UPMC Health Plan launches smart speaker integration
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UPMC Health Plan has launched a virtual concierge service that integrates into its 4 million members Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices, joining a growing number of health insurers integrating plan information with smart speakers. The Pittsburgh-based insurer, an arm of the UPMC academic medical center, launched the service on Google Home in February and Amazon Alexa in March. Since then, members have engaged with the digital voice assistant twice as long compared with public website users, said Chris Daley, director of digital technology services at UPMC Health Plan. There is no cost to the user.
Event Aims to Feature Various Retail, Food, and Beverage Options
The Fair Hill Organizing Committee (FHOC), an affiliate of the Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland (The Sport Corp.), is now accepting Retail Vendor applications for the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill taking place October 14-17 in Cecil County, Maryland. For its inaugural year, the event invites Retail Vendors who create, procure, and sell distinct offerings to apply. Retail Vendors will have a unique opportunity to help create the identity of this top-class event, as well as be the focal point of the festival-like atmosphere. The Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill will welcome spectators from across the state, Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond, aiming to provide them with highly curated and desirable retail offerings.
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The Senate Finance Committee approved SB439 late yesterday evening, just a day after lawmakers introduced the measure. It would officially implement the state’s new pupil-centered funding plan. It’s a mechanism lawmakers created in 2019 to shift K-12 funding from a traditional program and enrollment-based model toward one more focused on individual student needs.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert hailed the plan as the future of K-12 in Nevada.
“This work is difficult, but it couldn t it be more important than at this moment where we are currently redesigning the future of education,” she said while presenting the measure to lawmakers.
EDP names central region vice president
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Energy Distribution Partners (EDP) has hired Chris Daly as a new region vice president for the central U.S.
In the position, Daly will be responsible for leading the operations management team to achieve safety, service, quality and operational goals, according to EDP.
He brings more than 30 years of experience in the propane, heating oil and HVAC industries.
Daly has served in a variety of senior level positions where he managed retail operations, sales, safety, service quality, customer retention and profitability.
A Massachusetts native, Daly earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Bridgewater State University. He later earned his master’s in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.