Features
New NYSHealth-funded Report: Financial Weakness in New York’s Primary Care Safety Net
On August 26, 2010, NYSHealth released a report prepared by the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) that shows broad financial distress in New York’s primary care safety net, but also identifies opportunities to build stronger, more sustainable health centers that will better serve a rapidly growing patient population. The report, “Health Center Financial Check-Up: Prescriptions for Strengthening New York’s Diagnostic and Treatment Centers,” analyzed seven years of financial data from 95 nonprofit diagnostic and treatment centers, which serve some 1.5 million mostly low-income New York State residents. Please click here to read more and to download the full report.
New NYSHealth-funded Report: 1.2 Million New Yorkers Projected to Gain Health Insurance Under Federal Health Care Reform
On August 13, 2010, NYSHealth released a report, prepared by Manatt Health Solutions and NYSHealth Visiting Fellow Deborah Bachrach, reviewing and analyzing the key provisions of the Federal health care reform law. The report, “Implementing Federal Health Care Reform: A Roadmap for New York State,” projects the unique implications that each provision of the law holds for New York, and identifies the tasks and hurdles that State government and other stakeholders must confront when implementing reform. Please click here to read more and to download the full report.
Spotlight
Spotlight on...Haiti Relief
In January 2010, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, injured, or displaced from their homes by a devastating earthquake that struck Port au Prince, Haiti. NYSHealth is committed to ongoing relief efforts for people affected here in our home state, supporting three grantee organizations that serve Haitian communities in New York City, Rockland County, and Long Island. Click here to read more.
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