Assembly Contact: (518) 455-3888
Health / Medicaid
Thursday, March 3 – 10:00 A.M.
Hearing Room B - Legislative Office Building, Albany
The Health / Medicaid budget hearing will be available for live viewing on the Senate and Assembly websites and the Legislative Channel (available on cable systems throughout the state), but will be preempted when the houses are in session. At the conclusion of the legislative deliberations, live televised coverage of the hearings will resume.
Witnesses scheduled to testify include:
New York State Department of Health
Nirav Shah, M.D., Commissioner
New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
James Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General
Greater NY Hospital Association
Kenneth E. Raske, President & CEO
HANYS
Dan Sisto, President
Iroquois Health Alliance
Gary Fitzgerald, President & CEO
Medical Society of the State of New York
Leah S. McCormack, M.D., President
Gerard Conway, Esq.
Association Health Care Providers
Christine Johnston, President
Home Care Association
Joanne Cunningham, President
NY Association & Services for the Aging
Dan Heim, Interim President & CEO
Community Health Care Association of NYS
Elizabeth Swain, CEO
Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State
Kathy McMahon, President & CEO
Managed Long Term Care
Jim Lytel
AARP
Neal Lane, Member Executive Council
David McNally, Manager of Government Affairs
NYS Bar Association
John Brachen, Former President
Summit Security Services, Inc.
Nick Auletta, Vice President
Pharmacists Society of the State of New York
Craig Burridge, Executive Director
NYS Nurses Association
Shaun Flynn, Director of Governmental Affairs
New York State Association of Counties
Steve Acquario, Executive Director
Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Executive
Coalition of NYS Public Health Plans
Mark Lane, President & CEO
NYPIRG
Blair Horner
Primary Care Development Corporation
Daniel Lowenstein
Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation
Joy Griffith, Executive Director
Associated Medical Schools of NY
Joe Widerhorn, President/CEO
Spinal Cord Society
Terry O’Neill
Paul Richter
Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy
Kate Breslin, President & CEO
ADHEC
Mary Sienkiewicz, Director
Family Planning Advocates
M. Tracey Brooks, President & CEO
NYAPRS
Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director
Coalition for the Homeless
Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director
Empire Justice Center
Cathy Roberts, Senior Paralegal
Lupus Foundation of Mid & Northern New York
Kathleen Arntsen
Center for Disability Rights
Leah Farrell, Policy Analyst
Continuing Care Leadership Coalition
Scott Amrhein, President
1199 SEIU United Careworkers East
Helen Schaub