Health Headlines for Monday, March 7
Health Law Insurance Plans to be Rated by Network Size
New York Times
The Obama administration, responding to consumer complaints, says it will begin rating health insurance plans based on how many doctors and hospitals they include in their networks.
N.Y. awards $17M to five Capital Region health institutions
Albany Times Union
Five health institutions in the greater Capital Region are slated to receive $17 million in state funding for projects intended to improve patient care and make their facilities more sustainable amid changes in how medicine is provided and paid for.
Cuomo’s proposal to raise minimum wage could cost state’s home health care agencies an extra $2.2B
New York Daily News
Gov. Cuomo’s push to raise the minimum wage to $15-an-hour could cost the state’s already stretched home health care providers at least $2.2 billion once fully phased in by 2021, an industry group says.
Valeant CEO’s Calls With Analysts Raise Disclosure Questions
Bloomberg Business
To recap Mike Pearson’s first week back at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.: Last Monday, returning from a two-month sick leave, the chief executive officer canceled his welcome-back call with analysts.
Lawmaker seeks to end tax breaks for consumer drug ads
Stat News
A congressional lawmaker introduced legislation that would end the tax break that drug makers can take for advertising medicines to consumers.
Heroin Epidemic Increasingly Seeps Into Public View
New York Times
In Philadelphia last spring, a man riding a city bus at rush hour injected heroin into his hand, in full view of other passengers, including one who captured the scene on video.
Lapsed waiver imperils clinics across the state
Capital New York
Time is running out for the state and federal government to close a $54.4 million funding deficit imperiling Federally Qualified Health Centers in New York, a “crisis” caused by the lapse of a federal waiver program.