June is Pride Month, and CHCANYS would like to recognize all that New York’s FQHCs do every day to ensure that members of the LGBTQ community have access to high-quality, culturally-competent primary and preventive health care services. Click here to view photos of a few of the Pride celebrations that health centers have hosted and/or attended so far
CHCANYS is excited to announce the appointment of Rose Duhan as its new President and CEO. She succeeds Elizabeth Swain, who passed away last year.
Ms. Duhan most recently served as Assistant Secretary for Health in the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, where she oversaw policy and operations for the Departments of Health and Aging, including the Medicaid
The New York State FY 2017-18 budget was enacted on Sunday, April 9th, after the Governor and Legislature came to agreement on several outstanding issues. The final budget bill includes $54.4M in indigent care funding and $500M in Health Care Facility Transformation Funding (HCFTF), a minimum of $75M of which has been earmarked for community-based
The Assembly and Senate released their budget responses to the Governor’s budget proposal - known as one house bills – on Monday, March 13. CHCANYS is still reviewing the bills and will provide a more detailed summary soon; in the meantime, please note the following hightlights:
Indigent Care Funding Neither the Assembly nor the Senate
The proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act unveiled this week by House Republicans and supported by President Trump puts the health care of millions of New Yorkers – and tens of millions of Americans – at risk.
The Community Health Care Association of New York (CHCANYS) and New York’s federally qualified health centers
On the largest advocacy day in its history, the Community Health Care Association of NYS (CHCANYS) and 900 community health care supporters told Albany lawmakers and the Cuomo administration that New York’s health care safety net is at risk.
“If the state is going to meet its health care transformation goals, our community health providers need
Treating people for free or for very little money has been the role of community health centers across the U.S. for decades. In 2015, 1 in 12 Americans sought care at one of these clinics; nearly 6 in 10 were women, and hundreds of thousands were veterans.
The community clinics — now roughly 1,300-strong — have also expanded in recent years to
CHCANYS Assistant Director of Policy Lacey Clarke testified at a joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Legislative Hearing on the health and Medicaid sections of the 2017-18 New York State Executive Budget on Thursday, February 16. During her presentation, Ms.Clarke highlighted the need for a $20M increase in indigent care funding for FQHCs and