Sentences with phrase «safety net hospitals»

«Because of the unique role they play, many safety net hospitals are in dire financial condition,» he wrote.

«While this cushions the impact for hospitals losing funds, it also perpetuates a system that has historically short - changed [public hospitals],» city Comptroller Scott Stringer wrote in a 2015 report examining safety net hospitals in New York City.

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.

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.

First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP) has been awarded a $ 10,000 grant for the second straight year from the Banfield Foundation as part of their Veterinary Assistance Program to help the Cassat Regional Veterinary Hospital maintain its position as the region's leading safety net hospital.

«With safety net hospitals, the money has to follow the patients, and this legislation will do that,» Bové said.

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

Other safety net hospitals are «shortchanged» as well and the state is making up for that difference through direct and indirect subsidies, which the Cuomo administration is using to push these hospitals toward value - based purchasing.

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.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed legislation on New Year's Eve 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.

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

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

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.

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

These cuts will decimate New York's hospitals and fall hardest on its public and safety net hospitals that can least afford it:

Cuomo at the same time raised concerns over cuts to the Children's Health Insurance Program, which he called «worse» than the reduction to the safety net hospitals.

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.

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.

Long - planned reductions in federal aid to safety net hospitals will cost the state $ 2.6 billion when they're fully implemented.

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.

«It is not too strong to say that this would decimate the public and safety net hospitals in the state of New York,» Cuomo said.

«It is not too strong to say that this would decimate the public and safety net hospitals in the state of New York,» said Cuomo, who was joined by hospital officials to blast the impending cuts.