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Medicaid bumps and home care cuts: everything to …

WEBThe health budget reverses most of Hochul’s proposed $1.2 billion cuts to the Medicaid program, restoring $800 million for hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals will get $525 million in

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The city’s biggest health care stories of 2023

WEBHealth care was a bright spot in the report, with private education and health services having the largest gain since October with 17,400 more jobs. …

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Health care spending grows in Adams’ $112B executive budget

WEBMayor Eric Adams’ nearly $112 billion executive budget, released Wednesday, includes more than $5 billion for health care initiatives, a figure that has grown by $172 …

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Health Pulse At a Glance: April 26 Crain's New York Business

WEBMENTAL HEALTH IN PRISON: About 20% of people incarcerated in the city’s jails and prisons in March had a serious mental illness, according to the latest …

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Kathy Hochul's transformation plan for SUNY Downstate could …

WEBGrey told Crain’s that SUNY Downstate is considering moving some patient services to New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County, which is located across the …

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Health Pulse At a Glance: April 25 Crain's New York Business

WEBPIG KIDNEY: A patient at NYU Langone Health became the first patient ever to receive both a mechanical heart pump and pig kidney transplant, the health system …

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UnitedHealthcare moves 6 Mount Sinai hospitals out of network …

WEBUnited, the country’s largest health insurer, has 900,000 members in New York City who could potentially lose access to in-network benefits at Mount Sinai …

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Chelsea health startup raises $12M to expand digital care for kids

WEBChelsea-based startup Summer Health raised $11.7 million in a Series A funding round to expand its pediatric care text messaging platform to treat more …

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New York’s digital health funding shows signs of an upswing

WEBAfter a years-long fundraising dry spell, New York’s digital health firms may be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, a new report shows. Twenty-nine …

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Congenital syphilis in New York soared 24% in early pandemic days

WEBCongenital syphilis was detected among 51 infants in 2022, the latest year data is available, marking a 24% annual increase, according to a report released by the …

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Hochul plans cuts to $9B home care program in budget deal

WEBState officials and lawmakers reached a deal to crack down on Medicaid spending, pledging in a “conceptual” budget agreement to reduce administrative costs of …

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Hochul makes $102M investment in new mental health models

WEBGov. Kathy Hochul. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $102 million in funding on Thursday to support new care models that improve outpatient care for New Yorkers …

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Long Island physicians to form value-based kidney care group

WEBBloomberg. A group of 30 medical providers with patients on Long Island and in Queens has created a new medical group, PRINE Health, that will work to manage …

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Q&A: New Northwell transplant director on ensuring access

WEBIn light of this, Dr. Niraj Desai, the new director of the kidney transplant program at Northwell Health’s Transplant Institute, spoke to how Northwell and other …

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Eight NY hospitals win five-star overall quality ratings from CMS

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week doled out five-star ratings for overall quality to more than 400 hospitals nationwide, and eight New York …

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Medical bills stall two-thirds of New York City residents from …

WEBEven though 95% of people who responded to the survey had health insurance, one in five still faced difficulties affording out-of-pocket costs including co …

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Q&A: H+H executive on what she's learned in the wake of the …

WEBIn light of this growing threat, Bhaduri, who protects an 11-hospital public system that cares for more than one million New Yorkers, shared how she responded to …

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'Stunningly opaque' potential merger of two of NY's largest …

WEBA quiet acquisition deal between two of New York’s largest Medicaid contractors, which together manage home care services for 110,000 people, has …

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Q&A: Northwell Health adds to climbing cardiac care investment …

WEBCardiac care represents a burgeoning investment opportunity for local health systems, with the number of Americans diagnosed with heart failure set to rise by 46% …

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Budget cuts delay hotly anticipated health-cost transparency office

WEBThe city Health Department is advancing a new office dedicated to hospital price transparency that could save the city more than $2 billion a year, but budget …

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City to open 16 school mental health clinics to ease youth mental

WEBNew York City will open 16 new school-based mental health clinics in Central Brooklyn and the Bronx, part of its efforts to increase the availability of mental …

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Health startup raises $60M to automate clinical intakes through AI

WEBHealth care startup Fabric raised $60 million in a series A funding round Wednesday to expand its AI software, which aims to automate clinical and …

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