HERBERT TO CHAIR ADVOCACY FIRM’S BOARD
Mickey Herbert has been named board chairman of Patient Care, a national advocacy company.
Herbert, the retired president and CEO of ConnectiCare, has 40 years of experience in the managed health care industry. He was the founder and CEO for 22 years of Physicians Health Services (PHS), a publicly-traded health plan serving the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. He has chaired two national managed care trade associations, and was recently a director and a member of the Executive Strategy Task Force of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). The Fairfield resident has been a member of Patient Care’s board directors since 2002.
Patient Care, headquartered in Milwaukee, helps over 1.5 million members navigate the health care system and become better health care consumers.
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POWER PROJECT HONORED
The $1.04 billion Middletown-Norwalk Project has won the “grand award” from the American Council of Engineering Companies chapter. Burns & McDonnell in Wallingford was the program manager on the project.
The project was accomplished one year ahead of schedule at significant cost savings to the owner and posted a perfect safety record — 1.7 million man-hours worked without a recordable incident.
The Middletown-Norwalk Project included construction of 69 miles of new 345-kilovolt transmission line and reconstruction of 57 miles of existing 115-kV line along with construction and upgrades of five substations and switching stations. The project crossed through 18 Connecticut cities and towns and spanned seven years from initial studies and filing of permitting applications to final completion. It created a loop linking the southwestern Connecticut power grid to nearly 400 miles of existing 345-kV line, relieving congestion, improving reliability and creating cost savings for power customers due to lower costs of purchasing expensive power during peak demand periods.
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TWO HONORED BY HANGAR GROUP
The Hanger Orthopedic Group, a publicly traded health care firm, has honored two employees of its Central Connecticut operations.
Al Maciunas, a certified prosthetist / orthotist with the Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics patient care center in Wethersfield, was awarded the “J.E. Hanger Award for Clinical Leadership.” He was chosen from more than 4,000 Hanger employees nationwide for his commitment to clinical care and customer service.
Pam Cavaliere, academic administrative coordinator for the Newington certificate program in orthotics and prosthetics, also was honored for exemplary customer service by an individual.
The Newington certificate program is a post-baccalaureate program that offers both on-campus education in Connecticut as well as distance learning programs students can complete from anywhere in the world. It is affiliated with the University of Hartford.
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FIRST NIAGARA GARNERS INDUSTRY AWARDS
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. has been honored as a distinguished service provider in small business and middle market banking by global financial services research and Stamford consulting firm, Greenwich Associates.
The Buffalo, N.Y., lender preparing to merge with New Haven’s NewAlliance Bancorp was a national award winner in Greenwich Associates’ Small Business Banking Overall Satisfaction and Branch Satisfaction categories.
The bank also received northeast regional awards in the Treasury Management category for both Small Business and Middle Market Banking.
