New rules benefit stressed vets
The VA changed its guidelines for applying for PTSD benefits in mid-July. It no longer requires vets to prove that a specific stressor related to a hostile military act caused the illness, which was...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood opens clinic on Central Ave in Albany
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood opened its new health center and administrative office on Tuesday at 855 Central Ave. in Albany. The new location is in the same building that houses Mildred Elley and...
View ArticleAnother quasi-ER planned for Saratoga County
I thought Ellis Hospital had won the horse race to get a beefed-up urgent care center in Saratoga County. Ellis received approval (Certificate of Need) from the state for their project. But Albany Med...
View ArticleNY adopts new HIV testing protocol
A law that took effect this week in New York requires hospitals and primary care providers to offer HIV testing to patients and allows patients to consent verbally. Under the old law, people had to...
View ArticleState health commissioner may be looking for a new job
With the uncertainty of a new administration taking over in Albany, State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard F. Daines said he might back in the job market. At a Rockefeller Institute forum today, he...
View ArticleCuomo names new health commissioner
Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo has named a Manhattan physician to be the state’s next health commissioner. Dr. Nirav Shah, 38, is being be nominated to replace Dr. Richard F. Daines. Shah, who is an medical...
View ArticleNominee for health commissioner on the phone
I tracked down an email address for Dr. Nirav R. Shah, the nominee to be the next state health commissioner, and asked him to call me for a quick interview today. A few hours later, Dr. Shah called to...
View ArticleTrue disclosure of out-of-network costs
Medical Society of the State of New York is calling for legislation or regulations that will require New York State health insurance companies to clearly identify to enrollees and employers how the...
View ArticleDOH launches electronic Certificate of Need system
The New York State Department of Health today launched a new electronic application system for Certificates of Need (CONs) with better and easier ways to search the database. Yippee. According to DOH,...
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