Health Equity Impact Assessment rules adopted
NY health advocates applaud new health equity impact assessment lawAffected communities will be consulted when health facilities want to reduce, eliminate services Download this statement here. Statewide health advocacy coalitions applauded today’s state adoption of...
Consumer advocates, community members, NYC public hospitals, unions unite for equitable distribution of safety-net hospital funding
Medicaid Matters has joined with other health care consumer advocacy groups, community members across the state, NYC Health + Hospitals, and labor representatives to call for equitable distribution of safety-net hospital funding. Our one-pager, including the...
Community members deserve notice, opportunity to comment when a hospital plans to close
Medicaid Matters supports the bill by Assembly Member JoAnne Simon and Senator Brian Kavanagh that would require advance notice and opportunity for public comments when a hospital or a significant portion of a hospital's services plans to close. Download the...
Advocates urge Governor to sign Health Equity Assessment bill
Community Voices for Health System Accountability and its participants call on Governor Hochul to sign the Health Equity Assessment bill. The bill would require that Certificate of Need (CON) applications include an independent, community-based assessment of the...
Advocates applaud passage of Health Equity Assessment bill
Health Equity Assessment Bill Receives Final NYS Legislative Passage Health advocacy groups across New York State today applauded state Assembly action Tuesday night giving final legislative passage to S1451a, the Health Equity Assessment Bill. The bill, which had...
Renewed push for equity in the Indigent Care Pool
Several advocacy groups, along with NYC Health + Hospitals and labor unions, continue to push for redistribution of the Indigent Care Pool (ICP). Over $1 billion in Medicaid funds are allocated to hospitals across the state, and advocates believe the funding should be...
Joint statement: Guarantee the Survival of the Healthcare Safety Net
Medicaid Matters joined NYC Health + Hospitals, labor unions, the Commission on the Public's Health System, the Community Service Society of NY, and many other groups and organizations to advance the following priorities to protect safety-net hospitals: Target...
Post-budget advocacy to protect safety-net hospitals
The 2020-2021 enacted state budget allows the Governor to make mid-year budget cuts, outside the usual legislative process. Advocates support the agenda of NYC Health + Hospitals to protect safety-net hospitals.
Hospital charity care funding
For far too long, hospital indigent care pool funding – also referred to as hospital charity care funding – has been allocated in a way that does not tie the money to actual services to low-income people. As part of the 2018-19 state budget agreement, the NYS...