Movers and Shakers for July 10, 2011
Radiation oncologist Dr. Peter F. Orio III, a Brigham and Women’s physician, was recently appointed to the active medical staff at Milford Regional Medical Center.
He is a specialist in brachytherapy: a minimally invasive, highly effective treatment for low-risk prostate cancer. This treatment, recognized as a standard of care in early stage prostate cancer, is now being offered at Milford Regional.
Orio graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine, in 2001 and completed an internship at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He performed a radiation oncology residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., where he was chief resident. Orio is board certified in radiation oncology.
He resides in Weston. Aronson Insurance, a Needham-based independent insurance agency, recently announced that Marissa Goldstein of Medfield has joined the company as producer.
In her new role, Goldstein will focus on new business development for both personal and business insurance. She will be responsible for educating clients about their exposure to risk and providing risk management programs tailored to her clients’ needs.
Prior to joining Aronson Insurance, Goldstein served as a senior account executive at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, designing long-term integrated strategic communications plans to a wide range of clients.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Maryland. Concord resident Dr. William J. Burtis has been named 2011 Community Clinician of the Year by his physician peers of the Middlesex Central District Medical Society.
The Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the society’s 20 district medical societies who has made significant contributions to his or her patients and the community and who stands out as a leading advocate and caregiver. The Middlesex Central District is comprised of nearly 300 physicians who live and work in nine communities in central Middlesex County.
Board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, Burtis is in private practice in Concord with a specialty in treating diabetes, thyroid disease and osteoporosis.
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PREMIUM SURCHARGE FOR SMOKERS. At least Ten states now charge or authorize lower premiums to non-smoker state employees and higher premiums to smokers.
West Virginia first included such a feature in part several years ago. [view employee affidavit form]
Kentucky in late 2004, (in H1a) created a smoker surcharge of $15/month for individuals and $30/month for family coverage. [2008 article]
Alabama in December 2004 (in HB 2) authorized smoker rates during special legislative sessions. For 2010 the smoker surcharge increased from $25 to $30 per month. In August 2008, Alabama added a premium for obesity [see description below]
Georgia initiated a smoker surcharge. GA: State employees who smoke pay extra for insurance Beginning July 2005, more than 54,000 people covered by the insurance plan for state employees are paying an extra $40 per month because they smoke or use tobacco. Tobacco Q & A.
Indiana added a non-smoker rate incentive in 2006. For 2007, enrollees save up to $500 /year on annual deductibles when the Tobacco Incentive is applied.
Kansas has a smoker surcharge authorized in 2008.
Missour i law generally provides that public and private employers may provide health insurance at a reduced premium rate and reduced deductible level for employees who do not smoke or use tobacco products.
North Carolina has taken a parallel approach. Beginning July 1, 2010, state employees will be defaulted into the state’s PPO Basic plan. Those who don’t smoke have the option of enrolling in the Standard plan—which has an 80/20 enrollee payment split compared with 70/30 enrollee payment split under the Basic plan—by attesting that they and their dependents do not use tobacco products. New item
South Carolina's Budget and Control Board voted in August 2008 to impose a $25 monthly surcharge for state public employees and their family members who smoke or chew tobacco, effective 2010. According to the Augusta Chronicle, an estimated 58,600 people, or roughly 20 percent of the state's more than 400,000 insurance participants, will pay the surcharge.
South Dakota has a smoker surcharge authorized in 2008.
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Come on now! Someone is going to ask why didn't they give the non smokers a break and leave my insurance premium the same!
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