Many of New York’s nonprofit hospitals specialize in supersized pay — and new rules are unlikely to change the equation.
Many of New York’s nonprofit hospitals specialize in supersized pay — and new rules reining in publicly funded salaries are unlikely to change the equation. Starting in July, following an executive order signed by
Members of the U.S. Army Reserves do cadence as they wait to march up New York’s Fifth Avenue in the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) New York City’s military veterans are suffering deadly delays in getting government benefits back home – and today, advocates asked the City Council to lend […]
New York City’s military veterans are suffering deadly delays in getting government benefits back home – and today, advocates asked the City Council to lend them a hand. A joint hearing of the council’s Veterans and Mental Health committees examined an issue probed recently by the Center for Investigative Reporting: a
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio wraps up a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, where he and GOP leaders challenged President Obama and the Senate. He is followed by Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) As the sequester axe descends on Medicare this week, some of the […]
As the sequester axe descends on Medicare this week, some of the pain is falling on programs helping new doctors prepare to set up shop in the neediest neighborhoods — just months before health care reform brings a surge in demand. Funding for medical residencies in primary care are about
This undated image made available by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the Exserohilum rostratum fungus. (AP Photo/CDC) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has disclosed the identities of more than 80 health care providers across New York City that purchased drugs from the pharmacy that is the origin of a compound linked […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has disclosed the identities of more than 80 health care providers across New York City that purchased drugs from the pharmacy that is the origin of a compound linked to a national meningitis outbreak. State and federal health officials are urging providers to pull from use all drugs from the facility, New
In this photo taken May 9, 2012, students work in a classroom. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner). The New York City Department of Education may be stumped by a $2.1 million Medicaid math problem. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Loretta Lynch joined in today on a 5-year-old whistleblower case that alleged the cash-strapped New York […]
The New York City Department of Education may be stumped by a $2.1 million Medicaid math problem. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Loretta Lynch joined in today on a 5-year-old whistleblower case that alleged the cash-strapped New York City Department of Education illegally billed Medicaid — the health insurance program for the nation’s
In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney writes on a white board as he talks about Medicare during a news conference in Greer, S.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The end of lunch at the Association of Black Social Workers Senior Center on the Upper West Side usually spells […]
The end of lunch at the Association of Black Social Workers Senior Center on the Upper West Side usually spells B-I-N-G-O. On a recent Wednesday, a dozen seniors gathered around tables, finished off their macaroni salad and talked about a special O-15 — October 15, when annual enrollment for Medicare begins. As they do every year, seniors
A syringe gets filled in preparation for an injection, Sunday, April 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) Beginning this week, hospitals across the country are getting judged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on how well they serve their patients – and in New York City, the result is likely to be millions […]
Beginning this week, hospitals across the country are getting judged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on how well they serve their patients – and in New York City, the result is likely to be millions of dollars in lost federal funding. Under the new “pay for performance” rules of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
