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News and HighlightsNews and Highlights is provided to our visitors as a concise collection of major studies and findings that relate to health care public policy debates on cost, quality and access in New York State. We have provided links for your convenience in pursuing subjects of interest.
Important Health UpdatesPlugged In To Health - Jan. 23 2012NYSCOP News and Press ReleasesGovernor’s 30-Day Amendments Include Health Tax Increase
Medicaid Redesign Team Passes Proposal to Increase Health Taxes
NYSCOP Report on Health Insurance Taxes
New York’s Privately Insured Pay More Than $4.1 Billion in Taxes and Fees on Health Insurance
NYSCOP: Reinstating Prior Approval a Mistake
NYSCOP Opposes Bill to Establish Parity between Intravenous and Oral Chemotherapy Treatments
Health Insurers Are Vital to New York’s Economy
Relevant News and InformationHealth Headlines Healthy Chat Excellus' commercial health plan ranked in top 20 nationally Drug legislation sparks opposition Independent, mail-order pharmacies battle over drug legislation Initiative aims to attract primary care doctors to Rochester area Area malpractice insurance rates lowest in state Excellus BCBS Issues Facts About the Costs of Medical Malpractice Coverage Excellus report: Upstate docs pay a lot less than downstate docs for malpractice insurance Report: Malpractice insurance rates for area doctors lowest in state Report outlines differences in medical malpractice premiums Local efforts key to health savings June 2011 - Empire Newsletters Capitol Briefings May 2011 Vole 7 No 5 New law takes effect statewide for terminally ill Sessions set to explain Excellus Medicare plans Excellus Medicare reps to answer questions Health care law tough pill to swallow for House members Buerkle and Reed Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Its Foundation Commit Over $1.5M in 2010 Excellus grant helps pay for asthma program in schools Telethon to aid Rescue Mission WellPoint Pledges More than $6 Million to Charities in November National Influenza Vaccination Week National Influenza Vaccination WeekNearly 2 million New York state adults are informal caregivers Nearly 2 million New York state adults are informal caregivers WellPoint Recognized as a Top Employer by Three National Publications Help offered with Medicare enrollment Sleep study reveals unrest WellPoint Programs Win Three URAC Awards White House Will Delay W-2 Insurance Reporting Requirement Urgent care bridges gap between doctor's offices and ERs Excellus donates six defibrillators to county Department of Disinformation: Sebelius tells a North Carolina fairy tale. Upstate NY Breast Cancer Facts and Mammography Screening Rates Highlight a New Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Report Excellus BlueCross BlueShield earns in-print award using Kodak Nexpress Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield breast cancer report Excellus Contracts MedImpact for Pharmacy Benefit Services Save lives, time and money by e-prescribing WLTW & EMPIRE BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD LAUNCH 'HEALTH MOVEMENT' PROGRAM FOR NEW YORKERS Kaiser Family Foundation Launches Online Health Reform Source to Explain, Analyze and Track the New Law's Implementation Report: Obesity hurts your wallet and your health Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Develops Federal Policy Recommendations Aimed At Combating Childhood Obesity WellPoint Receives Two Diversity Awards Health-Insurance Changes for 2011
Excellus: CNY stroke care cost $36 million over three-year period
For additional archived News & Information, please click hereExcellus BlueCross BlueShield Report finds that 127,000 upstate New York adults survived a stroke Governor Paterson Names Advisory Committee to Help Health Care Reform Cabinet Douglas Golding: E-prescribing should be the norm for physicians
The population of older Americans is growing faster than ever and living longer than ever.
BCBSA Statement On Annual Enrollment Periods For Children With Preexisting Conditions
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Companies Nationwide Team Up With Special Olympics
Study Clarifies a Depression Risk
Health Care Publication and ReportsAmerican Medical News Health Affairs Journal of the American Medical Association New England Journal of Medicine Annals of Internal Medicine ClinicalTrials.gov Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in the United States |
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