Health

     Assisted Living
 
     Breastfeeding,  Mother's Right to under NY Law   

     Hospital Profiles       DOH Information      

     HMO's.

     Rights of HMO enrollees  -NY Insurance Department   

     Long Term Care Insurance - Long term Care Partnership

     "Physician Profiling" Database about NY's doctors  

     Nursing Homes

     Flu Shortage  

     West Nile Virus   
    
Summary of Significant Health Laws
        
        *1996-2000

        *2001-2004

        *Health Laws 2004 Legislative Session

        *Health Laws 2005 Legislative Session

       *Health Laws 2006 Legislative Session

        *Health Laws 2007 Legislative Session
 
       *Womens' Health Initiatives: Laws
 

Graduate Medical Education  (GME)

    An important concept for the quality of care
and teaching of future doctors. Its financing, through
the HECRA health care financing program, is
intricate yet vital to NY's health care system. as
significant funds from the Federal government
flow to NY hospitals for the services associated
with the medical educational process.

    Here's a speech I gave on the topic
at the NY Academy of Science on
Graduate Medical Education.  Speech

Hospital Financing

Webcast on Hospital Pricing

Beyond the $10 Aspirin: How Well does Our Hospital
 Financing System Work?  1/24/2006
       [click on above and type in "Beyond the $10 Aspirin" in
         the Quick Search slot]

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