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NY State of Health Exchange Excludes Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plans

01/12/16 Update:  NYSDOH to add HIV Special Needs Plans to the Exchange January 15, 2016.  More information here: https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov This post is outdated. Newly enrolled Medicaid recipients residing in New York City must enroll in a Medicaid Managed Care Plan.   To do so online they visit the NY State of Health Exchange.  They then choose fromContinue reading “NY State of Health Exchange Excludes Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plans”

HIV SNP Enrollment Work Around 2015

01/12/16 Update: NYSDOH to add HIV Special Needs Plans to the Exchange January 15, 2016.  Learn more here: https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov This post is outdated.   This Work Around provided by the NYSDOH AIDS Institue and shared with Designated AIDS Center Medical and Administrative Directors. It is useful to all NYC HIV Primary Care Providers. Some ofContinue reading “HIV SNP Enrollment Work Around 2015”

Glossary of Terms in Healthcare Reform

Extracted from a presentation  delivered  by Courtney Burke, Deputy Secretary for Health, New York State at the New York Academy of Medicine dated April 30, 2015; Health Care Reform in New York State Fitting the Pieces Together toward the Triple Aim:  Better Care, Lower Costs, and Improved Health for All April 30, 2015 New York Academy ofContinue reading “Glossary of Terms in Healthcare Reform”

History of New York HIV Special Needs Plans

The following link is to a video presentation to doctoral students at New York Medical College March 2013 which provides a historical overview of HIV Special Needs Plans in New York.  Designing a Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plan in New York Eli Camhi, LMSW, Executive Director VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth In 2003 New York State Department of Health approved the goContinue reading “History of New York HIV Special Needs Plans”

2014 SNP Enrollment

HIV Special Needs Plans (HIV SNPs) are a vehicle for providing health care to HIV infected Medicaid patients in New York City.  For more information contact New York Medicaid Choice at 1-800-505-5678 or the following HIV SNPs: MetroPlus Partnership in Care Plan 1-800-303-9626 VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth 1-866-469-7774 Amida Care 1-800-556-0689 HIV Special Needs Plans haveContinue reading “2014 SNP Enrollment”

The Moral Test

Don Berwick’s video describes his understanding of  The Moral Test.  As governor of Massachusetts he intends to make the State a beacon for the nation in fulfilling the Moral Test. “The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilightContinue reading “The Moral Test”

2013 SNP Enrollment

HIV Special Needs Plans (HIV SNPs) are a vehicle for providing health care to HIV infected Medicaid patients in New York City.  For more information contact New York Medicaid Choice at 1-800-505-5678 or the following HIV SNPs: MetroPlus Partnership in Care Plan 1-800-303-9626 VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth 1-866-469-7774 Amida Care 1-800-556-0689 HIV Special Needs Plans have been operational sinceContinue reading “2013 SNP Enrollment”

2012 SNP Enrollment

HIV Special Needs Plans (HIV SNPs) are a vehicle for providing health care to HIV infected Medicaid patients in New York City.  For more information contact New York Medicaid Choice at 1-800-505-5678 or the following HIV SNPs: MetroPlus Partnership in Care Plan 1-800-303-9626 NewYork-Presbyterian System SelectHealth 1-866-469-7774 (ceased operations 06/01/2012) VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth 1-866-469-7774 (operational June 1, 2012)Continue reading “2012 SNP Enrollment”