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A Life-Threatening Emergency, an Ambulance Called…and, in NYC, then a Wait

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ambulance response times are up nearly four minutes from 2015, a new report from Comptroller Mark Levine found. The report released Friday found that average response times have increased three minutes and 50 seconds for life-threatening medical emergencies and 14:49 for non-life-threatening emergencies since 2015.

New York, NY · 23d
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NY to award $32.5 million in grants to expand healthcare workforce

NEW YORK (WWTI) – Healthcare providers across the North Country are set to receive a major boost as Governor Kathy Hochul announced $32.5 million in annual competitive state grants aimed at expanding healthcare workforce training and tackling severe regional staffing shortages. Three North Country facilities—Carthage Area Hospital, Samaritan Medical...

New York · 22d
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Waterview Heights closure sparks concern for nursing home bed shortage

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A shortage of nursing home beds continues for our aging population across New York state. Just last week, a nursing home in Rochester closed. More than 160 residents moved out of Waterview Heights Nursing Home after reports of multiple failed inspections and a lack of care.

Rochester, NY · 22d
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Slocum-Dickson brings latest cataract lens tech to region

NEW HARTFORD — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group is advancing local access to the latest eye care technology with the introduction of the Johnson & Johnson TECNIS PureSee intraocular lens. Dr. Alexander Harris, an ophthalmologist and director of The Eye Care Center at SDMG, is the first cataract surgeon in Oneida...

New Hartford, NY · 23d
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Hochul speaks about suspected Medicaid fraud: Oct. 20 election update

NEW YORK - Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke about state and federal law enforcement agencies participating in a "coordinated crackdown" on suspected fraud in the Medicaid system. Election Day in New York City is only two weeks away – here's the latest news on the upcoming midterms. FOX 5 NY...

New York · 23d

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Losing money filling some prescriptions, pharmacists push for Gov. Hochul to sign PBM transparency bill

Slate Hill NeighboRx Pharmacist Al Squitieri says when he fills some prescriptions, he's losing money. “We've had to cut down on some of our services because we literally can't afford to be doing it anymore," he said. "So who loses out? It would be the patient.”. Specific prescriptions are costing...

New York · 23d

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Oregon leads nation on path toward universal healthcare

By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News . Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Oregon News Service reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collaboration Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage , including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age. But Democratic strongholds across the country — including Oregon, California , New York , and Washington — have more ambitious goals: single-payer, universal healthcare systems. No state is closer to that goal than Oregon. A panel created by the state legislature in 2023 is slated to send lawmakers its proposal for a universal health plan by Dec. 1. The nine-person Universal Health Plan Governance Board seeks to establish, starting in 2032, medical, vision, dental, and mental health benefits for every state resident from cradle to grave — with no premiums, deductibles, or copayments. Lawmakers could vote on a plan during the 2027 legislative session or refer it to voters as a ballot measure in 2028. If approved, the state would be the first in the U.S. to implement what’s called a single-payer health coverage system. It could serve as a

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Healthcare champions honored at WCA’s Toasting to a Healthy Westchester

The Westchester County Association (WCA) convened New York’s preeminent healthcare and business leaders, policymakers, and community partners at its annual Toasting to a Healthy Westchester: An Evening to Celebrate WCA’s Healthcare Advocacy & Initiatives and Honor Healthcare Excellence on Sept. 30. The annual celebration recognizes the people and...

Westchester County, NY · 23d

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Medicaid Social Adult Day Care Fraud Crackdown Targets 100+ Providers

State and federal investigators are examining more than 100 providers as New York weighs stronger safeguards or a broader redesign of a program serving about 45,000 Medicaid members. New York has launched a coordinated Medicaid Social Adult Day Care fraud crackdown while ordering a full review of a program that...

New York · 22d

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Walk-In Screening Mammograms Now Offered at Turning Stone

VERONA, N.Y. -- Walk-in screening mammograms are now available at Turning Stone Resort Casino. Rome Health announced that starting this week, anyone can visit the Convenient Care Center at the new Crescent Hotel for a screening mammogram every Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. "A screening mammogram...

Rome, NY · 23d

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MHAST Celebrates Completion of New Crisis Stabilization Center in Binghamton

The Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier (MHAST) celebrated the completion of its new Supportive Crisis Stabilization Center on Tuesday, October 20, which aims at expanding access to mental health and substance use crisis services. The new facility, located at 34 West State Street in Binghamton, will provide short...

Binghamton, NY · 23d

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EPA officials explain decision-making for Hudson River Superfund site cleanup

Today, 200 miles of the Hudson River are classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Superfund site — one of the largest in America. The agency recently significantly scaled back its water supply cleanup plan at one site in Dutchess County. Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra...

Dutchess County, NY · 24d

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City Council weighs changes to idling complaint program

The City Council held a hearing Tuesday on a bill that advocates say would weaken the city’s Citizens Air Reporting Program, which allows residents to submit vehicle idling complaints and receive a portion of the fine collected. The bill, known as Intro 561-A, is sponsored by Jim Gennaro. It...

New York, NY · 22d

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Healthcare champions honored at WCA’s Toasting to a Healthy Westchester

The Westchester County Association (WCA) convened New York’s preeminent healthcare and business leaders, policymakers, and community partners at its annual Toasting to a Healthy Westchester: An Evening to Celebrate WCA’s Healthcare Advocacy & Initiatives and Honor Healthcare Excellence on Sept. 30. The annual celebration recognizes the people and...

Westchester County, NY · 23d

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NY lawmakers push to lower drinking water PFAS limits to 4 parts per trillion

New York · 24d

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Navigating Medicare can be confusing. Here's how New Yorkers can get help

Turning 65 comes with a lot of changes, and for many, it also comes with a crash course in Medicare.

New York · 24d

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Federal Agents Raid NYC Adult Day Cares in Sweeping Medicaid Fraud Investigation

Federal authorities carried out raids at adult day care facilities across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island on Tuesday as part of a major investigation into suspected Medicaid fraud involving more than 100 providers throughout New York. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations were seen removing boxes of evidence from facilities in...

New York, NY · 23d

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Most UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members keep NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals in network only through Oct. 31 without a deal, and active treatment to Jan. 29

Two weeks remain on the truce between NewYork-Presbyterian and UnitedHealthcare. Under a short extension, most UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members can still use the hospital system as in-network care through October 31. Without a new contract, it goes out of network on November 1, and patients already in active treatment get until January 29, 2027. The... The post Most UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members keep NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals in network only through Oct. 31 without a deal, and active treatment to Jan. 29 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

New York · 26d

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New York's data center freeze may not hold up like its fracking ban did

Pennsylvania kicked one fracking company out of the area for more than a decade. It just couldn't keep it out for good. It came back in late 2023, and by the next year, Texas-based company Coterra was running lines beneath dozens of homes in Dimock, Pa., including the one where local resident Victoria Switzer, a former schoolteacher, paints, according to Mother Jones. The noise from the construction and truck traffic have kept her up at night. "They are cutting up the valley like Swiss cheese," she said. "We came here to enjoy nature, and this has just torn our lives apart."

New York · 24d

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Ulster County ALS system working well

KINGSTON – Ulster County is expanding its regional advanced life support ambulance service to include additional communities. County EMS Coordinator Richard Miller told the county legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Thursday that the system is working well. “That is something that did not exist in any point...

Ulster County, NY · 27d