Jonas Center Advisory Board Welcomes New Members
Release Date:
05/10/2017
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare announced updates to its national Advisory Board, including three new members.
Health
NY State Health Foundation CEO: 1M New Yorkers Could Lose Health Coverage Under AHCA
Release Date:
05/08/2017
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) could undermine healthcare coverage gains for New Yorkers and result in more than 1 million of them losing that coverage.
Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access
Release Date:
05/08/2017
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting...
Six NYC Scientists Win Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/08/2017
Recipients receive $200,000 in funding per year for up to three years, for a total of $600,000, to support explorative, high-risk/high-reward cancer research. The awards will be presented on May 24.
New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech
Release Date:
05/05/2017
The New York Stem Cell Foundation's $22 million, 40,000-square-foot headquarters on West 54th Street, which opened last month, represents founder and CEO Susan L. Solomon's grand effort to turn the Far West Side into the city's newest biotech hub.
Commonwealth Fund Report Finds that the GOP Health Care Act Would Reverse Gains Made by Community Hospitals
Release Date:
05/05/2017
As House Republicans savor their major victory Thursday in narrowly passing their highly controversial and little-understood plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, it’s instructive to consider some of the highly positive fiscal...
United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Support New Model to Advance Integration of Behavioral Health Services in New York Primary Care Practices
Release Date:
05/05/2017
Montefiore Health System, the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has been awarded two grants to improve the ability of primary care physicians in small practices to treat common behavioral health conditions, such as anxiety...
The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal
Release Date:
05/04/2017
In the midst of a partisan divide on health policy, legislators agree widely on one goal: lowering health insurance premiums, particularly for those who purchase health insurance on their own in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance...
Why Pickleball?
Release Date:
05/04/2017
New York State Health Foundation's Stephany Fong says Congressional proposals to repeal and replace ACA threaten advances in recognizing social determinants of health.
Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund
Release Date:
05/03/2017
The board of directors of United Hospital Fund announced today the selection of Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, as its president and CEO, effective August 14, 2017 .
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