NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the NY State Department of Financial Services to direct health insurers to provide cash flow relief to, and ease administrative burdens on, New York State hospitals in response to COVID-19. Relief provided to hospitals during the pandemic includes insurers’ immediate payment of outstanding accounts receivables, suspension of preauthorization requirements […]
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Why Are More Men Dying With Covid-19?
BRONX — Researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may have solved a mystery surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic: Why men infected by the virus generally show more severe symptoms and are more likely than women to die from COVID-19. In collaboration with the Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Mumbai, India, the scientists showed for the first […]
Bloomberg to Fund Meals for NYC Health+Hospitals
NEW YORK — Bloomberg Philanthropies is teaming with World Central Kitchen to provide fresh daily meals for the 30,000 healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic at NYC Health + Hospitals’ 11 acute care hospitals and five post-acute long-term care facilities across the city’s five boroughs. Mike Bloomberg’s $6 million gift makes it possible for World […]
Feds Pay Out $30 Billion to Aid Hospitals
The federal government is providing $30 billion in immediate aid to hospitals across the country. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is beginning the delivery of the initial $30 billion in relief funding to providers in support of the national response to COVID-19 as part of the distribution of the $100 billion provider […]
Partnership to Provide Free Supplies to Healthcare Workers
NEW YORK –The Debra and Leon Black Family and Aramark, the world’s largest U.S.-based provider of food, facilities and uniforms, have created “NYC Healthcare Heroes,” a city-wide philanthropic program to support the heroic efforts of the more than 100,000 New York City healthcare professionals on the front lines combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The program – […]
DoorDash to Give Free Meals to Mt. Sinai Employees
NEW YORK — DoorDash, the nation’s leading food delivery service, announced a partnership with Mount Sinai Health System in New York City to donate free DashPass subscriptions offering unlimited free delivery fees to its 42,000 healthcare employees, including first responders, medical personnel and hospital staff. As part of this program, DoorDash has also teamed up […]
Feds Sending 1,000 Healthcare Workers to NY
The federal government is sending 1,000 personnel to New York State, including doctors, nurses, respiratory technicians and therapists, to help the state’s overwhelmed hospital systems. The first 325 personnel were deployed to the New York City hospital system over the weekend. The USNS Comfort medical ship is docked on the West Side of Manhattan and […]
Hospital Ship Brings Comfort to NYC
(Photo: The USNS Comfort is escorted by U.S. Coast Guard, New York Police Department and New York Fire Department as it sails below the Verrrazano Bridge as the ship arrives in in New York City. NEW YORK — The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in New York City Monday in support […]
Temporary Hospital Completed at Javits Center
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (photo above) announced that the first 1,000-bed temporary hospital is now complete at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the West Side of Manhattan. This temporary hospital site is part of the Governor’s goal of having a 1,000-plus patient overflow facility in each NYC borough as well as Westchester, Rockland, […]
Javits Center Converted to Emergency Hospital
The Jacob Javits Center on the West Side of Manhattan is NY’s largest convention center but is being converted into an emergency hospital to deal with an expected overflow of coronavirus patients. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has started to build a 1,000-bed temporary hospital at Javits that will help increase New York’s hospital […]
Northwell Health to Defer Payments for Patients
NEW HYDE PARK, NY — Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and the state’s largest private employer, announced that it would delay payments with zero percent interest for a minimum of 60 days for those patients who receive medical services and have been financially impacted with the loss of a job, lost wages […]
NYU Opening New Inpatient Facility
NEW YORK — This Sunday, NYU Langone Health will open the doors to a new inpatient facility, the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion, adding significantly to the healthcare space in New York City and offering private rooms for all patients. The building includes Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital—34th Street, the first children’s hospital built in […]