Advocates for people over the age of 50 are saying that New York State is failing to protect our most vulnerable in long-term care facilities. In a recently released letter, AARP says under the Federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to operate what's called the "Long Term Care Ombudsman Program."
The refusal of Republican state lawmakers to expand Medicaid in Florida has been a decadelong frustration for health care advocates and others in a state where 2.4 million people have no health insurance. Expanding the federal program, which provides health insurance to low-income and disabled people, would make an estimated 900,000 Floridians eligible, or more than 4% of the state’s population.
Tower Health on Wednesday laid off 52 people from its corporate staff as the West Reading-based nonprofit health system shrinks through hospital closures and the pending sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital.
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Chief Finance Officer Mark Robinson told its board of directors Nov. 4 that several factors have led the hospital to potentially file for bankruptcy, which include returning over $12 million to the state this fiscal year, the Anthem Blue Cross reimbursement dispute and the delayed supplemental payments totaling $13 million to the hospital from the state.
The state is on track to begin construction of a $49 million, 24-bed forensic hospital next to the state hospital early next spring or summer, but it’s going to cost about $5,757,000 more than expected due to inflation, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Kent Thompson, Chief Financial Officer at Hugh Chatham said, "Pursuing an integrated, single architecture, and high-functioning health record system is essential in accelerating our journey toward becoming the nation’s best community healthcare system. We are pleased to report that Hugh Chatham has now entered into an agreement with Cerner to make this a reality."