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THA expands endorsement to include Credentialing, Recognizing the Full Value of Verge Health’s GRC Platform
Charleston, SC, February 21, 2019 — Verge Health, the healthcare industry’s leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) company, has been exclusively endorsed by the Texas Hospital Association as a partner to help Texas hospitals more efficiently and effectively manage risk to achieve safer outcomes. THA previously endorsed the majority of Verge Health’s Converge Platform and has now expanded that endorsement to include Credentialing, encompassing the entire platform.
The Converge Platform integrates practitioner management, patient and employee safety, and organizational compliance uniting previously siloed departments, data, and processes. A key benefit of the company’s Credentialing module is that it connects with other modules across the platform giving organizations a more expansive and detailed view of risk across the enterprise and bringing them closer to achieving high reliability.
Verge Health’s Credentialing offering pairs software and services, including credentialing services, privilege management, and an integrated practitioner application. The capability to manage the payer enrollment process and incorporate practitioner performance data creates a turnkey practitioner management tool.
“Getting each provider credentialed, and then making sure they are enrolled in every health plan for every location where they practice within a health system, is a cumbersome process, to put it mildly,” says Chris Malanuk, President and Executive over Practitioner Management for Verge Health. “Our integrated solution brings safety, enrollment and credentialing together with an improved and efficient process for practitioners and health systems.”
Verge Health’s Credentialing offering was recognized in the recent 2019 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report, as the #1 Category Leader for Credentialing. This is the first year Credentialing has been included in the Best of KLAS report after 2018’s inaugural “Credentialing 2018 Options Abound” report, in which, of all participating vendors, Verge Health was highly rated by its customers for Primary-Source Verification & Privileging Management.
“Texas hospitals need a reliable solution to manage credentials without repetitious steps or costly downtime. The Verge integrated solution has been a part of the THA Endorsed partner portfolio for many years. While technology offers the promise for even more efficiency in the credentialing process, Verge has remained steadfast and reliable solution for Texas hospitals,” said Lance Lunsford, President and CEO of THA HealthShare.
About Verge Health
Founded in 2001, Verge Health is a healthcare Governance, Risk, and Compliance company offering software and services. Verge Health enables healthcare organizations to proactively protect and defend patients, caregivers, and frontline staff, against errors, adverse events, and policy violations. With over 900 facilities and 500,000 active users, the company’s Converge Platform delivers robust analytics, a comprehensive operational solution, and support for organizations working towards high reliability. Learn more at: https://www.vergehealth.com.
About THA
Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents 452 of the state’s non-federal general and specialty hospitals and health care systems, which employ some 369,000 health care professionals statewide. Learn more about THA at www.tha.org or follow THA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/texashospitals.
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Construction is underway to expand Wild Dunes Resort, the acclaimed 1,600-acre oceanfront resort on South Carolina’s Isle of Palms, with the development of a 153-room boutique hotel, new meeting and event space and an array of amenities. The architectural design of the resort additions will complement the existing AAA Four Diamond rated 93-room Boardwalk Inn and The Village at Wild Dunes guestrooms and suites to offer exceptional accommodations and a memorable resort experience, conveniently located just 30 minutes from historic downtown Charleston.
“The new hotel and amenities at Wild Dunes builds on the attributes of this world-class property and allows us to offer a captivating new first-class hotel and meeting experience which will take advantage of the Charleston area’s continued growth,” said Frank Fredericks, managing director of Wild Dunes Resort.
The new hotel at Wild Dunes, designed in a graceful arc overlooking a new pool and new freestanding restaurant, will provide a relaxed yet elegant environment, welcoming guests with a sweeping porte cochere. The new hotel is located adjacent to The Village at Wild Dunes and retail plaza that was added to the resort in 2008. The expansion will bring a host of new facilities to the resort including an 8,000-square-foot ballroom and a 3,000-square-foot ocean view rooftop event space with an outdoor deck offering panoramic ocean views. The new meeting and event space will allow the resort to welcome larger groups of up to 650 attendees. The bright and spacious lobby will offer a bar and lounge for beverages and light fare. Wild Dunes’ existing pool deck will be extended to include a new pool and an upscale casual poolside café. An expansive new spa with 14 treatment rooms and premier fitness center will also be added.
As part of the expansion, Resort access will be reconfigured to create an exclusive, secure entrance for residents and a separate arrival entrance and welcome center for resort guests. The new hotel and amenities are anticipated to open in early 2021.
Wild Dunes Resort offers 2.5 miles of coastline, two Tom Fazio designed Championship golf courses, world-ranked tennis courts, the Boardwalk Inn hotel, vacation rental condominiums and luxury vacation homes. It currently features nine restaurants and cafes, 50,000-square-feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and function space, including the signature Grand Pavilion, fitness center and spa, and retail shops at The Village Plaza.
Wild Dunes Resort is jointly owned by Lowe and Third Palm Capital. Lowe acquired Wild Dunes Resort in 1990 following Hurricane Hugo, restored the Resort and has continued to expand and improve Wild Dunes over the past 28 years. Most recently, Lowe completed a three-year, $10 million renovation of the Boardwalk Inn, Links golf course and clubhouse, Grand Pavilion and Sweetgrass Pavilion event space. In 2018, Third Palm Capital joined Lowe as partner in the Resort to allow for continued improvements and expansion of the property.
About Wild Dunes Resort, A Destination Hotel
Nestled on the northern tip of Isle of Palms, a lush barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, Wild Dunes Resort, A Destination Hotel, is located 30 minutes from the charm and grace of historic Charleston. The Resort occupies 1,600 acres of oceanfront paradise with a variety of accommodations ranging from the AAA Four-Diamond Rated Boardwalk Inn and The Village at Wild Dunes to private condos and luxury home vacation rentals. Offering a year-round menu of championship golf, nationally-ranked tennis, award-winning recreation, spa services and restaurant options, Wild Dunes Resort has been distinguished by many publications and associations as a top destination for families, golfers, tennis lovers, and meeting and event planners. Visit Wild Dunes Resort online on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Media contact:
Karen Diehl, Diehl Communications
310-741-9097
karen@diehlcommunications.com
CHARLESTON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
A Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments Program
CARTA CUTS RIBBON ON SOLAR-POWERED SHELTER
MARKS COMPLETION OF FIRST PHASE OF LARGE-SCALE AMENITY EFFORT
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 19, 2019) – Today, the Charleston Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) cut the ribbon on a new solar-powered shelter at the corner of Dorchester Road and Purcell Drive in North Charleston. The event marked the final installation in the first stage of a large-scale shelter and bench project for the transit system.
Funding for eight shelters and 12 benches along the Dorchester and Ashley Phosphate Road corridors was made available via a $100,000 allocation facilitated by CARTA board member and former North Charleston City Council member Ed Astle when he still served on Council. CARTA staff leveraged the funds to obtain federal grants.
“This area has long needed additional transit amenities, and I’m happy to play an instrumental role, along with CARTA staff, in helping to make that happen,” Astle said.
The perforated steel shelters are equipped with solar batteries that keep them illuminated at night. Their design allows for airflow on hot Lowcountry days.
“These shelters are located in the heart of our service area and will be used by riders going to work, visiting the doctor and making trips to get food,” said CARTA board chairman Mike Seekings. “Now those trips are going to be well-lit, a little easier and a lot more convenient.”
CARTA will continue with installations throughout its service area. More than 60 shelters and 40 benches will be installed as part of the program.
ABOUT CARTA
The
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) is a public
transportation system dedicated to providing affordable transit in the
Charleston community through local fixed routes, on-demand paratransit
service, and express commuter routes. For the latest on CARTA, visit www.ridecarta.com, like us on Facebook or follow on Twitter at @RideCARTA. All customers are encouraged to plan rides and track buses with the CARTA-endorsed Transit app.
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A recent report from Bid-On-Equipment, a restaurant equipment sales company, compiled the rankings based on four main factors: annual restaurant sales per capita, restaurants per capita, workforce and median income in each city. The report analyzed those factors for 236 cities in the United States.
Arlington, Virginia was named the best city to start a restaurant in, followed by Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Coming in at #21 is Charleston, South Carolina.
Congratulations to Charleston for being named in the Top 25 cities in the United States to open a restaurant out of 236 cities ranked.
Here are the complete results:
On this day in 1865, the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered his beleaguered city to Alexander Schimmelfennig, a Union Army brigadier general, three days after Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard had ordered the remaining Confederate forces to evacuate the city. On the previous day, Union Army Gen. William Sherman had captured Columbia, the state capital; the all but defeated Confederates saw no feasible way to block his imminent arrival in Charleston.
A northern newspaper reporter portrayed the city on this day as one of “ruins, — silent, mournful, in deepest humiliation. … The band was playing ‘Hail, Columbia,’ and the strains floated through the desolate city, awakening wild enthusiasm in the hearts of the colored people …”
When Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln’s fears that events in South Carolina would propel the nation into a civil war were realized. After a 34-hour bombardment by Beauregard’s shore batteries, Army Maj. Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. The inevitable consequence was a war between North and South and claimed some 620,000 American lives over four years.
Charleston had been under a continuous siege by Union forces since July 10, 1863. The bombardment caused major damage in the city. The Union Navy also enforced a blockade of the harbor that shut down most commercial traffic, although some blockade runners got through.
After the Confederate evacuation, Union troops moved into the city and took control of the United States Arsenal, which the Confederates had seized at the outbreak of the war. During the Reconstruction era, the U.S. War Department also confiscated the grounds and buildings of the Citadel Military Academy, using them for more than 17 years to garrison federal troops. In 1882, the facilities were returned to the state; they reopened as a military college and are in use today.
SOURCE: U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; “CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY: AN ALMANAC 1861-1865” BY E.B. AND BARBARA LONG (1971)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 14, 2019) – SC Works Trident and its Trident Workforce Development Board has awarded $100,000 to eight local businesses connected to Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) programs. The funds, made possible by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), will support training as each business advances technology, expands and offers new services as part of a layoff aversion strategy.
“From engineering to environmental services, we’re delighted to see these employers benefit from their commitment to a well-educated, local workforce,” said BCDCOG Executive Director Ron Mitchum. “These dollars mean a great deal to our mission of preparing tomorrow’s workforce for the demand of the region’s growth sectors.”
Businesses receiving funds through the $100,000 grant include Levy Environmental Services-Charleston Mill, Equiscript, LLC, Life Cycle Engineering, AHT Cooling Systems USA, CECA, Voith Syn-Strand, Thrace-LINQ and Argos. For more information on SC Works and its Trident Workforce Development Board, visit www.tridentscworks.org.
About SC Works Trident
SC Works helps individuals find their dream career at any age and any stage of their lives, and is comprised of one-stop centers in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties. SC Works Trident offers a variety of services to help employers and job seekers meet their workforce development needs. For the latest on SC Works, visit tridentscworks.org and like us on Facebook.
A program of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – South Carolina Federal Credit Union has chosen Charleston, SC to be the host city for its inaugural DE TEACH Global program from March 1-15, 2019. As part of its efforts to facilitate global dialogue around organizational leadership and talent retention, DE TEACH Global Program will promote cultural diversity and inclusion among cohesive teams engaged in high team performance.
Troy Hall, Ph.D., Chief Strategy Officer for South Carolina Federal, created the cultural leadership event in partnership with Konstantin Comeros, Area Director for credit union development at VICTO National in the Philippines.
“Dr. Troy,” as he is known in his industry, travels the globe speaking and consulting with C-level executives about emerging trends in how to retain talent and transform the work space into a culture of cohesion. Dr. Troy and Mr. Comeros will conduct a series of business meetings for local CEOs and their teams from all business sectors. These exchange events are intended to explore and discover concepts from both the U.S. and Asian markets on how to apply practical leadership principles to create a sustainable and successful culture that retains top talent and drives team performance.
“In today’s competitive environment, we cannot take for granted that once we onboard someone new to our team that we are done with their development. It is imperative that senior leadership, in conjunction with their H.R. team, be involved and intentional in retaining top talent”, shared Scott Woods, CEO of South Carolina Federal. “We are honored that Charleston business leaders and executives will help play a global role in this leadership exchange,” he added.
C-level executives and founders who are dedicated to talent retention are invited to join Dr. Troy and Mr. Comeros at one of their events. Seating is limited. Send inquiries to Laura Morris.
Now you can witness the unbelievable evolution of animation with the brand new teaser trailer for Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’
This will blow your mind….
By Mark A. Leon
I love the way you love
The dance in the middle of the park without music, without an
audience but a story of a princess and the ball running through your
head
The mornings when the aroma of coffee and the warmth of the rising sun remind me of home
It is in the heart that you share
The compassion for the weak that makes you strong
If I could feel the love you feel, I would know the answers I have sought as I journey to this sunset
On this horse named Hope, I ride without direction
Listening for your heartbeat
You hug as if it is the first time seeing me
Holding tight, reminding without words the importance of touch
You laugh with the strength of Hercules; cry with the devastation of Pompeii
Patience
So much patience
One step at a time
Birth to twilight
When you close your eyes as the wind brushes back your hair, there is a connection with nature most can never understand
I love the way you love
All things
All dreams
In the rain, you see re-birth
A cleansing of the soul
The rest run
At night, you embrace the silence
In the crowds and the screaming, the embrace of life
I love that you believe in the greater good
Humanity is a gift you unwrap once strand at a time
Mental nakedness lets you feel
I love the way you love
In you, I continue to learn
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