New York, N.Y. - Healthcare veteran Brian McIndoe has been appointed President & CEO of the William F. Ryan Community Health Network in NYC. McIndoe has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Ryan Network for the past six years and previously held senior financial officer positions at acute care facilities in New Jersey. The New City, NY
The health center trust fund, which makes up more than half of all funding for the Health Center Program, will expire on September 30, 2015 unless Congress takes deliberate action to reauthorize it. This looming funding cut, otherwise known as the "Primary Care Funding Cliff," represents the biggest financial challenge that the Health Center Program has
In order to stop the Cliff, it is imperative for us to articulate how devastating this funding cut will be to our communities and illustrate its impact in local terms – the number of patients who will lose access to care and turn instead to emergency rooms, the number of jobs that will be lost, the negative economic “ripple effect” that
On Monday, March 2, more than 600 advocates - patients, staff and board members from community health centers across New York State - joined CHCANYS in Albany to meet with elected officials and stress the importance of increased financial and capital investment in community-based safety net providers, including FQHCs, whose work is integral to the State's
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget earmarks $1.4 billion for healthcare infrastructure: $700 million for central and east Brooklyn, $300 million for Oneida County and $400 for rural health facilities.
Yet key details remain vague, prompting questions from lawmakers and advocates about how the state’s healthcare dollars are being spent.
CHCANYS Senior Policy Director Beverly Grossman testified at a joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Legislative Hearing on the health and Medicaid sections of the 2015-16 New York State Executive Budget on Monday, February 2, 2015.
In her testimony, Ms. Grossman stressed the need for increased financial and capital investment in the
On January 21, 2015, Governor Cuomo delivered his annual “State of the State” address to the Legislature. At the same time, he introduced his FY 2015-16 Executive Budget proposal. For a summary of health care highlights, please click here.
An expanded summary of Executive Budget Highlights related to health and mental hygiene is available
Services and Advocacy for G.L.B.T. Elders, or SAGE, is opening its first senior center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Bronx on Wednesday as part of a $1.5 million, city-funded expansion of L.G.B.T.-focused senior programs and support services across the five boroughs. The Bronx center will operate five days a week from rented space