New York State Health Foundation: Press Room

"City YMCA Set for Diabetes Prevention Program"

September 2, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: “Fighting Diabetes Must Begin and End with Prevention”

August 27, 2010

President and CEO James R. Knickman featured on The Brian Lehrer Show segment “Health Reform in New York”

August 20, 2010

"New energy for health reform"

August 16, 2010

"Health Foundation Sets Medical Reform Goals For The State"

August 16, 2010

"Health reform may expand coverage to 1.2 million"

August 13, 2010

"How Foundations Can Help States Implement Health Reform"

August 13, 2010

"Insuring 1.2M more in NY"

August 13, 2010

"Study: 1.2 million uninsured New Yorkers may get coverage under federal health reform"

August 13, 2010

"NYS Health Foundation Report Addresses Federal Health Care"

August 13, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "A Soldier's Toughest Battle: Returning Home?"

July 23, 2010

President and CEO James R. Knickman Featured in NY1 segment: "Healthcare Network Prepares To Fill St. Vincent's Void"

July 21, 2010

NYSHealth featured in Gannett article “Report Details Options for Saving Billions of Dollars on Health-Care Spending”

July 14, 2010

NYSHealth Featured as “Donor of the Day” in Wall Street Journal Article: "Targeting Costs of Health Care"

July 8, 2010

"New Paper: A Foundation’s Fight to Slow The Rate of State Health Spending"

July 7, 2010

Health Affairs Features New York State Health Foundation's Cost Containment Efforts

July 7, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "Health Care Innovation in Rural New York"

June 29, 2010

James R. Knickman's Washington Post Letter, “Testing blood sugar”

June 22, 2010

Crain's New York Business: NY Far Behind Schedule on Hospital-Bed Closings

June 15, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "Health Care Incentives Can Work"

May 28, 2010

"Understanding and Supporting Veterans’ Health Needs"

May 28, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "Ensuring Health Care Access, Not Just Coverage"

April 20, 2010

NYSHealth-funded Project Featured in New York Times Article: "An Insurer's New Approach to Diabetes"

April 14, 2010

NYSHealth Featured in New York Times Article: "Grants Announced to Aid Haitians in New York"

April 12, 2010

NYSHealth President & CEO James R. Knickman Featured in a NY1 Segment, "Cost Control A Key Factor In Health Reform"

April 5, 2010

Steps suggested to stem NY's diabetes epidemic

March 29, 2010

Associated Press Article: "NYC's St. Vincent's Hospital fights for life"

March 25, 2010

"Sugar-Tax Smackdown: NYSHealth Hosts Debate on Proposed Soda Levy"

March 24, 2010

NYSHealth President & CEO James R. Knickman Featured in a NY1 Segment, "The Health Care Bill: What's In Store"

March 23, 2010

NYSHealth Senior Vice President David Sandman Featured in a WABC Segment, "Health care bill's impact on emergency rooms"

March 23, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "Health Care is Only Part of the Equation"

March 18, 2010

"Hospitals Worry That St. Vincent's Fate Could Be Prescription For Their Own Future"

March 2, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "Weathering the Economic Storm Amid a Shifting Health Care Landscape"

February 19, 2010

NYSHealth Senior Vice President David Sandman Featured in NY1 Segment, "Budget Cuts May Cause Statewide Health Care Money Trouble"

February 16, 2010

NYSHealth-funded Report Featured in Public News Service Radio Segment

February 12, 2010

NYSHealth Senior Vice President David Sandman Appears on WABC's "Up Close With Diana Williams"

February 7, 2010

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post column: "New Budget, Old Problems"

January 13, 2010

Health Foundation to give non-profits $2M

January 13, 2010

New York Times: "Citing Hazard, New York Says Hold the Salt"

January 10, 2010

James R. Knickman Interviewed in Albany Times Union article, "Better health a decade later"

January 9, 2010

Albany Business Review Features NYSHealth Grantee

January 1, 2010

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Features NYSHealth Grantee: "Program to Aid Children of Deployed Soldiers"

December 21, 2009

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post Column: "A Health Care Wishlist for 2010"

December 14, 2009

James R. Knickman's Washington Times Letter, "Returning Veterans Need Our Support"

December 13, 2009

NYSHealth Grantee AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Inc. Featured in Buffalo Business First Article

December 4, 2009

New York Post Article: "NY Eyes $1B Tax Slap on Health"

November 17, 2009

NYSHealth Grantee Jewish Board of Family And Children's Services Featured in NY1 Segment: "CUNY Program Helps Vets Adjust To Life On Campus"

November 11, 2009

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post Column: "Veterans Treatment Courts: A Crucial Reintegration Strategy"

November 11, 2009

Albany Times Union Op-ed by James R. Knickman and James D. McDonough, Jr.: "Veterans Deserve a Chance at Life at Home"

November 11, 2009

NYSHealth Featured in Daily News Article: "Small businesses fear getting crunched by health costs"

November 9, 2009

New York Post Article Features NYSHealth-Funded Report

November 5, 2009

Albany Times Union article features NYSHealth report: "Heavy health care burden"

November 5, 2009

Reuters Article Features NYSHealth: "New York State Diabetes Campaign Launches 'Half the Care' Ad Campaign to Improve Diabetes Care"

November 2, 2009

James R. Knickman's Letter to The New York Times, "Beyond Obesity and Drugs"

October 22, 2009

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post Column: "Containing Costs Key to Health Reform Success"

October 22, 2009

The Palladium Times Article Features NYSHealth, "Local Health Organization Secures $400K From the State"

October 22, 2009

Niagara Gazette Features NYSHealth, "MEMORIAL: New Management for Mizer Building?"

October 21, 2009

Albany Times Union Article Features NYSHealth, "Health Foundation Awards Grants for Health Care Services"

October 19, 2009

New York Post Article Featuring NYSHealth, "Pols Focus on Lawyer Health"

October 19, 2009

Buffalo News Article Featuring NYSHealth, "Takeover of Mizer Clinic Planned"

October 16, 2009

Buffalo Business First Article Featuring NYSHealth: "Grant will fuel health care initiative"

October 14, 2009

Daily News Article Featuring NYSHealth: "City opens site for biz health coverage"

September 22, 2009

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post Column: "Is Health Reform Good for New York State?"

September 15, 2009

James R. Knickman's Daily News Op-ed, "Have a Soda Tax and a Smile"

September 10, 2009

Hope Dispensary Stages Grand Opening

September 4, 2009

NYSHealth Featured in GIH Bulletin's "Grantmaker Focus"

August 17, 2009

James R. Knickman's Huffington Post Column: Tackling Integrated Care Is Key to Health Reform

August 11, 2009

Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin Article: New Clinic Helps Low-income Residents

August 7, 2009

Washington Post Op-ed: Health Reform's Taboo Topic

July 31, 2009

NYSHealth grantee weighs in on the importance of eliminating defensive medicine to contain health care costs.

Hudson Valley Press Article: Isn't Health Grand

July 25, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Tackling Bronx Readmissions

July 24, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Diabetes Program

July 23, 2009

James R. Knickman's Albany Times Union Op-ed: Time to deal with this crisis

July 23, 2009

James R. Knickman's New York Times Letter to the Editor: How to Cut Down on Trips Back to the Hospital

July 17, 2009

Wall Street Journal Article: Health Reform Requires Lawsuit Reform

July 15, 2009

NYSHealth grantee weighs in on the importance of lawsuit reform to contain health care costs.

Crain's Health Pulse Article: At a Glance; VA Site

June 23, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Funding Universal Coverage

June 4, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Article: Coalition creates Web site for local veterans support

June 2, 2009

Health Affairs GrantWatch Online Article: Mental Health

May 28, 2009

New York Times Article: Racial Disparities Found Under State Health Plans

May 19, 2009

Ithaca Journal Article: Group says red tape snarls New York health care program

May 12, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Nurses, Not Beds, Are Crucial

April 30, 2009

New York Times Letter to the Editor: A Tax on Sugary Sodas

April 18, 2009

Syracuse Post-Standard Article: Medicaid denial rates vary dramatically in New York state by county

April 17, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Restructuring Grants Available

April 17, 2009

Ithaca Journal Article: Counties show disparity when cracking down on nursing home applications

April 10, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Article: Report says N.Y. counties vary on Medicaid crackdown

April 10, 2009

Albany Times Union Article: Policy 'truth' proves elusive: Study finds wide variance in counties' handling of Medicaid claims for nursing home care

April 10, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Primary Care Grants Announced

April 7, 2009

New York Times Letter to the Editor: Drug Treatment, Not Prison

April 5, 2009

NY1 News Report: A Lost Job Doesn't Have To Mean Lost Health Insurance

March 31, 2009

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Article: Keeping health coverage after layoff a challenge

March 29, 2009

WNYC News Report: NYS Clinics Chronically in the Red

March 23, 2009

Albany Times Union Letter to the Editor: Fight for local health centers

March 20, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Health Centers in the Red

March 10, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Immigrants Left Out of Health Coverage Debate

March 2, 2009

Syracuse Post-Standard Article: No Penalty Charged If Employer Alters Plan

March 2, 2009

New York Times Article: Study Cites Obstacles for Poor to Renew Health Insurance

February 25, 2009

Behavioral Healthcare Article: Addressing co-occurring disorders in the Empire State

February 20, 2009

Newsday Article: NY leads nation in long-term care spending

February 20, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Veteran's Health

February 18, 2009

Queens Gazette Article: Elmhurst Hospital Center Opens Lactation Clinic

February 18, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Fetal Monitoring Grant

February 13, 2009

Health Affairs Article: Strategies to Reduce Health Care Costs in New York State RFP

February 12, 2009

Crain's New York Business Article: Caritas nears reckoning

February 2, 2009

Oneonta Daily Star Article: Mental health programs garner praise from state

January 26, 2009

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Price tags high for long-delayed reform models

January 20, 2009

Albany Times Union Article: State System Works to Treat Whole Person: Goal is to serve Patients With Both Mental Illness and an Addiction

January 9, 2009

The Buffalo News Editorial: Instituting ‘soda tax’ will aid public health

December 29, 2008

The New York Times Blog: A Caring Collaborative

December 29, 2008

Observer Article: Agri-Services Agency receives grant to improve rural health insurance coverage

December 28, 2008

The Westfield Republican Article: Agri-Services Agency receives grant to improve rural health insurance coverage

December 28, 2008

The Troy Record Letter to the Editor: Tax an important step

December 27, 2008

Newsday Article: Healthier choices

December 24, 2008

Watertown Daily Times Article: Agri-Services Agency gets Health Foundation Grant

December 18, 2008

Farm and Dairy Article: Rural Health Insurance just got better in New York

December 15, 2008

Crain's New York Business Article: Freelancers Union forms health insurance company

November 21, 2008

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Reform can’t wait, officials say

November 18, 2008

Wall Street Journal Article: Learning to Ask for a Hand

November 17, 2008

Crain's New York Business Article: Health insurers push for cheaper individual policies

November 14, 2008

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Direct Pay Reform

November 14, 2008

Tompkins Weekly Article: Survey: Citizens Want Health Care Reform

November 10, 2008

New York Post Letter to the Editor: Diabetes in Check

November 4, 2008

Bushwick's Asthma Sufferers Learn How To Help Themselves

October 30, 2008

Taking Steps to Combat Suicide in the Military

October 24, 2008

Crain's Health Pulse: Cutting Direct-Pay Costs

October 20, 2008

Buffalo News Letter to the Editor: Veteran Care Involves All Levels of Government

October 14, 2008

Crain's Health Pulse Article: Universal Coverage

October 14, 2008

LA Times Letter to the Editor: Close Gaps in Care

September 29, 2008

Fitness for Kids Challenge Tackles Childhood Obesity in 400 Local Schools

September 18, 2008

Coming Home From War: Help for Families in Need

September 16, 2008

A Road Map for Women in Retirement

September 5, 2008

Hospital Woes Are Worse in N.Y. Than Rest of U.S.

August 26, 2008

Fort Greene/Downtown Brooklyn Community Focuses on Welcoming Healthy Children Back...

August 20, 2008

Health Foundation Names Weisbrod Chairman of Board

July 16, 2008

Attacking Diabetes: State Must Take Aim at Reversing a Growing Problem

July 16, 2008

Attacking Diabetes: State Must Take Aim at Reversing a Growing Problem

July 10, 2008

USA Today Letter to the Editor: Mass. Health Care Plan Teaches by Example

July 10, 2008

Comprehensive, Statewide Effort Needed for Epidemic

July 5, 2008

New York Times Letter to the Editor: The Massachusetts Model

June 19, 2008

Health Affairs Grantwatch Online Feature on NYSHealth’s Integrating Mental Health/Substance Use Services Initiative

June 18, 2008

Reform's Moment Slips Away

June 16, 2008

$35 Million to Fight Diabetes

June 4, 2008

New Rules Consolidate Care In State’s Mental Health Clinics

May 16, 2008

Returning Soldiers' Needs to be Studied

April 24, 2008

New York Sun Op-Ed: Fat City

March 7, 2008

Bedeviled by the Sugar Sickness

March 2, 2008

Health Foundation Announces $6 Million in Grants

February 19, 2008

New York Times Letter to the Editor: Preventing Diabetes

February 2, 2008

New York State Health Foundation Announces Grants for B’klyn, Queens

January 18, 2008

Action sought to stem diabetes: Schumer pushing bill to mandate preventive measures by Medicaid

January 8, 2008

Cornell To Help Develop Plan for Health Care

January 8, 2008

Grants Targets Health Care Costs, Diabetes

January 8, 2008

State Health Foundation to Hand Out $16 million in Grants

January 8, 2008

NYSHealth Insurance Coverage Consortium Featured in December 11, 2007 Edition of The New York Sun

December 11, 2007

New Review of Agricultural Economics Study Comes Out

December 3, 2007

JAMA Article - "Monitoring Glycemic Control in Diabetes:" New Standardized Reference Measure a Useful Tool"

November 29, 2007

Primary Investment Should be Primary Care

November 14, 2007

An NYSHealth Grantee was Featured in the October 15th Edition of The New Yorker

October 18, 2007

Crain's Health, “ Grants Available”

July 12, 2006

The Business Review Article: Proposals Sought for Health Services Grants

July 12, 2006

The Kaiser Network, “New York State Health Foundation Begins Operations After Four Years”

July 6, 2006

Buffalo Business Report “Report on Health-Care Improvements Due”

July 5, 2006

NYSHealth in the News