This piece is part of a series about Optum/CareMount and local healthcare. It was Dec. 4, 2020, and 264 CareMount shareholders — the healthcare group’s doctors — awoke that morning to a potentially exciting, enriching, and career-altering day they hoped
Read MoreIt’s an unusually litigious type of week in local news, and I felt compelled to return with a second “things” column. First off, reporter Abby Luby did a terrific job covering an important legal issue developing in Putnam Valley. You need an Examiner
Read MoreThe following story is a sample from our Examiner+ bonus content newsletter First off, thanks for all of your outreach commenting on yesterday’s “Stone’s Throw” column where I interviewed the ChatGPT chatbot. It feels sort of like the existence-disrupting moment
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I tend to be a late adapter with technology. Usually, I like to think/hope the latest thing is a passing fad, or an obnoxious invasion, and resist its omnipresence for, say, three to five years longer than makes any practical
Read MoreYou’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. It’s always been important to us to try and publish a little something for everyone. So if we couldn’t interest you with community news, or editorials, or obits, or police blotters, or
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In a world where technology has wrought so much discord — I’m looking at you first, Twitter! — it’s sometimes too easy to lose focus on the incredible progress human invention and scientific advancement can also deliver. So I’m totally
Read MoreYou’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. One really cool thing about publishing community newspapers in this area is the vast talent pool that exists of local experts on all manner of topics, many of whom are eager to
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Issue Captures Attention of Local Lawmaker This column is the second installment of a multi-part series about concerns at Optum. Since publishing an in-depth column earlier this month on the vexing issues at Optum Tri-State medical group – the former CareMount/former MKMG
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I had a different column written, and even published briefly online, for just a few minutes on Sunday. In the piece, I made the mistake of being overly generous to the administrators who gravely mishandled the investigation into incidents of bathroom
Read MoreYou’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. Over the past couple weeks, it’s felt like the area institutions that govern our local world have all been scrambling to get lots done in the final rush before the holidays start,
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