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Health department: Hundreds of thousands of personal assistants still not done with signup process in state transition
There are actually far fewer active, working personal assistants with the new company slated to run New York's Medicaid-funded Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program than the state Department ...
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CDPAP update: NYSDOH with 87% consumer registration reported, counter rally planned Monday
NEW YORK (WRGB) — The New York State Department of Health provided an update Monday ... 87% of CDPAP consumers have completed their registration with PPL. RELATED:CDPAP payments to start ...
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DOJ Files a Statement of Interest in a Federal Lawsuit Against the NY Department of Health and Court Issues a Preliminary Injunction
As previously discussed, in Engesser v. McDonald, a class of Medicaid beneficiaries who receive personal care and home care services through ...
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Families sue funeral home over shocking burial mix-up discovered watching live stream
has been named in nearly 100 lawsuits and was cited by New York City for 82 violations last year. The Department of Health was considering fines and potential registration revocation. "This was no ...
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Saratoga County Department of Health transitions to full-service, local department
The Saratoga County Department of Health has transitioned into a full-service health department. Saratoga County began to ...
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NY health department advises travelers to get MMR vaccine amid measles concerns
The New York State Department of Health is encouraging New Yorkers planning to travel internationally or to states with measles outbreaks to get their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination ...
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10,000 Federal Health Workers to Be Laid Off
Kennedy Jr. announced a major restructuring of the Health and Human Services Department, which now employs about 82,000 people. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett The Trump administration ...
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U.S. health department to slash 10K jobs under Kennedy’s overhaul plan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, it said on Thursday, a major overhaul of the department under ...
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NY health agencies expect to lose $300M in federal COVID-era funds
A federal order to slash pandemic funding six months early apparently took New York health officials ... announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the state Department ...
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Kennedy announces Health Department job cuts; local depts. worry over loss of expertise, funding
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Job cuts and closures are coming for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. President Donald Trump's administration is laying off over 10,000 workers and shutting down ...
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DOGE says it’s cutting nearly half a billion dollars from Kentucky, Indiana health departments
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New entries on the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) website show the agency plans on cutting nearly half a billion dollars from state health department grants in ...
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Lawmakers want to make changes to NY's home care program
Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, D-Brooklyn, said she wants to change how the state runs the Consumer Directed Personal ...