New York Health Insurance

All Uninsured New York Children Now Have Access to Health Insurance Coverage

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:12:13 -0600

Nearly 211,000 children and teens in New York City lack health insurance, restricting their access to regular preventive screenings and other health care needed to help them grow up healthy.

As a result of legislation approved by Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature, children up to age 19 in families with annual income up to $70,000 for a family of three ($84,000 for family of four) are now eligible to obtain free or low-cost coverage under New York's Child Health Plus insurance program.

All NYC Uninsured Children Have Access To Health Insurance Coverage

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:37:13 -0500

Nearly 211,000 children and teens in New York City lack health insurance, restricting their access to regular preventive screenings and other health care needed to help them grow up healthy.

As a result of legislation approved by Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature, children up to age 19 in families with annual incomes up to $70,000 for a family of three ($84,000 for family of four) are now eligible to obtain free or low-cost coverage under New York's Child Health Plus insurance program. (See attached Fact Sheet).

New York State Physicians' Practices Influenced By Insurers' Guidelines

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:31:44 -0500

Ninety percent of New York state physicians who responded to a survey have changed the way they treat patients because of restrictions imposed by health insurance companies, according to a survey released on Monday by the Medical Society of the State of New York, the Albany Times Union reports. More than 1,200 physicians in the state responded to the survey, which appears in this month's issue of the society's publication, News of New York.

New York Families Can Sign Up For Expanded Children's Health Insurance Program

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:09:17 -0500

As a result of legislation included in Governor David A. Paterson's Executive Budget and adopted by the State Legislature, an estimated 8,600 uninsured children in the Capital District are now eligible to become enrolled in New York's expanded Child Health Plus health insurance program.

New York Budget Cuts Include $506M To Medicaid

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:22:07 -0500

New York Gov. David Paterson (D) on Monday proposed cutting this year's state budget by 1%, or $1.04 billion, including $506 million in Medicaid cuts, to avoid a looming budget deficit, the New York Times reports (Peters, New York Times, 8/12). Paterson has asked state lawmakers to return to Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 19 to reopen the budget and consider his cuts or find their own solutions to avoid a budget deficit that is expected to reach $6.4 billion next year (Scott, New York Post, 8/12).

Medicaid Develops Primary Care Standards For NY Clinicians

hareyan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:16:57 -0500

New York Department of Health announced that all primary care clinicians and programs participating in New York Medicaid will be required to meet a comprehensive set of practice standards beginning in January 2009.

New York Medicaid Program Establishes Coverage For Trofile

hareyan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:49:47 -0500

New York Medicaid has established coverage and reimbursement for Monogram's Trofile Assay, a diagnostic used to determine patient candidacy for Pfizer's new HIV anti-viral medication Selzentry.

New York Approves Health Care Package

hareyan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:45:11 -0500

The New York state Senate approved legislation that would allocate about $59.2 billion for health care.

New York Seeks To Expand SCHIP

hareyan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:21:18 -0600

New York Governor has proposed increasing eligibility for Child Health Plus, the state's version of SCHIP.

Most NYC Hospitals Provide Uninsured Patients With Information On Financial Assistance

hareyan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:37:37 -0500

Most New York City hospitals are in compliance with a new state law that requires them to inform low-income, uninsured patients about financial assistance for medical treatment.