Bensonhurst
Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Coney Island Hospital scored top marks for their commitment to equitable care for LGBT patients this year — earning them recognition as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality [http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/healthcare-equality-index]” from the country’s largest largest lesbian, gay,
brooklyn hospital
Photo via Methodist Hospital [https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkMethodistHospital/photos/pb.107500212624098.-2207520000.1445824739./597242326983215/?type=3&theater] On a scale of one to five stars, Brooklyn’s 13 hospitals all came in at one or two stars, according to the latest Hospital Compare results [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/
budgets
Maimonides Medical Center. (Source: Google Maps)Maimonides Medical Center [http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/Home.aspx] — one of the borough’s most stable hospitals — is experiencing unusual mid-year losses, reports [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150803/HEALTH_CARE/150809992/one-of-brooklyns-most-stable-hospitals-reports-an-unusual-midyear#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=
CareConnect
Photo via Google Maps [http://249h5a3bi10p1rwb5p3rw25l.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Maimonides.png] The deadline for applying for New York State Marketplace [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/] health coverage has come and gone, but it may not be too late to sign up and avoid penalties for being uninsured.
Brooklyn District Attorney
UPDATE 2/13/17: This story has been updated to remove a name of an individual against whom all charges have been dismissed as of November 30, 2016. Several Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach healthcare professionals were indicted today following a massive undercover healthcare fraud investigation. The 199-count indictment, which names
ambulance
Screenshot of video by Kimberly Conner & Ashley LewisBy Kimberly Conner In medical emergencies, every second counts. Michael Marquez, corporate president of Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance Service [http://www.nycservice.org/organizations/1592] (8310 17th Avenue), says that language barriers are common obstacles facing emergency medical workers serving the local community.
blue wolf capital partners
With the closure of Long Island College Hospital [http://www.downstate.edu/lich/], the precarious existence of Interfaith Medical Center [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140326/HEALTH_CARE/140329916/interfaith-medical-center-files-plan-to-exit-bankruptcy] , and the overall 50% drop in number of borough hospitals [http://nycitylens.com/2014/10/who-should-mourn-for-long-island-college-hospital/] since the 1980s, much
Affordable Care Act
A great reminder from Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/apply-for-healthcare-before-march-31st/]: Monday, March 31 is the last day to get insured under the Affordable Care Act [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/?gclid=CMr8i9W0nL0CFSwdOgod1k8AaQ] for 2014–so if you have not yet signed up but would like to receive accessible coverage
health plans
This coming Tuesday, October 1, local elected officials will join Affinity Health [http://www.affinityplan.org] to celebrate the launch of New York State of Health: The Official Health Plan Marketplace [http://www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov], the new health benefit exchange established under the Affordable Care Act [http://www.hhs.
flu season
Source: Marvin Nauman via Wikimedia CommonsOn Thursday, September 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Assemblyman William Colton has arranged for representatives from Coney Island Hospital to adminster free flu shots at in a mobile van in front of his office at 155 Kings Highway, between West 12th
Affordable Care Act
Source: Matt H. Wade via Wikimedia CommonsWhen the news first broke of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the measure, news channels were were reporting from opposite sides of the spectrum [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/06/supreme-court-health-care-ruling-cnn--wrong-/1#.T-0uEbVYvw4] . The responses from local politicians were
health insurance
RambergMedialImages via FlickrGovernor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget for 2012-2013 includes legislation that would create something called the New York Health Benefit Exchange. The exchange would create a “centralized marketplace for health insurance” that, according to its proponents, will result in increased coverage and reduced costs for New Yorkers – especially