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Globe Business continues to develop these offerings to assist entrepreneurs in transforming their operations while they adapt and strive to thrive amidst the economic challenges. Our UNLI Fiber Biz Plan is part of our commitment at Globe Business to be the reliable partner of our local entrepreneurs in leveling up their business and enabling them to power through changing times, said Tin Loya, Globe Business MSME Group Core Product Head.

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Globe launches UNLI Fiber Biz Plan 2499 for small businesses

• By Vikka Abat-Francisco

To help micro, small and medium businesses gain a head start and secure a strong foundation with top-notch connectivity, Globe Business launches its most comprehensive internet plan yet, the UNLI Fiber Biz Plan 2499.

Finding the perfect connectivity solution for MSMEs in Globe’s UNLI Fiber Biz Plan 2499

The UNLI Fiber Biz Plan 2499 is the perfect plan for MSMEs who value quality and speed at an affordable rate. Jam-packed with a slew of unique perks, it will surely help ramp up efficiency across all business touchpoints.

• Experience undisturbed collaboration with Symmetric Connection:  A symmetric internet connection allows business managers to easily upload and send important documents to clients, have a stronger and uninterrupted connection during virtual meetings, and seamlessly collaborate with teammates on GSuite and Microsoft 365 especially in a remote work set-up.
• Enjoy unlimited landline calls for faster communication: For an additional P59 per month, businesses have the additional edge of reaching customers beyond their vicinity through unlimited calls from a landline to all mobile networks and landlines within the Philippines with the True Unli Landline promo.
• S ave up to PhP 7,200 by redeeming two complimentary WiFi Mesh devices that come with the plan:  The innovative gadget promotes better internet connection coverage in workplaces by eliminating dead zones that a normal WiFi modem can’t reach, allowing users to stay connected online in any part of the workspace.
• Maximize add-on inclusions to boost business operations:  Businesses have the option to avail collaboration tools such as Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Google Workspace Business Starter, or a dedicated after-sales support through Globe’s myBusiness Expert to streamline and speed up systems among different areas of the operations.

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Meanwhile, for those looking to fulfill other requirements beyond internet connectivity, Globe Business’ broadband packages from different price points are also available and can be customized to suit different business needs.

The plans start at PhP 1899 for 20mbps to PhP 9499 for 1 GB—inclusive of free modem and a free subscription with unlimited calls to Globe & TM on mobile and landline.

MSMEs can also choose between a complimentary one year license & domain of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, or 2 pieces of TP-link Wifi Mesh if they subscribe to a plan with an internet speed of 50mbps and up.

Lastly, for PhP 1000 per month, customers can upgrade to a premium subscription and get a static IP address, which is essential for businesses that use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or other remote-access solutions to manage employees’ needs much more easily.

Customers can also get myBizExpert support, which gives them the ability to tap the expertise of personal Account Managers and receive assistance in handling account, network, billing, or service queries.

Similar to the Plan 2499, the option to add PhP 59 monthly for a subscription to True Unli Landline is also available.

Globe Business continues to develop these offerings to assist entrepreneurs in transforming their operations while they adapt and strive to thrive amidst the economic challenges. “Our UNLI Fiber Biz Plan is part of our commitment at Globe Business to be the reliable partner of our local entrepreneurs in leveling up their business and enabling them to power through changing times,” said Tin Loya, Globe Business MSME Group Core Product Head.

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Best for Business Connectivity: Globe Business launches new GFiber Biz Plus

• October 6, 2022

With the world evolving into a more digital-first environment, businesses have to step up their connectivity game because of the higher demand for video conferences, online collaborations, and the need to increase online presence–all to consistently cater to the needs of their customers and different stakeholders.

“As businesses pursue growth in today’s hyperconnected world, it is imperative that they have a robust internet connection that they can depend on,” says Angie Po, Product Marketing Head, Globe Business MSME Group. “That’s why Globe Business continues to improve our business-grade broadband plans that can keep up with the needs of micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs, to help them achieve more business breakthroughs para sa tuloy-tuloy na success .”

The latest made-for-business broadband plan of Globe Business is the new GFiber Biz Plus. With GFiber Biz Plus, businesses can enjoy robust connectivity without the high cost. All plans are now fully “symmetric” across speeds of 35Mbps upto 1Gbps. This means users can enjoy equal upload and download speeds, allowing them to accomplish their online tasks much faster, experience seamless streaming, enjoy higher video quality for online conferences, and upload on the cloud with minimal interruption. Plus, they can now enjoy 4x the speed from 50 Mbps to 200Mbps for Plan 2499!

GFiber Biz Plus Plans also come with additional tools important for businesses. For Plans 2499 and up, Globe Business extends help to business owners by giving them the option to choose among these additional support based on their needs: a free one-year license of Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 to improve business productivity; (2) units of WiFi Mesh for a more enhanced WiFi coverage; P5,000 subsidy that can be used for in-house wiring or  on barangay permit. All plans also include unlimited calls to all mobile and landline networks for 24 months, making calls to customers and suppliers worry free about extra charges.

“GFiber Biz Plus is the best value-packed connectivity solution for MSMEs that want to be better equipped to respond to the needs of their customers and stakeholders during this time of heightened digital adoption, ” says Po.

Get the GFiber Biz Plus now. Drop by any Globe store, call the hotline at 121, visit the website at https://glbe.co/gfiberbizplans or get in touch with your dedicated account manager to avail.

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Opportunities keep pouring and with Globe myBusiness Broadband Fiber Lite Plan 2499, you are in possession of a highly capable internet plan at a very reasonable cost. Have your plans materialize as you take advantage of all the benefits that are coming your way. Be certain that you make the most of it by having the right infrastructure and tools in place, guaranteed to have these resources unfold for your own profit. With speed on your side, it will only lead to a more efficient workflow that if managed correctly, has the potential to to provide your clients and associates with the results that they are expecting in a very brief amount of time.

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Capable of reaching fast internet speeds of up to 50 Mbps, this package also comes with a bigger 300 Gb of designated data allowance per month. There is also a provision for free, unlimited calls to other Globe subscribers. An available freebie as part of the plan would let you choose from G Suite with free domain which you can use specifically for your company’s website or, you can also go for a Virtual Account Manager.

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The service fee for this lite business plan is ₱2,499 per month. There is also a required lock-in period of up to 24 months. You will incur additional charges if you decide to terminate your subscription before reaching the required duration.

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Globe Business offers 50% off on GFiber Biz Plus Plans to power MSME success

• March 14, 2023
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With the global economy gaining steam and hybrid work as the way forward, businesses are stepping up the pace as they reopen, reboot their operations, and set up more shops to expand their footprint online and offline.

This renewed hustle and bustle calls for an even more reliable and faster internet connectivity to fuel growth for businesses of all sizes.

Understanding the mounting needs of Filipino entrepreneurs in the new normal, Globe Business is offering 50% off on Monthly Service Fees (MSF) of select GFiber Biz Plus broadband plans to help accelerate MSMEs’ success. This special discounted offer available until March 31, 2023, is good for six months of fast fiber connection and includes a selection of exclusive perks and business solutions that they can enjoy and find useful for their everyday operation.

Going beyond connectivity with GFiber Biz P lus Plan 2499

The GFiber Biz Plus Plan 2499 is the best-value plan for businesses looking to boost their internet connectivity because it has business-grade fiber connection of up to 200Mbps. Restaurants, boutique hotels, service centers and other establishments that require and offer internet connection to customers can most benefit from this because this entry level plan already offers symmetric speeds ideal for using the network simultaneously without interruption, which is beyond what common broadband plans provide.

Aside from the 50% discount, it also has business-enabling features and inclusions:

• Unlimited internet connectivity with equal upload and download speeds to allow seamless online collaboration and better quality video conferences.
• Free unlimited calls to all mobile and landline networks letting them reach their customers and suppliers without worrying about extra charges.
• One (1) free business service of their choice: A complementary service to widen coverage, a one-year license for Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, OR a Php5,000 subsidy on in-house wiring or on barangay permit for broadband installation.
• Waived installation fee worth P1000.

“Staying true to our commitment as a reliable digital solutions partner for Filipino MSMEs, Globe Business is giving this special offer to help them create momentum for their stronger recovery. Through GFiber Biz Plus and the GFiber Biz portfolios, MSMEs can keep up with their dynamic business needs with stable and reliable connectivity,” said Angie Po, Globe Business Product Marketing Head.

This limited offer is available until March 31, 2023 and only for GFiber Biz Plus Plans P2499 and up. To avail, you may visit the nearest Globe store or call the 121 hotline for more information.

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Food & Society at the Aspen Institute Releases the 2024 Food is Medicine Research Action Plan

Washington, DC, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food & Society at the Aspen Institute has released its 2024 Food is Medicine Research Action Plan. This report builds on the 2022 version, outlining a roadmap for equity-centered research that can revolutionize how diet-related conditions are prevented, treated, and managed in the United States. It is the first report to pull together the latest peer-reviewed Food is Medicine research in a digestible, comprehensible, and action-oriented format.

Food and nutrition insecurity are far too common in this country. Associated health outcomes like diabetes and heart disease remain far greater among Black and Latinx individuals and households. Efforts that involve a health care response to the need for better nutrition fall under the umbrella term “Food is Medicine.” Such programs provide free, healthy food to individuals with diet-related illness to improve patient care and health outcomes. These include medically tailored meals and groceries and produce prescriptions. Having gained both momentum and visibility following the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, Food is Medicine efforts are growing and evolving so rapidly that taking a full look at the latest body of research is a critical step to advancing the field.

The latest research demonstrates the enormous promise of Food is Medicine interventions across a range of health conditions in improving health and quality of life, while also curbing health care costs in some circumstances. To build on these findings and strengthen the case for widespread integration into the health care system, providers, researchers, insurers, and policymakers want more purposeful, thoughtful, and effective research. The Food is Medicine Research Action Plan answers this call with a comprehensive set of recommendations for creating an evidence base that will advance health equity and care integration while engaging communities, providers, and researchers.

Dr. Kurt Hager, an instructor at UMass Chan Medical School, and Zhongyu Li, a PhD student at Emory University, reviewed all published Food is Medicine studies in the US since the last iteration of the report, and synthesized findings for the field. “This project summarizes over a decade of Food is Medicine research and provides actionable recommendations for researchers, policy makers, physicians, and community-based organizations who want to maximize the impact of future Food is Medicine programs on health equity and health outcomes,” said Dr. Hager. “The new report reflects more than a year’s worth of collaboration with leaders across the US and will be tremendously valuable to practitioners in the communities across the country. It provides a path forward to better health care and food systems guided by strong scientific evidence and community engagement.”

The Research Action Plan was originally written by Sarah Downer, Emma Clippinger, and Food & Society executive director Corby Kummer, with the generous support of the Walmart Foundation. It was informed by an advisory group of dozens of Food is Medicine experts and is the result of a year-long process to synthesize and streamline research outcomes and usable recommendations. Like the original, the revised version of the Research Action Plan has been made possible thanks to the continuing support of the Walmart Foundation.

The full report contains the following:

• Key considerations for Food is Medicine research
• An overview of the published, peer-reviewed foundational research on the health outcomes associated with food insecurity, as well as the health outcomes associated with key federal food support programs
• A discussion of the existing published, peer-reviewed research on Food is Medicine interventions, specifically medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries, and produce prescriptions, now updated to include all published studies through December 1, 2023
• Ensuring that research is conceived, designed, executed, implemented, and disseminated using an equity framework
• Identifying key considerations for ensuring that research designs are robust and appropriate for yielding the most valuable and actionable information
• Funding the most valuable research in the field
• Identifying urgent questions that have yet to be explored

“This report can serve as an up to date one-stop-shop for peer-reviewed Food is Medicine research,” said executive director Corby Kummer. “We’ve been very lucky to work with a generous cross-sector group of advisors to update our action-oriented recommendations, with equity at their core. More and more organizations, health care providers, and researchers are invested in doing this work—every week, it seems. This new report will help all of us do it better and move the field forward.”

The report is available online at https://aspenfood.org/food-is-medicine/

Authors of this year’s Food is Medicine Report are:

Kurt Hager , PhD, MS, UMass Chan Medical School

Corby Kummer , Executive Director, Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, and Senior Lecturer, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Alexandra Lewin-Zwerdling , PhD, MPA, Fruitful LLC

Zhongyu Li , MS, Emory University

ABOUT FOOD & SOCIETY AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

Food & Society at the Aspen Institute brings together leaders and decision-makers in the food and beverage industry and the public health community—scientists, nutritionists, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and food makers of all kinds—to find solutions to production, health, and communications challenges in the food system. The program’s goal is for people of all income levels to eat better and more healthful diets—and to enjoy them bite by bite. For more information, visit  www.AspenFood.org  or follow us on  Twitter ,  LinkedIn ,  Instagram , and  Facebook .

ABOUT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve society’s greatest challenges. It is headquartered in Washington, DC and has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, as well as an international network of partners. For more information, visit  www.aspeninstitute.org .

Lawmakers press US regulators to scrutinize Optum plan to acquire Steward’s physicians network

“i approach this with a deeply skeptical eye,” says sen. elizabeth warren.

The state’s congressional delegation is urging US regulators to scrutinize the proposed sale of Steward Health Care’s doctors network to UnitedHealth’s Optum unit — and block the deal if they find it would harm patient care, drive up costs, or reduce competition.

In a letter to top officials at the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s antitrust division Friday, the two senators and nine House representatives from Massachusetts asked both agencies to take a hard look at the deal, announced last month.

“I approach this with a deeply skeptical eye,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said in an interview.

She warned that a UnitedHealth buyout of the physicians network, called Stewardship Health, could further weaken Steward’s eight hospitals in Massachusetts, including St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton and Carney Hospital in Dorchester.

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Warren said the lawmakers’ top priority is to keep the financially troubled hospitals open. The cash-strapped hospital system, which moved its headquarters from Boston to Dallas in 2018, has fallen behind in paying vendors and is seeking new owners for its hospitals in the state.

“Steward and Optum are trying to sell this deal as a savior for the hospitals,” Warren said. “But I’m concerned this deal would not help and would potentially make things worse . . . There’s no guarantee that any of the money [from the sale] would be used to strengthen the hospitals.”

In the letter, the lawmakers noted that Steward, which operates 31 for-profit hospitals in eight states, faces a “deep cash crunch” because of what they called mismanagement by executives who cashed in millions in dividend payments after selling the hospital buildings and leasing them back from an Alabama real estate investment trust.

“Steward’s threat to close hospitals should not prevent DOJ and FTC from conducting a close and careful review of the proposed UnitedHealth acquisition,” the delegation members wrote.

A spokeswoman from the FTC declined to comment on the lawmakers’ letter. The agency is required to conduct a preliminary review of any merger with a value topping $101 million to determine if it raises anticompetitive issues that merit a deeper review.

Representatives from the Justice Department didn’t respond to an inquiry on whether they plan to review the Steward-Optum deal.

Steward and UnitedHealth filed a nonbinding letter of intent on March 26 with the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, which will also conduct a preliminary review of the proposed acquisition. The filing did not list a purchase price.

Neither Steward nor UnitedHealth would comment on the delegation’s call for a review of their purchase plan. The parties also didn’t respond to questions about the ownership of Stewardship or how many doctors are part of the Stewardship network.

Members of the Massachusetts delegation have been deeply critical of Steward and its chief executive, Ralph de la Torre, lambasting him for declining an invitation to testify at a Senate field hearing in Boston last Wednesday. The hearing also focused on the role of Steward’s former private equity backer, Cerberus Capital Management, which cashed out of its investment in the hospital system in 2020.

But in their letter to the DOJ and FTC, the lawmakers were equally critical of UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest and most profitable health care conglomerate, noting that it owns multiple assets, including a pharmacy benefit manager, a claims processor, a bank, and home health care operations in addition to its insurance and physicians businesses.

They said Optum’s expansion in Massachusetts was particularly concerning because it employs or has affiliations with about 10 percent of all US physicians, giving it a “stranglehold” over the market.

“UnitedHealth can, and indeed does, force doctors to limit networks, cut services, and see more patients per day to pad its profits,” the letter said.

Robert Weisman can be reached at [email protected] .