A very different challenge that we are faced with Have noticed that schools just want people to go to college and they forget there is a whole other word of trades and tech work Schools push students to college and then they drop out - they are not ready For diagnostics, are there new technologies coming around? Technologies are and many companies are able to capitalize on them But the payment model is a problem There are so many people on MaineCare who are not paying out of pocket We follow clinical guidelines and that usually goes along with payment models The money isn’t in being the first provider - the one who is billing insurances The money is in being the reference lab The reference lab gets paid in full by us We can do some of this work, and we have started to receive specimens from around the country But this to be balanced with clinical needs Someone has to serve the physician, and bill insurance A promising opportunity is the disastrous closure of one mill another We have watched the paper industry spiral down for 50 years Remember how the paper mills were getting free power for years? We can finally acknowledge that that time has passed, we can let it go, we can say goodbye Emerging Tech Companies What do we do to provide regional funding to support municipal planning? Broadband leads - private investment in Maine towns Very substantial rural pockets Incremental development The only way to progress is by making some lead investments in infrastructure Examples: Islesboro, Rockport, Ellsworth Those communities who see their future including home based telecommunication are investing in high-speed They are solving the mile” problem “last When doing illustrations and animations for NASA I needed to upload very, very large files In downtown Bangor, I had no luck with being able to send those large files Had to move to an office in a business incubator This is very problematic if you are say, videos for weddings as part of your business Take out of the classroom - show students there is opportunity here No one to stay in Maine when they graduate Students think there aren’t any jobs in Maine
A very different challenge that we are faced with Have noticed that schools just want people to go to college and they forget there is a whole other word of trades and tech work Schools push students to college and then they drop out - they are not ready For diagnostics, are there new technologies coming around? Technologies are and many companies are able to capitalize on them But the payment model is a problem There are so many people on MaineCare who are not paying out of pocket We follow clinical guidelines and that usually goes along with payment models The money isn’t in being the first provider - the one who is billing insurances The money is in being the reference lab The reference lab gets paid in full by us We can do some of this work, and we have started to receive specimens from around the country But this to be balanced with clinical needs Someone has to serve the physician, and bill insurance A promising opportunity is the disastrous closure of one mill another We have watched the paper industry spiral down for 50 years Remember how the paper mills were getting free power for years? We can finally acknowledge that that time has passed, we can let it go, we can say goodbye Emerging Tech Companies What do we do to provide regional funding to support municipal planning? Broadband leads - private investment in Maine towns Very substantial rural pockets Incremental development The only way to progress is by making some lead investments in infrastructure Examples: Islesboro, Rockport, Ellsworth Those communities who see their future including home based telecommunication are investing in high-speed They are solving the “last mile” problem When doing illustrations and animations for NASA I needed to upload very, very large files In downtown Bangor, I had no luck with being able to send those large files Had to move to an office in a business incubator This is very problematic if you are say, videos for weddings as part of your business Take out of the classroom - show students there is opportunity here No one to stay in Maine when they graduate Students think there aren’t any jobs in Maine
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