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Quick Fix
— The New York state Public Health and Health Planning Council has approved Mount Sinai’s $1 billion plan to build a new Beth Israel hospital and a behavioral health center in downtown Manhattan.
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— Cuomo administration officials say they are working with local and federal counterparts to monitor possible cases of Wuhan coronavirus, including passengers being screened at airports and on a cruise ship in New York harbor.
— Disability rights advocates rally in Albany today to “save” the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance program.
Policy and Politics
GREEN LIGHT — POLITICO’s Amanda Eisenberg: The New York state Public Health and Health Planning Council has approved Mount Sinai’s $1 billion plan to build a new Beth Israel hospital and a behavioral health center in downtown Manhattan. The planning council’s approval this week for two certificates of need — required documents for big-ticket building items — gives the health system the green light to move forward with construction and consider public input on the project. “This transformation will allow us to continue serving the needs of downtown community for decades to come,” the health system said in a statement.
NY PREPS FOR WUHAN CORONAVIRUS — POLITICO’s Shannon Young: Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that state health officials are working with local and federal counterparts to monitor possible cases of coronavirus, including passengers being screened on a cruise ship docked in New York harbor. Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said the four individuals have been taken to University Hospital in Newark for observation, but none was experiencing symptoms consistent with coronavirus.
ADVOCATES TO RALLY FOR CDPA — Shannon reports: Hundreds of disability rights advocates will gather in Albany today to urge state lawmakers to “save” the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance program, which is expected to face new cuts as officials look to close New York’s Medicaid budget gap and curb future spending through the reconvened Medicaid Redesign Team. Bryan O’Malley, executive director of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York State, CDPA advocates and state lawmakers will rally at The Well in the Legislative Office Building. CDPAANYS has proposed a series of program overhauls to state budget officials that it argues could save New York more than $180 million “without harming services to the state’s most vulnerable residents.”
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Around New York
BUDGET HEARING — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and local leaders from across the state will testify before Senate and Assembly lawmakers today as the Legislature holds a public hearing on the local and general government portions of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Fiscal Year 2021 executive budget. De Blasio and others have raised concerns about the governor’s proposed changes to the local share of Medicaid.
UNDER QUARANTINE — Syracuse.com reports: “A second Cornell University student is in isolation after presenting symptoms on Sunday that met criteria for the Coronavirus, Cornell university officials said Friday.”
TURNING TO YOGA — An Amherst mental health counseling center is using yoga to help bridge the “mind-body gap,” The Buffalo News reports.
FLU SEASON — Syracuse.com reports: “The flu is hitting Central New York harder than any other part of the state. Nearly 140 laboratory-confirmed cases per 100,000 people were reported in Central New York last week, according to the state Health Department. That is significantly higher than rates in other regions.”
OP-ED — Jake Sporn, a political and media consultant at Tusk Strategies, writes in a New York Daily News op-ed that “those running to be Manhattan’s next DA in 2021 will need to demonstrate they have the vision — and more importantly, the experience — needed to break the office’s culture and build a new one that is more accountable and transparent, and seeks to work with victims to ensure they are heard.”
Pharma Report
EMERGENCY APPROVAL — Reuters reports: “Biotechnology company Novacyt has applied for emergency approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as it races to roll out a product that tests for the coronavirus, the company said on Friday. Novacyt, which is listed in Paris and London, also said it was in talks with public sector hospitals in Britain.”
LET’S MAKE A DEAL — Massachusetts’s Medicaid program has reached a deal with Zolgensma, one of the most expensive drugs on the market, under which it will pay nearly $2 million for each infusion, but only if it works, WBUR reports.
What We're Reading
VAPE DEATH QUESTIONS — The Wall Street Journal reports that the relatives of Americans who are suspected to have died from vaping-related lung illnesses are "going to great lengths to find out what happened."
WORSE THAN SARS? — The Associated Press reports: "China’s virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread may be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease."
PANGOLINS A POSSIBLE CAUSE? NOT SO FAST — Despite new research suggesting that the Wuhan coronavirus may have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, some experts have questioned the findings. Independent researchers argued Friday that the evidence is not scientific and noted it “has not been published, other than by a university press release,” Reuters reports.
UNDER INVESTIGATION — NPR reports: “China says it has launched an investigation into ‘issues’ related to the death on Friday of a doctor whose early efforts to alert his colleagues to the dangers of a new coronavirus were quashed by authorities.”
SEEKING ADVICE — A 4-year-old Colorado boy died from the flu last week after his mother sought advice from a Facebook group titled “Stop Mandatory Vaccination," noting that she had declined to fill a prescription for Tamiflu, NBC News reports.
NO LAUGHING MATTER — A comic penned a personal essay in Elle about how her boyfriend lacked necessary health care, which contributed to his death. She’s advocating for “Medicare for All.”
STUCK WITH THE BILL — Kaiser Health News reports: “There is little research on how often women see surprise bills for IUDs, though an analysis of private insurance claims data suggests it’s not common. For those who are slapped with a fee, though, the prices are sky-high — and growing.”
PROFITS OVER SAFETY? — ProPublica reports: “Evenflo’s decision to keep the weight recommendation for its Big Kid booster low in the U.S. was emblematic of how the company — locked in a marketing battle with its biggest competitor — has repeatedly made decisions that resulted in putting children at risk. Not only did it sell its seats for children under 40 pounds, but Evenflo touted its Big Kid boosters as ‘SIDE IMPACT TESTED’ without revealing that its own tests showed a child seated in its booster could be in grave danger in such a crash.”
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