3/22/12 – The Health Budget Conference Committee meeting that was originally scheduled for Monday at 5pm and then postponed will finally occur at 1:30pm today. This is our last chance for both the NYS Assembly and Senate to include “prescriber prevails” in the NYS Budget for Medicaid patients.
3/20/12 – There’s still time to take action in the fight to restore “prescriber prevails”! The NYS Senate and Assembly Health Budget Conference Committee was postponed yesterday to today at 5pm. The more calls we make TODAY, the closer we are to winning this battle.
3/20/12 – I saw an article in last week’s Times Union that caught my eye. The article discusses how Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP), the Capital Region’s largest insurer, is expanding a new payment model to encourage better coordinated primary care.
3/19/12 – As the date for the Supreme Court to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act draws near, the Court has agreed to release same-day audio recordings of oral arguments. While a number of news outfits were pushing for permission to televise the proceedings, the Court denied that request.
3/19/12 – Your help is needed now more than ever. “Prescriber Prevails” protections for Medicaid has a major turning point TODAY at 5pm at the NYS Assembly & Senate Health Budget Conference Committee.
3/13/12 – A coalition of minority advocacy groups joined many Hispanic and black state legislators to push Gov. Cuomo to restore patient protections, namely prescriber prevails, in the Medicaid pharmacy benefit.
3/13/12 – Over the past decade there has been a coordinated effort by the Department of Health and Human Services to increase the use of electronic health records by health care providers across the country.
3/12/12 – The Assembly one-house budget bill does not address the difficulties that Medicaid recipients are experiencing in accessing prescription drugs.
3/12/12 – Yesterday, the Associated Press published a story on the difficulties that Medicaid recipients are experiencing in accessing prescription drugs since October 1, when the program was moved into managed care. Patient advocates are fighting to restore a provision that allows health care providers to ultimately prevail with health plans when prescribing prescription drugs.
3/10/12 – Within the next few days, the White House will issue standards for health exchanges. States will continue to have broad authority over exchange details. However, the standards will also make clear that those states which do not set up health exchanges will have them set up and run by the federal government.