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This week’s Dose might look brief, but it’s big on the latest news out of Washington DC regarding New York’s Medicaid Waiver Application.

In this week’s Dose, in addition to the usual links to important updates and the latest news on health issues brewing through out the state, we are including the link to our ‘Prescriber Prevails’ survey. If you haven’t completed it yet, please take the time now to click on the link and provide us your input. We also would appreciate it, if you would share the link with your members. Thank you.

This week we have links to coverage of the recent NY State Senate public hearing regarding health insurance networks, a story on a basic health plan proposal in the Executive Budget as well as some interesting articles appearing in major dailies on union reaction to Obamacare and how obesity prevention measures need to start very early in a child’s life.

In this issue you will find a couple of new reports on the NYS health insurance exchange, data from the National Helpline, a report card from the American Lung Association and updates regarding Governor Cuomo’s budget release this week as well as a notice for an upcoming NYS Senate hearing on out of network health coverage.

Weekly Dose of Health News January 13 – 17 2014 We’re back with our first Weekly Dose of 2014. In this message, you will find a slightly changed format to provide you with shorter captions and links to the full articles. While many recent headlines focused on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and

Weekly Dose of Health News December 2 – 6, 2013 In this week’s summary you’ll find an update on New York’s Medicaid expansion, Q&A from Kaiser Health news on the new federal mental health parity rules and the Affordable Health Care Act and a link to the NYS Department of Health’s recent webinar on the status of the MRT Waiver Amendment.

This week’s summary is brief and early in order to get to you before the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday. But you’ll find an interesting op-ed from the NY Times regarding hormone replacement therapy and prescription drug access; a debate happening in Israel regarding genetic testing for breast cancer and a NPR blog entry on pilot programs for Obamacare.

  The Department of Health released the November Medicaid Update and it contains information on Medicaid prior authorization dose optimization, as well as a safety message on the Center for Disease Control’s campaign on use of single dose vs. multiple dose medication vials. Read the Update here: http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/update/2013/nov13_mu.pdf    

11/22/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on Gov. Cuomo’s decision to stay the course with the health exchange, why NY’s struggling hospitals are working hard to enroll consumers in Medicaid, controversy over a new cholesterol risk calculator, and more!

11/15/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find new guidelines for cholesterol treatment, Pres. Obama’s answer for individuals losing their insurance plans, positive news for NY’s exchange, and more!