Sentences with phrase «many safety net hospitals»

The first and most severely affected would be public and safety net hospitals both of which serve uninsured and under - insured patients.

Lawmakers need to take action before Oct. 1 to protect the funding stream, which reimburses public and safety net hospitals that treat uninsured and underinsured patients.

Cuomo has been sounding the alarm about the damage that will be done to New York's bottom line — a loss of several billion dollars over the next several years alone — if Congress does not reverse funding cuts to safety net hospitals, which took effect Oct. 1.

Senate Democrats in a letter sent this week to Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan urged that a final budget agreement shore up supplemental aid to safety net hospitals in New York.

He called NUMC «a safety net hospital and for many people this is sometimes the only place where they can receive medical care.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again on Tuesday raised the possibility of a special session of the Legislature over cuts to safety net hospitals in New York, costing the state $ 2.6 billion once fully in effect.

«Given the state's large safety net hospital network, this raises the possibility that lawmakers will seek to fill the breach,» Moody's found.

The state has not made any DSH payments since Sunday to the safety net hospitals as a result.

The proposed cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low - income and disabled people, would shift $ 4.5 billion in costs from the federal government to New York, its counties and safety net hospitals.

The governor's veto of a bill that would have created a new class of safety net hospitals and required the state to provide increased Medicaid reimbursement to those facilities that meet the new definition sets the stage for a Medicaid budget fight.

While there's no dollar figure yet attached, lawmakers passed an «enhanced safety net hospital» measure that directs more state money to hospitals where at least half the patients are on Medicaid or are uninsured.

While there's no dollar figure yet attached, lawmakers passed an «enhanced safety net hospital» measure that directs more state money to hospitals where at least

These cuts will decimate New York's hospitals and fall hardest on its public and safety net hospitals that are already strained and serve the neediest patient populations.

These cuts also diminish the quality of health care received by more than 2.8 million New Yorkers who are served by our public and safety net hospitals.

Public and selected safety net hospitals include:

Brad Spellberg's research interests are diverse, ranging from basic immunology and vaccinology, to pure clinical and outcomes research, to process improvement work related to delivery of care, focusing on safety net hospitals.

The next day Carmen did some research and learned about FCNMHP — the largest safety net hospital in the region — and came in to see if we could help her poor, suffering dog.

As the region's leading safety net hospital, Tampa General is committed to providing area residents with excellent and compassionate health care ranging from...

Not exact matches

Medicare safety net arrangements are part of this system and operate to assist Australians with high out - of - pocket costs for out - of - hospital services.

Doctors and hospitals are not perfect, why would someone would forego the added safety net should something go wrong completely escapes me.

In such cases, having the baby in a hospital provides the kind of safety net that provides for extreme situations where either the life of the mother or the baby is at great risk.

I'm glad things went well for you, but you would have had the same outcome in a hospital as well, just with the safety net of trained staff and equipment in the event of an emergency.

DiNapoli declined to pick sides in the latest fight between Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over funding for NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation's largest municipal public hospital system and New York's largest provider of safety - net care.

«For immigrants, there has never been a greater need for safety - net hospitals,» said Dr. Matthews Hurley of Harlem Hospital.

According to the legislation, safety - net hospitals would be defined as those where at least half of patients are on Medicaid or uninsured, 40 percent of inpatient discharges are covered by Medicaid and no more than 25 percent of patients are commercially insured.

Rallygoers said that safety - net hospitals provide essential medical care for immigrant patients and communities of color.

However, they will disproportionately impact public hospitals and safety net institutions serving 2.8 million New Yorkers.

The state still faced the loss of billions in funding for safety - net hospitals, for Child Health Plus (which covers some 400,000 low - income children), and for the Essential Plan (which covers some 700,000 low - income adults).

These hospitals are a critical element of the safety net, serving some of the poorest residents in the state.

The grants are largely designed to slash avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room visits 25 percent by the year 2020, and also ensure the financial sustainability of safety net healthcare providers, explained New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

Eventually, more than $ 4.5 billion in costs would be shifted to states, counties and hospitals that act as safety net over the next four years.

Another bill passed unanimously in both houses would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

But it paves the way for an all - out lobbying effort from activists and labor unions such as DC - 37 and the New York State Nurses Association, which argue that the current definition of safety net is overly broad and that dozens of hospitals, which serve the state's poorest residents, are unable to survive on the current Medicaid rates.

The bill, which passed unanimously in both chambers last June, would have narrowed the definition of a safety net to include: a public hospital, with the exception of SUNY; a federally designated critical access or sole community hospital; or a hospital that has at least 50 percent of its patients uninsured or on Medicaid, 40 percent of its inpatient population covered by Medicaid, not more than 25 percent of its discharges using commercial insurance, and at least 3 percent of its patients uninsured.

«Our hospitals need to qualify for safety net funding so they can continue providing necessary care to low - income and uninsured families here.

The legislation, which passed unanimously and now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk, would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

All the while, hospitals in New York — especially «safety net» facilities that serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid and uninsured patients — have been losing money year after year.

Brookdale and Jamaica also enjoy the designation as low - income - neighborhood «safety net» hospitals — the medical equivalent of «too big to fail» banks.

Last week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, laid out his vision, which also includes cuts to preschool programs, hospitals, tourism and the social services safety net.

«Since it's been closed I've seen the pain and suffering of the community that doesn't have their safety net,» said Jane Karczynski, who worked as a nurse at the hospital for 28 years.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Researchers compared inpatient discharge data from Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey between 2004 and 2009 and identified minority - serving hospitals and safety - net hospitals in each state.

The findings were true even among safety - net hospitals, which often have an open - door policy to accept patients regardless of the ability to pay.

«Safety - net hospitals remain vital resource for minority patients following health reform.»

«While Massachusetts safety - net hospitals (many of which are minority - serving) received large cuts in payments with the idea that other hospitals would assume the care of previously uninsured patients, this study demonstrates the importance of securing the future of safety - net and minority - serving hospitals through policy - based interventions to assure the continued care of vulnerable and underserved patient populations.»

Included in the study were both for - profit and nonprofit hospitals, as well as safety - net and non-safety-net hospitals.

Lisa K. McIntyre, M.D., of the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and colleagues conducted a study that included 173 general surgical patients (91 men) who were identified as being unplanned readmissions within 30 days among 2,100 discharges (8 percent) at a Level I trauma center and safety - net hospital.

About 28 percent of the safety - net hospitals were financially weak in 2006.

He pointed out that many factors could be linked with a hospital being a safety net.