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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Posted April, 27 2012 by arianne
A new report put out by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) looks at national trends in employer-sponsored benefits between 1997 and 2010. Not surprisingly, what they are finding looks pretty darn grim. During that time: The percentage of workers who are offered health insurance benefits by their employers has declined from 70.1% to 67.5%, and the number […]