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10/11/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on health exchange plans and technical problems, Medicare Part D trends for 2014, clinical trials affected by the federal government shutdown, and more!

10/4/13 – With the health exchange marketplaces opening this week, Affordable Care Act news took over the airwaves. NY and other states experienced technological glitches with their exchange websites but there’s still plenty of time for uninsured to enroll – and plenty of information out there to aid that process (as you will see below).

9/28/13 -In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on all aspects of ACA implementation, state grants to research facilities at SUNY campuses and more!

9/26/13 – The Albany Times Union reported today that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget director, Robert Megna, is notifying state agencies that next year’s budget will be held to a 2 percent increase.

9/20/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on programs offering free or low-cost prescription drugs, a report that says NY is lacking in providing preventive care, new clinical trials focused on Alzheimer’s, and more!

9/16/13 – The NYS Department of Health announced the hiring of Dr. Howard Zucker as first Deputy Commissioner of Health.

9/13/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on hospital structuring in NY, how ACA will help the “retired but not elderly” population, new vaccines in development stages and more!

8/30/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find a new program to provide care to dual eligible’s, a cancer patient who found success in a clinical trial, guidelines for orgs who want to help the state educate the public on the health exchange, and more!

8/26/13 – The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a new partnership with New York to test a delivery-of-care system to some 170,000 Medicare-Medicaid enrollees.

8/23/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find details on a new website with info regarding NY’s health exchange, the slower rise in health care premiums, the increased prevalence of Lyme decease, and more!