Sentences with phrase «of 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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

«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.»

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.

However, the financial gap between the safety - net hospitals and the non-safety-net hospitals continues to widen in terms of their total profit.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP) runs one of the largest spay / neuter clinics in the country and also the largest safety - net veterinary hospital between Orlando, FL and Atlanta, GA..

Among other programs currently available to these pet owners are the Safety Net / Pets for Life NYC program, low - cost vet care at the Humane Society of New York Veterinary Hospital in Manhattan, and the Bensonhurst Low Cost Animal Clinic in Brooklyn.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets runs one of the largest spay / neuter clinics in the country and also the largest safety - net veterinary hospital in the Southeast U.S..

Screen patients for eligibility of Mass Health, Health Safety Net, Connector Care, or in - hospital financial assistance and assisting in completing applications

In order to serve all the women currently obtaining contraceptive services at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide, other types of safety - net family planning providers would have to increase their client caseloads by 47 %, on average.2 Federally qualified health center (FQHC) sites offering contraceptive care, hospital sites and others would have to increase their capacity by more than half (see chart 1).2 Sites operated by public health departments nationwide would have to increase their contraceptive client caseloads by a lesser proportion.

There are also concerns that proposed changes to mainstream programs such as increased co-payments and safety net threshold in health, reduced Commonwealth funding for public hospitals, increased costs for higher education, and changes to the collection of census data will have a disproportionate impact on Indigenous Australians.

Thankfully baby and I are safe and healthy but the move and hospital bills and oh my the market place insurance I had to buy for us cost us so much of our safety net.