Health Headlines for Friday, April 22
Cuomo tries again to address Brooklyn’s health care woes
Capital New York
The Cuomo administration announced on Wednesday that it was awarding $500,000 to Northwell Health to study the longstanding problem of Brooklyn’s cash-strapped hospitals, taking another stab at one of the most challenging health care problems confronting the governor.
Power Breakfast zeroes in on fast-changing health care industry
Albany Business Review
Is the Affordable Care Act really easing the growth rate of health care spending?
Anatomy of a layoff: How an embattled New York health insurer found itself in a fight over American jobs
Crain’s New York Business
Vito Gigante’s first inkling that trouble was afoot at EmblemHealth came three weeks ago, when the tech worker was asked to attend a meeting with employees of Cognizant, a Teaneck, N.J., IT services and outsourcing consultant.
Soon, you can use your municipal ID card to access medical records
Crain’s New York Business
The city’s municipal identification card is great for getting free entry into museums and borrowing library books. Now, the 830,000 New Yorkers with NYC ID cards will soon be able to use them to access health services and their own medical records, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.
Valeant in talks to hire Perrigo’s Papa as CEO: source
Reuters
Drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO) is seeking to appoint Joseph Papa, Perrigo Co Plc’s (PRGO.N) boss, as its new chief executive, a source familiar with the matter said.
New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Fine for Allowing Filming of Patients Without Consent
Pro Publica
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to pay a $2.2 million penalty to federal regulators for allowing television crews to film two patients without their consent – one who was dying, the other in significant distress.
Novartis profits dip as generic rival challenges cancer drug
Washington Post
Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis says net income from continued operations fell 13 percent in the first quarter as generic competition cut into sales of Gleevec, one of the first very effective cancer medicines.
Mayor de Blasio Launches Series of Initiatives to Reduce Drug Overdose
NYC Gov
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced broad efforts to further prevent and address opioid overdoses, building on the administration’s Thrive NYC initiative, which included the expansion of naloxone availability and training, increased training for physicians on buprenorphine, and the creation of the Mayor’s Heroin and Prescription Opioid Public Awareness Task Force.
State pays $150,000 to settle lawsuit filed by student expelled from Upstate Medical
Syracuse Post Standard
New York state has agreed to pay $150,000 to a former Upstate Medical University student who said he was wrongly expelled from its radiography program for not disclosing his arrest record.