Amelia F. Klein, a member in the Albany office of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC BY AMELIA F. KLEIN It may not be true that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was created by Senate Majority Leader...
Adirondack Health Institute Medical Home Gets Extension Through The End Of 2016
The Adirondack Health Institute (AHI) Medical Home in Glens Falls is one of five Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practices (MAPCP) demonstrations nationwide to receive an extension by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The extension runs through Dec....
Albany Med Has Top Kidney Transplant Survival Rate In U.S., National Group Says
Albany Medical Center has the highest three-year kidney transplant graft survival rate in the United States, according to data released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), a national database of transplant statistics. The announcement was made at...
Lotus Group Oversees Many Businesses In The Area And Will Continue Growing
Ash Anand is CEO of Lotus Group, which has varied business interests in the area BY BARBARA PINCKNEY Business consulting, construction, property management, herbal supplements and auto repair. The Lotus Group, a six-year-old Warrensburg company, does all of these...
Started With Chainsaw And Pickup Truck, Tree Removal Firm Now Has Eight Vehicles
Chris Porreca started High Peaks Tree Removal modestly, but now has eight trucks, with chippers, chunk grinders and other equipment, and employs six people full time. BY BARBARA PINCKNEY Chris Porreca was a recent college graduate when his father...
Kings Brothers Dairy, 100-Plus Years Old, Will Have Its Own On-Site Bottling Plant
Jan, left, and Jeff King own Kings Brothers Dairy in Schuylerville, which soon will be bottling its own milk in a new 10,000-square-foot facility on the farm BY BARBARA PINCKNEY An area dairy plans to expand distribution of its...
Ed Foy Operates Business On The Internet And Runs Restaurant In Bolton Landing
Ed Foy runs Professionally Motivated and owns the Chateau on the Lake. BY ANDREA PALMER Ed Foy is the man behind Professionally Motivated, based out of Saratoga Springs. Professionally Motivated is launching a content curation platform to area professionals,...
Stewart’s Shops Contributed $13.3M To Their Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Stewart's Shops announced a $13.3 million contribution to their Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which is an increase of $4 million over the previous year. Stewart's employees own nearly 40 percent of the company through profit sharing, which is...
Business Report: Real Estate Industry Changes Coming
Kim Salerno, Salerno Law PC, and licensed agent for Stewart Title Insurance Co. KIMBERLY A. SALERNO, ESQ. On Nov. 20, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released their "final rule" regarding the integration, simplification and improvement of consumer...
Kitchen And Bathroom Remodeling Jobs Still Popular; Painted Cabinets In Demand
Justin Steinberger, owner of Steinberger Woodworks in Queensbury, says he sees a trend toward painted cabinets, white or gray, in kitchen designs like this project. BY ANDREA PALMER According to the National Association of Realtors, bathroom remodels are the...