New Medicare Rule Promises Needless Suffering for Pain Patients Reason The CDC’s controversial but officially optional opioid prescription guidelines, which encourage doctors to be as stingy as possible with pain […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
JCOPE Releases ‘Plain Language Guide to Procurement Lobbying’
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) released a new guidance document today, the Plain Language Guide to Procurement Lobbying. The document is intended to help clarify the state’s (really […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub – March 28, 2018
State Budget Talks Continue Governor Supports Extending Background Check Waiting Period to Purchase a Firearm Governor Directs Attorney General to Review Handling of Weinstein Case Senate Approves Community Heroes Protection […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, March 28
Insurers pan state proposal to target excess reserves Crain’s Health Pulse (subscription required) New York Medicaid health plans said they would fight a Cuomo administraton proposal that would allow the […]
Health Headlines for Tuesday, March 27
Cuomo’s ‘half-baked’ health care revenue proposals City & State Budget analysts and industry advocates are puzzled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposals to raise revenue for the state by drawing $1 […]
JCOPE to Meet on March 27
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting on Tuesday, March 27 at 10:30. The meeting agenda includes an outreach update; news on JCOPE’s long-awaited web site […]
Health Headlines for Friday, March 23
With no fix in omnibus budget bill, insurers set to hike premiums, rethink selling individual plans Modern Healthcare In a blow to health insurers, the House on Thursday passed a […]
Health Headlines for Thursday, March 22
Health Officials Assail ‘Pricing Schemes’ That Gouge Patients New York Times Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said Thursday that doctors and hospitals should tell […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, March 21
Controlling Health Care Costs By Listening to Patients Time Health care costs in the United States are in the trillions, and finding solutions to cut costs are becoming critical for […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub – March 21, 2018
Coverage of Albany and New York State government Assembly, Senate Approve One-House Budget Resolutions Two Regents Re-Elected Senate Approves Sexual Harassment Legislation Former Cuomo Aide Found Guilty in Corruption Trial […]