LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Rochester: New York
built 270 days ago
Prior to 2007, Rochester physicians largely relied on contract negotiations conducted by three major independent physicians associations (IPAs) for reimbursement rates. However, effective Jan. 1, 2007, the payor giant terminated contracts with these IPAs, electing instead to contract with physicians individually. After some physician protest, most local providers ended up signing new contracts with the health plan.
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"This new investment reinforces our commitment to stay and grow in the Rochester area while strengthening our ties with the local community," said Dave Carey, Global Crossing's executive vice president of strategy and corporate development. "The new facility will ... create a working environment that enables the team to drive the company's growth by bringing our employees into one location, stimulating collaboration and innovation."
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Torvec, Inc., based in Rochester, New York, develops advanced automotive technologies that increase transportation safety, mobility, fuel efficiency and reduce soot emissions. Torvec owns the technologies for an Infinity Variable Transmission that reduces diesel soot emissions, a Fast Tracked Vehicle(FTV™) that goes where no 4x4 can, novel designs of hydraulic pumps and constant velocity joints, and Ice Technology to increase tire traction on ice and de-ice windshields. Torvec's founders invented the famous Torsen™ differential used in high-performance vehicles and its successor the Iso-Torque™ Differential. To learn more about Torvec's many technologies and view a video of its
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Trigen-Cinergy Solutions (TCS) signed a 20-year contract with Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) to provide energy services to Kodak Park. The 1300-acre campus, with 160 major buildings, is located in Rochester, New York, and serves as Kodak's primary manufacturing site. TCS has been selected as energy manager for steam and electric utility services, including 196 megawatts of onsite electric generation capacity. TCS will ... manage all fuel procurement for Kodak Park. Transfer of operations is expected to occur in January 2000.
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In 1847, Frederick Douglass founded the abolitonist newspaper The North Star in Rochester. Douglass, a former slave and an antislavery speaker and writer, gained a circulation of over 4,000 readers in the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean. The North Star served as an important forum for abolitionist views.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study introduced today supports the nursing home culture change movement, spearheaded nationally by The Pioneer Network. Dr. Bonnie Kantor, Executive Director, delivered findings at the Second Annual Medicaid Congress. The study suggests that culture change potentially affects quality without a detrimental effect on cost.
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