Cuomo makes last-minute budget push at behest of hospitals
Mar. 29, 2021 - Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, broke down the last-minute push to include budget language that would overhaul the process of approving non-emergency procedures in hospitals
The fallout from Cuomo’s pandemic powers and secretiveness
Feb. 19, 2021 - There’s been a flurry of information coming out about the state’s response to COVID-19 in nursing homes. We outlined the information with Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire Center for
Medicaid spending grows unabated, despite fiscal challenges
Jan. 28, 2021 - What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the state’s Medicaid spending? Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, helped make sense of the numbers.
Deciphering New York’s COVID-19 statistics
Oct. 29, 2020 - Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, gave us a primer on the disconnect in COVID-19 positivity rates and infection rates.
Cuomo admin sued for shielding COVID-19 nursing home records
Sept. 29, 2020 - The Empire Center for Public Policy is suing the Cuomo administration’s Department of Health over its withholding of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19. Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire
New York regulators dismiss COVID-19 concerns of health insurers
Aug. 19, 2020 - The state has approved insurance rates for the upcoming year. The Empire Center for Public Policy’s Director of Health Policy Bill Hammond helped make sense of the numbers and the impact this will have
July 1, 2020: New York enters uncharted territory in fight against COVID-19
The Capitol Pressroom · July 1, 2020: New York enters uncharted territory in fight against COVID-19 At a recent press briefing, Governor Cuomo unveiled a mountain sculpture that symbolized the path New York climbed during COVID-19. Bill Hammond, Director
Apr 1, 2020: New York’s slice of federal COVID19 aid
Bill Hammond, Director of Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, will explain how New York State fared from the federal COVID-19 financial package and more.
Feb. 13, 2020: Recapping the first Medicaid Redesign Team meeting
The second iteration of the Medicaid Redesign Team has started their work to find potential cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. Bill Hammond, Director of Health Policy at the Empire Center for Public Policy, will be in the
December 26, 2019: Top 2019 Stories: Medicaid shortfall
We took a look at how the state managed its Medicaid spending. The 2020 budget battle will be defined by how the state responds to a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall which was caused in part by Medicaid payments.
