Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert are urging everyone six months and older to receive a flu vaccine as cases of influenza (flu) rise across the state. The Health Department will be offering a special flu vaccine clinic in Haverstraw on Thursday, February 22 from 4 – 6 p.m. […]
Statements below from representatives of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and the Marijuana Policy Project A bipartisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York’s medical marijuana program passed the Senate Health Committee 15-1 on Tuesday. S 5629 is sponsored by Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and co-sponsored by […]
PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County has saved nearly $7 million in Medicaid expenses by rooting out fraud, County Executive Ed Day has announced. “Medicaid costs make up 55 percent of our county budget,” the County Executive said. “We owe it to the taxpayers to do all we can to make sure this program is being used […]
BY SALLY C. PIPES United States Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently said “that if you want a healthier population, looking at the opportunity to expand Medicaid has got to be a piece of the puzzle.” Expansion of Medicaid — the jointly run federal-state health plan for low-income Americans — has long been […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), chairman of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that prescriber prevails protections have been restored for atypical antipsychotic drugs and drug classes within Medicaid fee for services in the final Health Budget. In addition, it has been restored for eight additional drug classes, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Legislature held a discussion on February 26 on upcoming updates to fully-electronic record-keeping systems within the Department of Health in line with federal Medicaid protocol. Town of Orangetown Councilman and Assistant Director of MIS Application Development at Camp Venture Denis Troy presented a general overview of the project, which […]