Posted March, 10 2011 by arianne
With the Governor’s addition of his 30-day amendements to the proposed Executive Budget last week, the Medicaid Redesign Team’s recommendations have now been converted into actual legislative proposals. These proposals contain $2.3 billion in cuts to the State’s share of Medicaid spending. This will translate into sweeping changes to New York’s Medicaid program – a program that serves as […]
Posted March, 7 2011 by arianne
Think anybody out there is still confused about health reform? You betcha! Even hardcore HCFANYers often find themselves scratching their heads over different bits of the new law. To help out, a group of advocates called the Health Care and You Coalition put together a new consumer-oriented website to provide the public with easy-to-understand information about the […]
Posted February, 28 2011 by arianne
HCFANY has just learned that Dr. Richard Daines, New York’s Commissioner of Health from 2007-2010, passed away unexpectedly this weekend. ?Dr. Daines helped to shape many of New York’s large-scale health care reform initiatives, including expansions of public programs, quality improvement initiatives, investments in information technology, and the Partnership for Coverage process. Prior to his work at the State, Dr. Daines served as a […]
Posted February, 25 2011 by arianne
Advocates statewide are up in arms this morning about a surprise vote taken during the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) meeting late yesterday afternoon to pass a package of 79 proposals intended to cut costs to the Medicaid program. This package included many new items that had not been on the original list of 49 proposals which had been given to […]