NYSDOH NEW WHITEBOARD VIDEO: CBOs AND VBP In the latest video in the whiteboard series, “What CBOs Need to Know to Be Successful in VBP,” New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson describes the top 5 things that Community Based Organizations (CBOs) need to know in order to be successful in the move to Value-Based Payment (VBP). He
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Crain’s Health Pulse HEALTH DEPARTMENT ZOOMS IN ON LATINO HEALTH Latinos in New York City are less likely to have health insurance than other city residents, with 22% lacking coverage compared with 9% of all non-Latinos in the city, according to the city’s first major study on the health status of Latinos. The report, released Wednesday by the
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ACP Blog PROSTATE HEALTH: TO SCREEN OR NOT TO SCREEN by ACP CMO Dr. Diego Ponieman As every Primary Care Physician knows, men don’t like to go to the doctor. In Latin culture – and I’ve found this to be true with men of many cultures – a false sense of “machismo” gets in the
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OneCityHealth ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPEOneCity Health hosted 4 Listening Sessions to hear from our community-based organization (CBO) partners about the changing health care landscape. 41 participants representing 31 CBO’s attended the Listening Sessions. Direct from our partners, these are their experiences-to date, challenges, and expectations. Read the report… Health Affairs Blog WHY MEDICAID IS
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NPR CHASTENED LAWMAKERS AIM FOR SMALL, BIPARTISAN HEALTH CARE VICTORIESAfter Republicans in the Senate spectacularly failed to deliver on their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, a smaller group of lawmakers is trying a new approach: bring in the Democrats and aim low. It starts Wednesday when the Senate
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JAMA Forum OUR NEXT HEALTHCARE DEBATE It’s a perfect time to reflect on the national health policy debate over coverage. Not the one we’re having now, but the one we are destined to have some time in the 2020s. Going back at least as far as Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, once a decade or
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