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Momentum building around access to care in the transgender community: Part I

Posted June, 6 2014 by Amanda

Guest post by Milo Primeaux, Health Counselor at Community Service Society of NY and HCFANY LGBT Task Force Member In this two-part blog, we explore recent changes at the state and federal levels that will improve access to health care for the transgender community. Here in Part I, we outline how a recent change to […]

First HCFANY Children’s Health Champion Award goes to Judy Arnold

Posted June, 4 2014 by Amanda

From left to right, Elisabeth Benjamin, CSSNY; Judy Arnold, NYSDOH; Kate Breslin, SCAA; Lorraine Gonzalez-Camastra, CDF-NY   HCFANY’s Children, Youth & Families Task Force presented the first Children’s Health Champion to Judy Arnold, Director of the Division of Eligibility and Marketplace Integration at the NYS Department of Health.  The award is well deserved. Under Ms. […]

Women and Health Care: New Survey Results

Posted May, 30 2014 by Amanda

Guest post from Maryanne Tomazic, Raising Women’s Voices New survey data released this month by the Kaiser Family Foundation includes many important findings on women and health care. The national survey of 3,105 women took place in late 2013, before the end of the first open enrollment period of the new health insurance marketplaces. It […]

Making sense of the DSRIP

Posted May, 21 2014 by Amanda

In health care and public health, there are so many acronyms it can sometimes feel like speaking in code. Lately, in New York, we’ve been hearing an awful lot of one in particular – DSRIP (\dis – rip\). What is this mysterious DSRIP? Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York State’s […]