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About Us
This site is made possible in part by grants from the New York State Office for Aging and the New York Community Trust. We are also grateful to Western New York Law Center for hosting the site.
This site is the product of the work of a group of legal services attorneys and paralegals who work in...
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How to use this website
Welcome to the NY Health Access website!
This site is intended to serve as a constantly evolving resource for advocates, caregivers, and consumers on public health insurance programs in New York State.
What this site isn't
There are some types of questions this site can't answer. Here...
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Useful Websites and Phone Numbers
STATEWIDE RESOURCES
ADAP (AIDS Drugs Assistance Program): 1-800-542-2437
Ayuda Legal NY: Encuentra asistencia legal gratuita en Nueva York, aprendas de sus derechos legales, obtenga información sobre las cortes, y mucho más.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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Public Health Insurance Programs in New York State
These materials include an overview of public health insurance programs in New York and in-depth information on Medicaid managed care.
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Medicaid 101: Eligibility for Public Health Insurance in New York State
This article describes New York's Medicaid and related programs and lays out financial eligibility rules in an outline format with citations to federal law, state law, and sub-regulatory resources. It also explores the federal underpinnings for New York's major public health insurance programs...
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Getting Started in Charity Care
Overview
Charity care refers to free or low cost care provided by hospitals to uninsured or underinsured patients. New York State has provided significant state funding to hospitals for charity care since 1983, but it wasn't until 2007 that hospitals were actually required to...
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Language Access Services in Health Care Settings
Federal and State laws prohibit national origin discrimination against limited english proficient (LEP) individuals when they are provided health care services. New York also has specific protections for LEP individuals that require language interpreters in hospital settings. There are many...
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Tool Kit for Community Health Centers: Helping Patients Access Health Care Coverage
The tool kit you will find at the link below was created by the Empire Justice Center with funding from the New York State Health Foundation. The tool kit is designed to guide community health center staff in their efforts to help patients access public health insurance or other kind of help...
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Access for People with Disabilities
People with disabilities may confront additional barriers to accessing health care. Barriers to enrolling in public health care programs like Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child Health Plus include transportation issues, physical access issues, and failures on the part of local districts...
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