1/25/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find details of Gov. Cuomo’s executive budget proposal, including a provision that will repeal “prescriber prevails” for atypical antipsychotics, new legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, and more!
1/23/13 – Last year, patient and physician advocacy groups fought hard to restore patient protections to the New York Medicaid budget. They were successful in achieving the restoration of “prescriber prevails” – allowing the physician or provider to decide what medicine a patient needs – for atypical antipsychotics.
1/18/13 – In advance of Gov. Cuomo’s 2013-2014 Budget Address scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 22, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) released two memos regarding prescription drug access issues that must be addressed in this year’s budget negotiations.
1/18/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on the jump in flu cases this year, the overhaul in NYS’s Certificate of Need process, federal regulations regarding Medicaid expansion under the ACA, and more!
1/15/13 – Gary Allen is running from Maine to Washington, DC in 14 days to raise funds for cancer research, veterans and victims of the Newtown, Conn. tragedy.
1/11/12 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on health-related portions of Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address (or lack thereof), a new program to limit painkiller access in NYC hospitals, a new biotech hub proposed for Nassau County, and more!
1/4/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll learn about the impact the fiscal cliff deal had on Medicare, 39 new FDA-approved drugs for 2013, a study finding no clear link between higher spending on healthcare and improved quality and more!
12/28/12 – In this week’s summary, you’ll learn about the risks and benefits to Medicare managed care plans, clinical trials research of a new drug that could treat multiple cancers, a study that shows cancer screening rates have declined, and more!
12/21/12 – The big news this week was that NYS received federal approval to establish its health insurance exchange, which will start serving patients in Jan 2014. Other health news include reports that show: cigarette use is falling among teens; no clear link between dust/debris/fumes from WTC site and cancer; and talks of banning a mercury compound used in vaccines.
12/14/12 – In this summary, you’ll find new info on taxes and Medicaid under the ACA, how insurance exchanges will impact companies, how drug innovation and research can ease the country’s fiscal woes, and more!