The NYC Law Department, which runs the city’s insurance program, has been cited over 10,000 times for legal infractions each year since the pandemic.
New York’s home care workers are suing insurance companies for systematically underpaying them for grueling, around-the-clock work.
One Brighton Beach property connects political donations, Medicaid scams, and a Turkish charity
Suozzi’s unreported financial interest in a promising healthcare startup highlights blurred lines between politics and profit.
A proposal from state Senator Andrew Gounardes would send some new parents $1,800 in the third trimester of pregnancy.
New financial disclosures show when Mujica began consulting for the Greater New York Hospital Association.
New rules from the Biden administration require water utilities to replace all lead pipes. That could cost New York $2.5 billion or more, kicking off a fight over who pays.
More counties are turning to private corporations to run medical care in jails. The companies have deadly track records.
Medicare Advantage plans are spreading across upstate New York, despite a reputation for denying care. In Cortland County, retirees kept it at bay.
In rural school districts where doctors are hard to find, in-school telehealth services seemed like a good solution. Then New York state stopped funding them.
Hochul’s proposed Medicaid cuts include $125 million from Health Homes, a program that connects the neediest New Yorkers with medical care, food assistance, and more.
Stark disparities in access to life-saving medication for opioid addiction persist between facilities — and racial groups.
New York legislators have a plan to claim billions in federal funding for health care, driving a fight between industry groups.
The former budget director’s role may break a law meant to keep ex-state employees from monetizing insider knowledge.
While the nonprofit Greater New York Hospital Association lobbied, a lucrative for-profit arm may have run up costs for hospitals.
In the New York City teachers union, anger over a plan to privatize retiree health care could send a longshot campaign over the edge.
Hochul’s budget would level off funding for addiction treatment — and use opioid settlement funds to fill the gaps.
The average New Yorker has to travel nearly 10 miles to access methadone, a New York Focus analysis found. Upstate, they have to go even further.
The governor has neglected to announce a public emergency over the increasingly deadly opioid epidemic. Observers are perplexed.
Police training materials link the discredited “excited delirium syndrome” to synthetic marijuana use.