State and local governments have seen an increase in tax receipts following declines in 2008 and 2009, with total collections up more than 12 percent in nominal (unadjusted) dollars between the second quarter of 2009 and the third quarter of 2012, according to a report released this week from the… Read More →
As part of a continuing investigation into New York’s apparent misuse of federal Medicaid money, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee has asked the state to document how many undercover investigators it has employed since 2009 and provide information about its relationship with several health-care providers,... Read More →
The impact of federal sequester cuts are a risk to the state financial plan, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a report released this afternoon. The comptroller noted that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $136 billion proposed budget doesn’t include any specific actions to address the potential revenue loss. Another concern the… Read More →
The New York Health Department made $26 million in Medicaid overpayments and other questionable payments because its eMedNY claims processing computer system is flawed, an audit released by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli today found. The agency started using a new payment mechanism in eMedNY four years ago to gain more control over payments for… Read More →
A report approved by a House committee yesterday found that billions of federal funds are misspent on New York’s Medicaid program, including 15 executives at nonprofits that receive most of their funding from the health-care program for the poor and disabled who earned more $500,000 a year each, according to… Read More →
Reforms outlined in the Spending and Government Efficiency Commission’s final report on modernizing and rightsizing government today are expected to save more than $1.6 billion when fully implemented, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today. They also will improve services to residents and businesses and increase accountability, he said. The SAGE Commission, appointed in April… Read More →
Dr. David Brizer, a psychiatrist who practices in Rockland and Manhattan, was indicted in Rockland County Court today on 55 charges of selling prescriptions for oxycodone and other powerful pain medications to drug dealers from his offices, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today. He is also charged with illegally possessing controlled substances… Read More →
In advance of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal tomorrow, the Home Care Association of New York State released a report that shows state cuts to Medicaid, a health-care program for the poor and disabled, coupled with increasing costs in providing care, pushed home-care agencies “deeper into the red” in 2011…. Read More →
A state audit released today found that the state could save up to $20 million a year if the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision applied for federal Medicaid coverage for eligible inmates who need inpatient care. Medicaid, a health-care system for the poor and disabled, costs more than $1 billion… Read More →
Spending and enrollment growth in Medicaid, a health-care program for poor and disabled people, slowed “substantially” in the 2011-12 fiscal year across the country as states continued their work to control costs and the economy started to improve, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on… Read More →
