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HCFANY Health Reform Update Webinar: Take 2

Posted May, 4 2012 by arianne

Well, today’s health reform update webinar was a success! Perhaps too successful – we had so many people sign up that the system went over capacity and many were not able to join in. To compensate, HCFANY will be hosting a 2nd webinar presentation for folks who were not able to make it into today’s.  […]

Community Health Centers get a boost from the ACA

Posted May, 4 2012 by arianne

Several community health centers in New York are now the proud recipients of a cool $42 million, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  These awards are split into two categories, the first to help existing health centers with long-term projects to expand their facilities.  The second to help health centers with pressing facility and […]

Gather ’round the computer now, it’s time to learn!

Posted May, 2 2012 by arianne

So what is the deal with this Executive Order that Governor Cuomo passed last month? Is it good? Bad? Decent? I know all of you are starting to wonder about it. Thankfully, we here at HCFANY are on top of it! We’re hosting a webinar this Friday, May 4th from 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM, […]

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the ER…

Posted May, 1 2012 by arianne

Debt collectors! In the hospital! Posing as normal people – like you and me! In case you missed it, the NY Times broke a story last week out of Minnesota about a practice that is becoming more and more common around the country: Hospitals that are embedding debt collectors as employees to try and get patients to […]