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Hospital 'deserts' a growing problem in major urban centers
Guest post by Alan Sager In 1960, 42 acute care hospitals with 8,000 beds served Detroit's 1.7 million residents. But only four hospitals with 2,700 beds survived to serve 700,000 residents in...
For-profit entities could run hospitals in New York
Two for-profit corporations could run facilities in the state under a pilot program proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Medicaid fraud crackdown: States recover millions
Efforts to crackdown on Medicaid fraud have led to positive results in New York and Missouri, where the states collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and obtained a variety of criminal convictions.
Rate reviews cost insurers $500M in premiums
The New York insurance department has slashed insurers' premium rate requests so much that it will save consumers $500 million this year.
Insurers relax prescription, out-of-network rules post-Sandy
As the northeast continues to clean up after Hurricane Sandy, health insurers stepped up to help their members during this stressful time.
State overbilled Medicaid $15B for disabled care
Medicaid payments to care for New York's disabled population will be cut by about $1 billion a year to make up for past overpayments, reported the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle .
Insurers face new competition; colleges to directly insure students
Insurers operating in New York could be facing a new competitor--universities. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a new pilot program that allows colleges to directly insure their students.
State cracks down on doctor shopping with arrests, database law
Narcotics officials have made 98 arrests in New York. State legislators unanimously passed the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act (I-STOP) this week, making it the first state to mandate physicians set to prescribe schedule II, III or IV controlled substances to look at a patient's prescription history online beforehand.
Drug tracking database law passes in New York
Doctors in New York will be required to issue electronic prescriptions for painkillers within three years and will have to check patient records online before doing so after state legislators unanimously passed the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act (I-STOP) this week.
States would be wise to emulate New York health accelerator model
It was exciting to see the creation this week of the New York Digital Health Accelerator in New York. The New York State Department of Health, the New York City Investment Fund and the New York
