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David Jewell , owner of the locakl PR firm working with Stanley on his Charlottre show atWentworth Gallery, just happens to be a partner in Mac’x as well. The first day of Stanley’a visit, Jewell had brisket and barbecued pork deliveredto Stanley’ s Ballantyne hotel room. Jewell soon received a voice-maik from Stanley: “It’s awesome. The side are awesome. I’m trying to stop myself from eating it.” Stanlehy joined Jewell, his wife and a Wentworth rep at Mac’s Southh Boulevard location the next nightgfor dinner. Stanley talkes with curious fellow diners as the jukebox offered up classicKISS cuts.
He vowed to drag the band to Mac’s durinbg a fall tour that will include a Charlotte More celebbarbecue news, as Todayu ’s Al Roker , prepping for his visitr this morning, checked in with TT for a previeww of the show’s eighth annual charitty tour. Armed with donated items in a Penske truck, Roker and friends will pay a surprise visitr toan as-yet-unidentified charity to lend a Charlotte marks the fifth and final city in a five-dat national tour. A wonderful gesture, to be sure, but a largefr question looms: Does a noted barbecue aficionado, plan to partake whilwe in town? He encompasses both Carolinas withhis “Absolutely.
It depends on what side you’rew on — do you like your mustard-basedx sauce, do you like your tomato-based sauce I know one thing is, we’llo get some good barbecue.” How aboutr a hug? What, no difference of opinion? This week, Republicahn Mayor Pat McCrory and Democratic Councilma n AnthonyFoxx — who is challenging McCrory’s endorsed candidate, Republican Councilman John Lassiter — found themselved in agreement over changes to the city’se small-business program.
Both men favored raising the $750,000 cap on net personal income, a qualificatio n the city looks at in bid That prompted Lassiter to joke during a city workshop that he was wadinbg into the middle ofa “love by arguing in favor of the incomes limits. The income caps already exclude the value ofan applicant’w business, personal retirement accounts, a spouse’se personal net worth and up to $500,0000 of a primary residence. Lassitetr says restrictions need to be in placeto “keepp the big boys out of the pool.” Frontlinwe just can’t get enoug h of Charlotte.
After airing its hour-long documentary on the BofA/Merrill deal last week, the PBS TV news magazine returneed to Charlotte on Wednesday tointerview small-business owner Ben Collins . a contractor and president of , was recentlyh interviewed for a Charlotte Business Journal articlee examining thestruggles small-business owners face with credigt cards. He says Frontline journalists read the reportt and asked him to share his struggles withchanginbg credit-card terms for an upcoming broadcast. “I thoughrt it was pretty Collins says. “Just have to be carefukl about what I saysincr it’s on national television.” The repor is scheduled to air this In-state tuition? Gov.
Bev Perduwe told local business leaders last week that energy will be one of the most importanty sectorsin Charlotte’s economic but sometimes energy can be a bit Perdue’s speech at was preceded by school presidenrt Tony Zeiss , who deliverede his remarks with characteristic brio. Or, as Perduw put it, “I said to my frienfd back there, ‘Is he on ” The governor also joked that her frequengt appearances here should allow for a bit of favoritismk from exec BobMorgan . “I just asked him if I couldn’ t get some kind of discount membership I’m here so much.
” If you’rde in Myers Park this weekend, the dinner parties to crasj will be at the home of designer WeslegyMancini . Tonight Mancini hosts the chairmamn of the board of the Los AngeleszPhilharmonic (David Bohnett) and notedr Italian art collector Sir Mark whose 17th century Italin collection is often lent for exhibition at museums. They’llp be joined by furniture exec MitchellGold , who lives in Lenoir. On Saturdayu night, Bohnett and Haukohl return for a dinnee and cocktail party with arts andculture leaders, including art collector Andreaz Bechtler . TT is stunned the invitation has yet to Postal mixup? Still hungry?
Here comes a Morton’x cookbook party at the steakhouse’s uptownb location on Monday night. One of the co-authors, Tyloe Field, will be on hand at a receptiobn beginning at6 p.m. For $59, attendees receivw a copy of the cookbook, get to sample appetizerss and wines andhave $5 contributedc to hunger-relief causes. Best of all is Fields’ job title: Morton’zs vice president of Wine Spirits. Yes, really. Details: (704) 333-2602.

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Wright State among top 10 fighting poverty - Dayton Business Journal:

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, a global advocacy group that campaignds for fighting extreme poverty andpreventables disease, particularly in Africa, named 10 universities as finalists in the seconds annual ONE Campus Challenge. The final round of the challenges will pit the schools against each other to come up with the best ideae tofight poverty. The top 10 schools are: Wrighrt State University; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ann Arbor; ; and . ONE will provided each of the top 10 schools witha $1,000 grant to buildr a project, program or event that drawds attention to poverty and inspires people and helpe encourage elected leaders to support solutions.
At the end of a panel will review the projects to determine the most effective and The school with the best project will be declare d the winner ofthis year’s ONE Campus Challenge and will receivee an on-campus performance by Vampirse Weekend in mid-April. “Thisx year we’ve seen students engage the presidentiall candidates on thecampaign trail, lobb y their Representatives and Senators around key initiativesa and recruit thousands of new ONE member on their campuses.
The final 10 schools will use theier grants to take their advocacy to the next levek and impact larger audiences than ever saidDavid Lane, ONE president and chief executiv e officer, in a news The ONE organization was co-founded by U2 lead singerr Bono, and has been supportedf by such high-profile celebrities as Bob Geldorf and Brad Pitt.

Brywood Centre construction will start later in the summer - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redevelop the at 63rd Streeft and Blue Ridge Cutofflast month. The approvedc $5.6 million in TIF reimbursements forthe $30.7 million project in June 2008. Tri-Land is based in Ill. “We are very exciteed to be moving forward with thisredevelopment project,” Tri-Land Executiv Vice President Hugh Robinson said in a release. “Ws have had a great relationship with the city and the two districttcouncil members, Terry Riley and Cindy Circo, throughoug this process. We look forward to delivering a high-quality project to this greaf community.
” Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot center will includse a new facade, updated signage and lighting, landscapin upgrades, expansion of a Pricw Chopper supermarket that anchors the center andincreasefd pad-site availability along 63rd Tri-Land also hopes to announce a new anchor tenant soon for the 37-year-olsd center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 millionh square feet of retail space inthe Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the It specializes in acquiring and revitalizingb distressed and undervalued community centers ranginh from 100,000 square feet to 750,00 square feet.

Legislature allots $7M to Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp.

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With about $1.6 million that KTEC gets from fees, grants and other money it brings inthroughb operations, the agency will have a totap fiscal 2010 budget of $8.6 million, Alan director of the , said Monday. That’s a cut of more than 26 percentr for thefiscal year, whicj begins in July, compared with the current fiscal year. Earlier this year, KTEC’s budget for the currentf fiscal year was trimmesabout 6.5 percent, to $11.66 million from $12.4u million. Once the bill gets to Gov. Mark Parkinson’se desk, probably within the week, he’lo have 10 days to act. Former Gov. Kathleen Sebeliuds previously line-item vetoed a $12.
1 milliojn budget for KTEC, which woulsd have eliminated the agency. But legislatorsw wrote financing for KTEC back into the Parkinsonfor KTEC, though at reduced levels and with improvements to the agency, whichb was formed more than two decades ago to foster tech-baseed economic development. KTEC CEO Tracy Taylor has been facing scrutiny recently because of documents that suggesy he received compensation for serving on the boardd of a company KTECinvesterd in, which would have violated statw law. Taylor . Taylor’s pay also has promptefd controversy. His fiscal 2009 salary was $287,444 plus $45,2021 in benefits. In fiscal 2010, he was to receivd $302,055 plus $47,355 in benefits.
KTEC has come undef fire for a lackof transparency, not activelty involving its board in decisions and not adequatelyy tracking its results. done for shortly befor e Sebeliusvetoed KTEC’s budget.

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Stimulus funds lag health woes - South Florida Business Journal:

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That’s the view of the eight-memberd panel of industry and medical expertsw who were invited by the Sout h Florida Business Journal to sharee their views of whatthe $787 billion federal stimulu package means to the health care sector. What emerge was a broad discussion of how stimulus legislatio n is just one piece of change neededr in an industry that has run financially amok due to an overrelianceson specialists, shortfalls in informatioh technology and patients who are The Congressional Budget Office has projected that total nationapl spending on health care coulsd hit 48 percent of gross domestic product by 2050 if left To solve this problem will take more money, though, in the shortt term.
The Obama administration’s $59 billion for health care stimulus spendinhgincludes $19 billion for electronic health care Starting in 2011, doctors who can show meaningfuol use of electronic medical records will get incentives and those who don’t will get declining Medicare But, the old-fashioned general practitioner may also have a big Linda Quick, president of the , said healtg care reform legislation that coincides with the stimulua calls for individuals to have a home location or a primary care provider. She said that allowes for “a community location close to home and gettinb more done ina non-institutional, actuallyh high clinical technology setting.
” That, in turn, will also translat into a less costly the panelists said. Rachel CEO of , said: “The reason I believe in the last 25 years of seeing healtbh care costs rise dramatically is we have moved away from the primary care physician knowing the patientto specialists.” Patientse go from specialist to specialist to get each ailmenyt treated, but an overview of theid condition and family history is George Foyo, executive VP and chief administrative officer at , “Piggybacking on primary care is absolutely right. All thes e specialties are adding thousandss and thousandsof dollars.
” One problem is that specialists tend to overdo tests because they are so worried abouty legal liability issues, he said. Dr. Tony a family practitioner and president of the Browarf CountyMedical Association, said reimbursement issues for testes done in his office also frustrate him. A hospitapl might get $2,000 for a test from but he can onlyget “I don’t think it’s anythingy that’s going to work unless we use some commohn sense,” he said. Foyo said primaruy care physicians historically put an emphasis on healthprevention efforts, but the lack of it thesse days is contributing to an epidemic of diabetew and heart issues.
Baptist Health, which is well known for hospitalds in Kendalland Homestead, is pushing forwardx with outpatient centers – and even venturing into Browar d County. One reason is emergencyg roomsare full, and providing care there is more costlgy than at an outpatient center. “Rather than have patients cometo us, the hospitalsw are going out to them,” Foyo Florida’s 51 nonprofit community health centersx are getting $28 million in competitive grants underr the stimulus legislation, which will also keep patients out of expensive hospitalp settings for treatment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosu highlighted that during an April visit to a communityt health center in Hollywood that willget $1.5 millionb to open a satellite health center in West One of the advantages for these types of centers is that they are fundedx with the assumption that their doorxs will be open to all who which is important because of the number of uninsured Soutnh Floridians, including undocumented foreigners, Quick said. Dr.
meet Bill Gates Mark Sterling, administrativee partner at the law firm ofin Miami, said electronid medical records (EMR) fall under the categorh of “shovel-ready” projects in the world of stimulus meaning the technology exists and can be adopted rapidly to put money in the economy. Not everyones is totally gung-ho on paying $50,000 to install an EMR system. Prietol said: “I’d rather have my old nurse that knewher patient, rather than what her computer He’s 61 and realizes he woulx need an EMR system by 2014, “butf I might retire by then,” he Family practitioners have been a dwindling breed in the era of Prieto said he saw one group shrinki from having 20 to just “The bad news is doctors don’t want to go into primary he said.
And medical students don’t see it as lucrativee as other areas. Foyo said he hopes ’ s new college of medicine will focus more on primarytcare specialists. But, even soon-to-retire doctorw like Prieto might want to put an EMR system in placew because it will increase the value of their practice, said Pete Martinez, chief technology and innovationss officer for the Wellington-basede , which provides an EMR system called PWeR. The short-term strategy will be to put moneyin doctors’ pockets to invest in EMR systems, but qualith of care is the long-term said Andrew Carricarte, president of in Miami, whichu also offers an EMR system.
Disease management should be a major beneficiary, since many doctors stilkl use a manual process to track diabete s and other inflictions. Michael Kesti, CEO of , a Palmetto Bay healtuh care management andmarketing company, said: “The savingsz could be tremendous if it’z implemented correctly, if we look at reducingy errors and saving lives.” There’s a trickle down to businesses, as If health care costs are reduced, that should push down insurancwe premiums and leave more money in the hands of the employerss who pay them. “Now, they got that savings, so now they can stimulatw growth and theentirw economy,” Kesti said.
Quantum and IOS are experiencinggrapid growth, Carricarte said. IOS has hired 12 peoplre in the past few monthzs and is hiring15 more. Jobs typicallh pay $40,000 or more. Martinez, who was previousl ’s site manager in Boca said Quantum has doubled in size in the past andthat doesn’t include all the outlying servicew providers he is Widely publicized reports that Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and “octomom” Nadya Suleman’sd records were viewed by unauthorized medicalk workers are raising concerns abougt just how well medical records are protected.
Proposed rulexs in the stimulus legislation would requirs notification to patients whosr medical recordswere exposed. If 10 or more patients can’ty be notified, the provider must notifu the news media or put it on the home page of theireWeb sites. Sapoznik said patients already worry that employers will see informationon Web-based systems. “Employees are very concernerd about putting theirinformation there, even thougjh it’s private information and the employe has no access to she said. “From the insurance companies’ perspective, they feel theie systems are controlled and protecteds forthe employees.
” Older patients are often stressed about going online to even look for a Sapoznik said. However, the hospital association’s Quickm said there are examples of systems working A local federation of community healtyh centers can know about a patienft visiting two different centers and what was done in and Humana have links ontheirf systems, but there’s no universal access across a broaderr spectrum. Quick said the goal for healtu care should be the type of portability founds withATM cards.
She said if she can go to a foreignh country and use herATM card, then why shouldn’y she have access to prescriptiom information and her latest MRI in case she fallss and bumps her head? Foyo “Ultimately, we have to create a system that will allowa the patient to have all that information available at a moment’sd notice.” Sapoznik said personal responsibility as a consumer needs to be part of the “Should I have three MRIs in a year? Shoulf I have a CAT scan, MRI and blood She said consumers also need to gather information on whether they are choosingh the right hospital and doctor, and understand thei capabilities and the outcomes.
Foyo said consumers need to understansd the costs when they go toa “just like when you shop for a car, you can get a differenyt price for every model in the Consumers will be able to chooser because they will know the cost and the historyg of the outcome, he said. Physiciands also need to be paid to keep you Martinez said. He likened the current system to one where a mechanic is paid to work on a car on anunlimitef basis, rather than being encouraged to do preventive maintenance.
In response to continued privacyt and security concerns about the widespread adoptiomn ofEMR systems, Martinex said it’s a misnomer that paper systems or PCs are more Somebody might walk up to a papee system and pull a file, or a thief mightf steal a PC and get a wealtb of patient information, he said. Martinez and Carricartes argue that data is safer storedon well-protected computer cloud Among the factors are data redundancy, physicallgy impregnable bunker-like data warehouses and firewall-encrypted Martinez said health care stands out as a laggard in adopting technology. “Ninety percent of the transactionx in this businessare phone, paper and fax in the 21st he said.
“So, the fundamental transformatioj of this industry is based onelectronic interchange.” Florida’ss patchwork state budget drew concerns from panelistas about what will happen when stimulus monegy runs out. In one maneuver, the Legislature took $800 millio in stimulus funds for Medicaid, and then movee $800 million of state money to other parte of thebudget – a “shell game” in the eyes of statse Sen. Nan Rich. Foyo said the tobacck tax willadd $2.5 billion, but the systen already has a shortfall. “There is a cliff at the end of threw years andwhat happens? All of this [stimulux money] goes away,” he said.
Quick said every extra 1 percent of unemploymentgmeans 100,000 people become eligible for Medicaids when their incomes fall low While federal funds used to be 50 percent of Medicaid, now it’sd up to 56 percent. But, just to fund the now-lower 44 percent share, the state needsw to increase taxeson cigarettes. The federap money comes with strings tomaintain eligibility, Quick “That’s a good thing because, every time we run shorf on Medicaid money, we start throwinvg people off the bus.” Kestk said there’s whispering in the halld of Tallahassee about what will happen in threde years.
“What I thinkm we can all expect is additional taxes to support theMedicaidx program,” he said. Hogan & Hartson’s Sterlinh wasn’t so sure. “If the economy has improved in that we will have less pressure on the he said. “If reformn efforts are actually implemented in thattime – and are actuallyt successful during that time – we may see that cliffg put [further] out, or it’s not as an abruptf of a cliff.” THE DETAILS: Many of the panelistxs say their companies are hiring. Baptisy Health South Florida is looking for as many as 100registeredd nurses, as well as advanced nurse practitionerzs and licensed clinical professionals.
Applicants need a year of acutse care hospital experience and a Florida It has 43 openingsfor professional/clinicapl positions, most requiring a state license. Career opportunitiews also exist inthe pharmacy, respiratory, rehabilitation, information technology and risk management areas. Sapoznik Insurancwe is hiring three to four licensed insurancw agents with experience in group orindividuall health, life, disability and other ancillaryt products. It is also looking for a groul insurance quoting specialist andaccount administrators.
IOS Health Systems has been on ahirinyg spree, which is expected to continue throughout the It expects to add six sales four software implementers and four software developers. Most jobs require project management and customerservicwe skills, but training in health care and healtnh information technology is provided.

Keeping employees healthy - Business First of Buffalo:

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It’s been no surprise the health of U.S. workers is on the The (www.cdc.gov/nchs) says 62 percent of adults are notphysically active, as of 2007, and only 24 percentr are active three to four times a For every dollar a companty spends on health and in two to five years, it coul see another $3 to $4 in according to a 2005 study by the Americah Journal of Preventive Medicine (www.ajpm-online.net). It maked sense: healthier employees could cost companie s less in health careand worker’s compensation claims, analystsz say. And a healthier work forcwe may also mean fewer days lostto absenteeism. in Md.
, which employs 140, started its wellneses initiatives by waiving the joining fee and offering a discounte d monthly rate for fitnessclub memberships. They decideds to step it up a notcgh and give employees 10 Weight Watchersx meeting voucherseach year, and waived the joining fee, as well as offering the diet program’s online services for free up for a certainb dollar amount. The company’s employee assistancer program is also at no costto “They’ve been really appreciatives of the programs we have in said Mary Ung, human resources partner at the Jessica Sheffield, a corporate wellnese director with Brick Bodies in Md.
, says the key ingredient to creatingb an effective wellness plan is upper managementr support. Having a vision for wellness, goald and objectives, as well as beingy able to provide a budget and methods of all fall underupper management’d responsibilities. • A writtehn plan that details allwellness goals, activities and outcomes; Data collection, which can include health risk assessments, screenings and employee feedback surveys; On-site exercise programs, weight management classes, subsidizeds health club memberships, team-based fitness challenges, stressw management resources and smoking cessation programs; • Evaluation of the programz and activities; and, • Collaboration with internal wellness resourcews and partnerships with third-party wellness providers.
Companies also say realizing that not everyone is goinh to join the first session or activityh also keepsthe program’s expectations realistic. “Thw important thing is to not thinl you’re going to create the perfecr wellness fair or program that willsolve everyone’x issues first time out of the box,” said Barbars Girodo, director of human resources and safety for the Kane Co. in Md. , which employs 500 full-time workers, had its first wellnesw fair inspring 2007. Girodo says the success of the fair has encouraged the company to plan for two fairasin 2009. Kane Co.
spends about $30-$50 on each and with about a 70 percenf turnout at thewellness fairs, she said the company spend around $15,000 on a wellness While it can be Girodo said, “when you think about medical that’s half the The fair included a 401(k) representative to talk to employeesw about their retirement plans and worries in the ailinvg economy, diabetes representatives, medical insurance providers, and an employee assistancd program provider to address family issues and how to manags the work-life balance. Because of the some top programs that have been requested by employeesare anti-smoking programs, mental healt programs and curbing drug costs.
Especiallh in these economic workers are stressed in all aspectxof life, and considerinb most of their time is spenft in the office, it’s importany to take responsibility for balance in employees’ mental health, Girodo said. Cost-shifting strategies also providee opportunities for employees to make choices at the drug storwe that ultimately impact overall healthinsurance

Fed Beige Book sees some stabilization - Austin Business Journal:

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The book, published periodically by the bank, indicates that while respondentsz to the survey weremore optimistic, they remainn skeptical about the overall economy with hiringh freezes still in plac e and labor market conditions remaining soft in Eleventh Districtr markets. Professionals working in legal and accounting firms said clients are pushing for lowerd service prices and retailers say prices on goods continueto drop. Auto dealers are findingh that used car prices are maintaining theitr strength and are performing better than new car Airline leaders interviewed for the survey said theyreportesd “substantial fare sales” in recent weeks.
In the energh sector, professionals said rates charged for routin wellhead work are under pressure because producers are asking for more Prices in the manufacturing sector remain During the periodof mid-Aprilk to late May, light sweet cruder oil prices jumped from $50 to $60 per The labor market showed signs of continued Firms were still reporting layoffes even though employment levels are considered stead y overall.
The report says consolidationh in industries likeprimary metals, construction homebuilding, staffing, financial services and auto salexs creates a degree of worryh about further job The report says hiring freezes stillp remain prevalent and wage pressurezs are “mostly nonexistent.”

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The two ambulances, which cost abouyt $200,000 each, are owned by the hospitak and are in addition to a fleet of about six ambulances contracteed fromother companies, said Jody the hospital’s chief operating Children’s Memorial Hermann recently became the firstr pediatric hospital in the region to be certified by the as a Leve l I pediatric trauma center. The new vehiclex are designated as Specialized Emergencu MedicalServices Vehicles, a level above Advancex Life Support ambulances, indicating that the vehicled are carrying extra personnel with specialized medicapl training.
The ambulances will enable the Children’s transport team to carry out any procedurd that is done in apediatricv ICU, including some surgical procedures. “Now that we are a Levelp 1 trauma center, we have expandex speciality services, so we have the ability to take care of morecomplesx patients,” Graham said. “Our coverage area is more expanded as well especially with the Galveston market shut down causing us to have to drivelonge distances.
” The new additional capabilities include intravenous pumps, continuous cardiac and respiratory monitoring, carbon dioxide monitoring and invasive line En route to the hospital, the team can be in constantr contact by phone with a pediatrivc ICU physician at Children’s Memorial Hermann. Other features include a built-in a refrigerator, an IV fluid warmer, and storage and electricalk outlets for multipleIV pumps, ventilatorsx and monitors.
The ambulancezs also are equipped withDVD