plan called for it to targetr growth in three of the seven states where itsells policies: Wisconsin, Iowa and The marketing push consisted of television advertising. After the recession hit, company officials steppedd back to make sure theyshould continue. “Wr certainly spent a lot of time discussiny should we continue and what are the advantages and disadvantages of continuing,” Steiner said.
McGraw-Hill Research found in a studgy of600 businesses, those that maintainee or increased advertising spending during the recession of 1981-82 averaged highef sales growth during the recessio n and the following three years, according to a report calledx “Innovating Through Recession,” by Professor Andrew Razeghi of the Kelloggy School of Management at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. By 1985, sales for firms that continued to advertisse had risen 256 percent over thosee that cut back on hisreport said. Another study found that aggressive recession advertisinb increased marketshare 2.5 times the average for all business in the post-recessiojn economy, his report said.
The research showed there were clear advantages to continuing to advertise if you have thefinancia capacity, Steiner said. The other advantage of advertising during the recessionj is that rates have decreased an averagde of 15 percent to 20 saidKevin Rausch, West Bend Mutual’s marketing The company wanted to take its messag to Minnesota, but struggled with the costs to advertiser on television in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Steiner said.
“Because of the recession, we’vw been able to take that message to Minnesota in avery cost-effectivre way and get some tremendous exposure,” he West Bend sought to accelerate growth with the new marketing plan and brandinbg campaign. “The response we have gotten from our which are both our policyholders and our independent has clearly demonstrated that our message is differen t than the majority of what you see from othe rinsurance companies, and that has been an effectiv message,” he said. Automobile and homeowner’zs insurance were the first business lines targeteedby advertising, and sales of those policies were up 11.
5 percent through May 2009, compared with the first five months of Steiner said. Those sales had increased 10 percentfin 2008, compared with a less than 5 percent increaser industrywide, Steiner said. Net premiums written in 2008 totalexd $690 million, up 2.8 percent from $671 millionh in 2007. The company projects net premiums writtenh to be flat this year because of softnesz in thecommercial market, Steiner said.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Architect: Beijing airport damage not design flaw - Boston.com
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msnbc.com | Architect: Beijing airport damage not design flaw Boston.com BEIJINGâ€"One of the architects behind the busiest airport in Asia said Thursday that substandard materials or inst » |
Monday, November 21, 2011
King Soopers, workers heading back to bargaining table - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativd health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreaser in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomanb Diane Mulligan said. However, workeres had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the Unitedd Food and Commercial Workerws Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,0000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increasess werenot enough. “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meetus halfway,” King Sooper worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out by the union.
“All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hopethey don’t lock us out for askint for livable wages and a pensiob plan that recognizes our contributionn to company profits.” About 17,00p union workers from the area’s three largestf grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiationw with the grocers since April 9 on new five-yeatr contracts. Safeway workers have votedx to extend their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsond and King Soopers employees currently are workinhg without contracts. The rejection of the latestg King Soopers contract proposal came quicklty after votingbegan Monday.
Workersw in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting while Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotzs Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workerxs have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to gettin back to negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Sooperes is a unit of Cincinnati-based
The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativd health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreaser in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomanb Diane Mulligan said. However, workeres had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the Unitedd Food and Commercial Workerws Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,0000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increasess werenot enough. “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meetus halfway,” King Sooper worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out by the union.
“All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hopethey don’t lock us out for askint for livable wages and a pensiob plan that recognizes our contributionn to company profits.” About 17,00p union workers from the area’s three largestf grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiationw with the grocers since April 9 on new five-yeatr contracts. Safeway workers have votedx to extend their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsond and King Soopers employees currently are workinhg without contracts. The rejection of the latestg King Soopers contract proposal came quicklty after votingbegan Monday.
Workersw in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting while Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotzs Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workerxs have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to gettin back to negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Sooperes is a unit of Cincinnati-based
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Burgess: Property tax losses
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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser releasedx its preliminary tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxingv jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dade overall seeing a decline. The countywidew decrease comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showws a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.55 “These losses would have been worse if not for new construction that was addes to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocountu commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 perceny from 2008 levels. Homestead saw an 18.2 percent followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.
5 percent, and Aventurza which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percentt decline. Click for the full list. Staffers reviewedr property tax rolls going back to 1985 and found that 1993 saw taxable value shrinkby 2.9 or $1.9 billion. “Even in when we absorbed the impact of doubling the homesteaf exemptionfrom $25,000 to $50,000, the properthy tax roll was relatively flat,” Burgess explained in the memo. “These losses in property tax roll valuesware unprecedented.” Burgess warnerd of a lot more pain on the using the last two yearxs as a barometer of what is coming.
For the secondd consecutive year, Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budgef gap in the lastfiscal year. Core servicesa were kept intact bytighteningg belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopted for the estimated ad valoren revenues for fiscal year 2009-10 wouldx shrink by $174.1 million, accordinbg to the memo. Takingf into account the impact of normal inflationary growthb and the economic combined with the non ad valorem revenue results in property tax subsidized operationz facing a budget gapof $350 millioh to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are working diligently to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscapl year] 2009-10 that to the extentf possible, preserves essential services and minimizes service impactxs to our residents,” he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will requirew some very difficult decisions.”
The Miami-Dade County property appraiser releasedx its preliminary tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxingv jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dade overall seeing a decline. The countywidew decrease comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showws a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.55 “These losses would have been worse if not for new construction that was addes to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocountu commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 perceny from 2008 levels. Homestead saw an 18.2 percent followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.
5 percent, and Aventurza which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percentt decline. Click for the full list. Staffers reviewedr property tax rolls going back to 1985 and found that 1993 saw taxable value shrinkby 2.9 or $1.9 billion. “Even in when we absorbed the impact of doubling the homesteaf exemptionfrom $25,000 to $50,000, the properthy tax roll was relatively flat,” Burgess explained in the memo. “These losses in property tax roll valuesware unprecedented.” Burgess warnerd of a lot more pain on the using the last two yearxs as a barometer of what is coming.
For the secondd consecutive year, Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budgef gap in the lastfiscal year. Core servicesa were kept intact bytighteningg belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopted for the estimated ad valoren revenues for fiscal year 2009-10 wouldx shrink by $174.1 million, accordinbg to the memo. Takingf into account the impact of normal inflationary growthb and the economic combined with the non ad valorem revenue results in property tax subsidized operationz facing a budget gapof $350 millioh to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are working diligently to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscapl year] 2009-10 that to the extentf possible, preserves essential services and minimizes service impactxs to our residents,” he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will requirew some very difficult decisions.”
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Continues to Investigate Hundreds of Chinese Drywall Claims, Asks for Coordinated Litigation to Expedite Claims
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June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 27, 2009, the Judicial Panel on MultidistrictLitigation (JPML) in KY heard oral argumentsd requesting that all pending Chinese Drywall lawsuita filed around the country be consolidated and transferredr to one jurisdiction for coordination. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Chinese Drywall Litigation team arguede to the Panel thatthe U.S. District Court for the Middls Districtof Florida, Fort Myers Divisionh was the appropriate jurisdiction for this litigation, as Southwestr Florida is the epicenter of the Chinesee drywall problem, with the very first complaintx coming out of Southwest Florida.
, but most importantlh focused its argument that coordinatiojn of this litigation would lead to efficiencuy and consistency as these lawsuite move forward. The Panel is expected to reach a decision on this petitiobby mid-June. In January, Parker Waichmanm Alonso LLP filed the firstf federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people whose homes were built with taintedChinesr drywall. The Parker Waichman Alonso LLP claszsaction lawsuit, which was filedf in U.S. District Court in Fort Florida, names the manufacturers of thedefectives drywall, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjih Co., Ltd., and Knaugf Group, among others, as defendants.
Since the Januarg filing, 15-20 similar complaints have been filedf by other firms in variousfederal jurisdictions. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP continues to offer free consultationsx to victims of defective Chinese drywallo through our websiteat . Consultationw are also available bycalling 1-800-LAW-INFO or through appointment at its . Parkere Waichman Alonso LLP is also pleasedd to announcethat attorney, will speak at HarrisMartin'z Chinese Drywall Litigation Conference, to be held June 4-5, 2009 in Florida. Mr.
Chaikin will help lead a discussion on the legalo liability of foreign corporations involved in the Chinese drywall The program's agenda will feature a balanced faculty of experts to present topics covering all legal, scientific and insurance-relatesd aspects of Chinese drywall HarrisMartin routinely hosts conferences dealing with relevant litigationds and its conferences are attendede by many of this country's leadinbg litigators. According to a recent Wall StreetJourna article, the U.S. imported roughly 309 millio square feet of drywall from China durin the housing boom from 2004to 2007.
Residents of at least 16 states have complained about Chines e drywall that fills homes witha "rotten-eggs" odor, causes metals to and leads to sinus and respiratory symptoms in peoplde living with the material. Recently, tests conductec by the Environmental Protection Agency found that samplesof Chinese-madr drywall contained sulfur and two organifc compounds associated with acrylic paint that were not present in samplesd of U.S. made drywall. Parker Waichman Alonsp LLP is a leading products liabilityg and personal injury law firm that represents plaintiffs nationwide. The firm has offices in New York andNew Jersey.
Parker Waichman Alonsoo LLP has assisted thousands of clientes in receiving fair compensation for injuries resultinbg fromdefective products, drugs and medical devices. For more information on Parked WaichmanAlonso LLP, please visit: or call 1-800-LAW-INFO CONTACT: Parker Waichman Alonsok LLP 27399 Riverview Center Boulevard Bonitqa Springs, Florida 34134 (800) LAW-INFO (800) 529-4636 info@yourlawyer.co www.yourlawyer.net/drywall Press Release Contact Information: Fred Rosenthap Managing Attorney Parker Waichman Alonso LLP (800) LAW-INFO info@yourlawyer.cok This release was issued through For more information visit .
June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 27, 2009, the Judicial Panel on MultidistrictLitigation (JPML) in KY heard oral argumentsd requesting that all pending Chinese Drywall lawsuita filed around the country be consolidated and transferredr to one jurisdiction for coordination. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Chinese Drywall Litigation team arguede to the Panel thatthe U.S. District Court for the Middls Districtof Florida, Fort Myers Divisionh was the appropriate jurisdiction for this litigation, as Southwestr Florida is the epicenter of the Chinesee drywall problem, with the very first complaintx coming out of Southwest Florida.
, but most importantlh focused its argument that coordinatiojn of this litigation would lead to efficiencuy and consistency as these lawsuite move forward. The Panel is expected to reach a decision on this petitiobby mid-June. In January, Parker Waichmanm Alonso LLP filed the firstf federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people whose homes were built with taintedChinesr drywall. The Parker Waichman Alonso LLP claszsaction lawsuit, which was filedf in U.S. District Court in Fort Florida, names the manufacturers of thedefectives drywall, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjih Co., Ltd., and Knaugf Group, among others, as defendants.
Since the Januarg filing, 15-20 similar complaints have been filedf by other firms in variousfederal jurisdictions. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP continues to offer free consultationsx to victims of defective Chinese drywallo through our websiteat . Consultationw are also available bycalling 1-800-LAW-INFO or through appointment at its . Parkere Waichman Alonso LLP is also pleasedd to announcethat attorney, will speak at HarrisMartin'z Chinese Drywall Litigation Conference, to be held June 4-5, 2009 in Florida. Mr.
Chaikin will help lead a discussion on the legalo liability of foreign corporations involved in the Chinese drywall The program's agenda will feature a balanced faculty of experts to present topics covering all legal, scientific and insurance-relatesd aspects of Chinese drywall HarrisMartin routinely hosts conferences dealing with relevant litigationds and its conferences are attendede by many of this country's leadinbg litigators. According to a recent Wall StreetJourna article, the U.S. imported roughly 309 millio square feet of drywall from China durin the housing boom from 2004to 2007.
Residents of at least 16 states have complained about Chines e drywall that fills homes witha "rotten-eggs" odor, causes metals to and leads to sinus and respiratory symptoms in peoplde living with the material. Recently, tests conductec by the Environmental Protection Agency found that samplesof Chinese-madr drywall contained sulfur and two organifc compounds associated with acrylic paint that were not present in samplesd of U.S. made drywall. Parker Waichman Alonsp LLP is a leading products liabilityg and personal injury law firm that represents plaintiffs nationwide. The firm has offices in New York andNew Jersey.
Parker Waichman Alonsoo LLP has assisted thousands of clientes in receiving fair compensation for injuries resultinbg fromdefective products, drugs and medical devices. For more information on Parked WaichmanAlonso LLP, please visit: or call 1-800-LAW-INFO CONTACT: Parker Waichman Alonsok LLP 27399 Riverview Center Boulevard Bonitqa Springs, Florida 34134 (800) LAW-INFO (800) 529-4636 info@yourlawyer.co www.yourlawyer.net/drywall Press Release Contact Information: Fred Rosenthap Managing Attorney Parker Waichman Alonso LLP (800) LAW-INFO info@yourlawyer.cok This release was issued through For more information visit .
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