STATE CAN BOUNCE ESPADA NETWORK FROM MEDICAID: JUDGE
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
A Bron judge on Thursday upheld the Cuomo administration’s decision to dump ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada’s Bronx health care network from the Medicaid program.
The decision could spell the end for Espada’s Soundview Health Care Network because Medicaid bucks account for some 70% of its funding.
MEDICAID CHANGES UPSET BRONX HOME AIDE PROGRAMS
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
A handful of Bronx home attendant programs are shutting down this month due to changes in New York’s Medicaid system.
Christian Community in Action is folding in response to the changes championed by Gov. Cuomo, and the shutdowns are provoking anxiety among home attendants and their clients.
“I love my job,” said Carmen Ramos, 56, who has worked at Christian Community for 17 years. “It hurts to see the agency close. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
