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Key stakeholders issued the following statements regarding a bipartisan letter led by Congressmen Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., and Tom Suozzi and 148 of their colleagues to the Biden administration demanding that the Interim Final Rule for Surprise Billing reflect the landmark No Surprises Act as written:. We agree with these bipartisan Congressional leaders...

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The Healthcare Association of New York State launched a new marketplace to connect its...

Thousands of healthcare workers in New York received at least one vaccine dose as the statewide mandate neared.

The Times Union is marking the 10th anniversary of its annual Top Workplaces report. This...

May 04, 2021 — The New York State Legislature approved measures that will require hospitals and nursing homes to meet minimum staffing levels of nurses and other health care staff. Measures mandating minimum staffing at health care facilities have been around for several years, but the spotlight on stressed and understaffed hospitals and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic finally prompted the bill’s passage. Senate sponsor and Health Committee chair Gustavo Rivera spoke before the ...

Created: April 08, 2021 11:55 PM The New York State Nurses Association says they need more staffing at Ellis Hospital. They say nurses have filed nearly 300 complaints to hospital management over the last two years. “We’re constantly asked to do more with less and its getting increasingly harder,” said Denise D’Avella, a registered nurse at Ellis Hospital. Denise D’AVella works in the Cardiac Cath Lab at Ellis Medicine. She says staffing has been challenging. “Now it’s...

( Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding ...

The state Legislature will hold a hearing Thursday.

Absent a much larger workforce, rigid, statewide, government-mandated nurse staffing...