Health Headlines for Tuesday, January 9
Heastie: Education And Health Care Be Spared In Budget
NY State of Politics
The state can boost education and health care spending even as it tackles a $4 billion budget deficit, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Monday.
CBO slashes cost estimate for CHIP financing: report
The Hill
The Congressional Budget Office drastically lowered its estimate of the cost to renew a health insurance program for low-income children, likely making it easier for lawmakers to agree on a plan for extending the program.
Walk-in Doctor Visits at Work? Welcome to the Office Health Center
Wall Street Journal
On Wednesday mornings, Stephen Fealy, an orthopedic surgeon in New York, heads downtown to see his patients.
Daily on Healthcare: HHS nominee to face questions on drug prices and Obamacare during confirmation hearing
Washington Examiner
HHS nominee to face questions on drug prices and Obamacare during confirmation hearing.
Cross-sector collaborations improve care
Modern Healthcare
Healthcare providers that form partnerships with a wide range of organizations within and outside of the industry could prevent unnecessary utilization and better control costs, according to a new study.
Changes to Medicaid could accelerate hospital closures
Modern Healthcare
The future of Medicaid was among the most hotly contested healthcare topics in 2017, and it looks like that’s unlikely to change in 2018 as states seek to change their programs and Congress is poised to take another shot at passing funding reforms.
New owner of troubled Syracuse nursing home gives staff $1.5M in pay raises
Syracuse Post Standard
One of the first things Edward Farbenblum did after buying the troubled James Square nursing home in Syracuse was hand out $1.5 million in pay raises to the facility’s nurses and certified nurse aides.