The New York Department of Financial Services (formerly the Insurance Department) announced yesterday that a number of additional health plans have folded their hands in opposition to the Department's rate filing transparency initiative. Following the lead of United Health, Aetna,...
Posted by Paul Gillan on October 28, 2011 12:51 PM
Earlier this month, the US Preventive Service Task Force released an "Evidence Update" on a certain kind of prostate cancer screening with the following conclusion: "Prostate-specific antigen-based screening results in small or no reduction in prostate cancer-specific mortality and is...
Posted by Paul Gillan on October 14, 2011 10:50 AM
It was announced yesterday that Governor Paterson signed his Mandate Relief program bill on Nov. 12. The new law affects health insurers' right to subrogation and creates new requirements for plans with respect to municipal cooperative benefit plans. The Governor's...
Posted by Kelly Ryan on November 18, 2009 10:45 AM
The Superintendent of Insurance has reversed its position on whether an employer who participates in an insured group health plan must treat same-sex couples who are married in other states the same as other married couples. In a new Department...
Posted by Marcia Smith on November 24, 2008 5:00 PM
Michelle's Law seeks to extend coverage to students on medical leaves of absence
Posted by Wendy Sheinberg on October 21, 2008 3:39 PM
From IOM's website-chock full of important projects (1): IOM's Committee on Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information: The HIPAA Privacy Rule- is investigating the effects on health research of the Privacy Rule regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability...
Posted by Joan Shipman on May 10, 2008 7:56 AM
Interesting article in today's New York Times focusing on the pressure that universal coverage has placed on the primary care delivery system in Massachusetts: Now in Massachusetts, in an unintended consequence of universal coverage, the imbalance is being exacerbated by...
Posted by Paul Gillan on April 7, 2008 10:07 AM
CMS issued a notice last week that it will hold an administrative hearing on January 6, 2008 to reconsider its decision to disapprove New York's State Children's Health Insurance Program, State Child Health Plan Amendment #10. The hearing will be...
Posted by Marcia Smith on December 8, 2007 5:13 PM
On the DOH website: The public hearing schedule on ways to expand health insurance coverage and improve the health care system in New York has been expanded to include a statewide telephone call-in session on October 10 and a Rochester...
Posted by Paul Gillan on September 14, 2007 10:14 AM
The Governor's "Partnership for Coverage" program kicked off yesterday with a public hearing in Glens Falls. Here's an excerpt from DOH's press release: The first of six public hearings to be held across New York State was held today in...
Posted by Paul Gillan on September 6, 2007 8:32 AM
Today's Albany Times Union reports that more than 1 million people in New York State are eligible for public health insurance but are not enrolled, according to the Census Bureau. A new program, called "Coverage for All," is being presented...
Posted by Melissa Zambri on May 23, 2007 12:56 PM
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