| | | Display: News - Images - Sections This week in NH Business ReviewMore of Page 2 »IN BRIEFROCHESTER: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has fined Frisbie Memorial Hospital $102,660 after determining it was not in compliance with federal price transparency requirements.  TAKE 5In Manchester, the median student debt is $20,724, with earnings of bachelor-degree holders averaging $56,173. Report highlights statewide EMS strain“Two-thirds of respondents to the survey said that low reimbursement rates by Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies are a ‘major contributor’ to the EMS challenges in New Hampshire,” the report states. ABOUT TOWN1. Architecture, engineering and construction management firm PROCON has received an Excellence in Construction Eagle Award and National Design-Build Award for their design-build project of the Tufts University Joyce Cummings Center in Medford, Mass. THE BOTTOM LINEDefense contractor C/A Design Inc. has site plan approval for the construction of a 40,000-square-foot addition to a former industrial building in Exeter. Nonprofits right nowIn respect to the largest parts of the sector, healthcare and higher education, the report is mixed. Pinkerton Academy plans new buildingAn aging building at Pinkerton Academy is set to be replaced by a new, three-story structure that will add classrooms and offer additional spaces to support other Pinkerton programs. McIntyre building to be sold at auctionThe city had tried for years to acquire the property for $1 through the National Park Service’s Historic Monument Program, working with their private development partners, Redgate/Kane. CALENDARGO TO NHBR.COM/CALENDAR FOR UPDATED & EXPANDED BUSINESS EVENT LISTINGS FROM AROUND THE STATE. Q&A INTERVIEWNH Business Review reached out to Michael Goldberg, a University of New Hampshire professor of economics, for his insights about the impact of a debt default. THE LATESTPlease send items for possible publication in The Latest to EDITOR@NHBR.COM Include a color photo if available. FLOTSAM&JETSAMSay what you will about the guv’s running-for-prez posturing, but three recent moves he’s made, while seemingly unconnected, speak volumes. Loading writers... Loading ads... Loading comments... Eversource acquires Consolidated NH utility poles As part of an agreement approved in November by the NH Public Utilities Commission, Eversource has taken ownership of all of Consolidated Communications’ electric utility pole interests in New Hampshire. With the agreement, the utility said it is now responsible for the maintenance of an additional 175,393 utility pole “equivalents” across all 10 counties in the state. It said the change will improve service and reliability for customers by enabling Eversource to more efficiently complete repairs, new pole sets and upgrades in more areas of its service territory. In New Hampshire, towns are divided into maintenance areas between electric and telephone companies that dictate which is responsible for installing, maintaining and removing poles. The new agreement eliminates the complexities in administering utility poles under joint ownership, Eversource said. The PUC approved the agreement following a regulatory review process that began in February 2021. |
