NYS Investigating ParCare Community Health Network Over Its Handling Of First Round Of COVID-19 Vaccine
CBS New York 12/28/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Mayor Bill de Blasio says more than 50,000 New Yorkers have already been vaccinated against COVID-19.
But as CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported Sunday, one health network is under scrutiny.
ParCare Community Health Network has been known to be a partner with the city and state in getting out public health messaging to Orthodox Jewish communities.
But now, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker says a criminal investigation of the company is underway.
There are six locations across Brooklyn, Manhattan and Rockland County.
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Cuomo announces stricter penalties for COVID-19 vaccine fraud as ParCare Community Health Network denies wrongdoing
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 28, 2020, 10:17pm EST
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says anyone who engages in coronavirus vaccine fraud could face up to a $1 million fine and lose their license.
The governor s announcement came after ParCare Community Health Network reportedly obtained coronavirus vaccine doses fraudulently.
Investigators say some of the doses, meant for health care workers and the elderly, may have went to the general public.
ParCare Community Health Network has previously posted on their Facebook page that they ve been authorized to distribute the COVID vaccine for people who fall under certain criteria and the vaccines will be made available on a first come, first serve basis.
The vaccine doses allegedly diverted for members of the public circumvent the state s plan to prioritize the inoculation of frontline healthcare professionals and residents of long-term care facilities, Zucker said Saturday. New York s initial rollout of the vaccine it still limited to hospitals and nursing homes. In an effort to fully cooperate with NYS DOH, we have proactively returned the vaccines pending the Department s review, ParCare said Monday morning.
ParCare Community Health Network - identified by the state as a provider in Orange County - services branches throughout a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods as well as the Upper East Side.
Black market vaccine prosecutions are already a thing
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Jazz ShawPosted at 3:01 pm on December 28, 2020
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Well, perhaps not “prosecutions” technically, but certainly investigations that might lead in that direction. The New York Post recently began looking into ParCare, a healthcare company with clinics in several New York City neighborhoods. They had been promoting the availability of the new Moderna COVID vaccine at their clinics and inviting people to sign up to get one. The problem was that ParCare wasn’t on the list of caregivers slated to receive the vaccines and they didn’t seem to be following the guidelines for who was to receive the vaccinations first. The media is describing these proceedings as a “criminal investigation” at this point, but that may prove to be rather complicated if things move toward an actual prosecution.