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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 until early 2026. We are grateful to Selfhelp Community Services, which housed the Evelyn Frank Legal...
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 are...
Useful Websites and Phone Numbers
FEDERAL WEBSITES - government Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (Federal agency which oversees Medicare and Medicaid programs) also www.medicare.gov HealthCare.gov is a Federal government website in Spanish to provide consumers with both public and private health coverage...
Public Health Insurance Programs in New York State
Updated Public Health Insurance Programs in New York State (2023) These materials include an overview of public health insurance programs in New York and in-depth information on Medicaid managed care.
NYS Hospital Financial Assistance Law -- Hospitals Must Provide Charity Care Assistance Program
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 provide charity...
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...
Access to Health Care 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 to...
Know Your Rights: Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care
Below are various NYLAG Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care. To learn more about Managed Long Term Care, you can visit our New York Health Access article titled Managed Long Term Care. To view recordings of past webinars and presentations, you can visit our New York Health Access article titled...
Know Your Rights: NYLAG Trainings on Medicare, Medicaid, and Home Care
The Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program (EFLRP) regularly hosts trainings (via webinars and other presentations) that provide tools for the public to understand and navigate the complex world of Medicare and Medicaid in New York. Some of these trainings are via the NYLAG webinar account, and...
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