Patient Advocate Webinar Teach in – April 2023

TOPIC: National Emerging Drug Threats in the United States DATE: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM—11:00 AM SPEAKER: John L. Eadie is the Public Health and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) Project Coordinator   POWERPOINT PRESENTATION VIEW...

Patient Advocate Program Teach in – Recordings

Date: June 24 – TOPIC: Telehealth for Older Adults; Speaker: Dr. Michael Dinkels, Owner & chief clinician of Critical Care, Telemedicine PLLC View Recording FLYER Date: May 27 – TOPIC: The NEW Be Well Initiative. Speaker: Kathryn Provencher, Office of...

 NURSING HOMES PATIENTS’ RIGHTS ALERT

CMS issued guidance (1/18/2023) related to evidence of an increase in schizophrenia diagnoses following a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General that found there was a 194% increase in the number of residents diagnosed...

Budget Briefing on the NYS Office for the Aging Budget

Date: February 3, 2023.  10:00 AM;  REGISTER Governor Hochul will present her budget to the legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 1. StateWide will be reviewing the budget proposals and the impact on older New Yorkers in this briefing. We will host a second briefing on aging...