25 Feb 2021
Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2021 Executive Budget Proposal: Topic Health/Medicaid
Legislative Office BuildingVirtual Public Hearing | Zoom 181 State Street, Hearing Room B, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY, 12247
09:30 AM to 10:15 PM Archived Video
Opening Statements Testimony and Questions
1. New York State Department of Health Howard Zucker, MD, JD Commissioner
2. New York State Department of Financial Services Linda Lacewell Superintendent
3. New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General Erin E. Ives Inspector General Acting
Panel A:
4. Healthcare Assoc. of NYS Bea Grause President
5. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Dr. Camille Clare, MD, FACOG Board Chair
6. NYS Society of Physician Assistants Maureen Regan President
7. Greater New York Hospital Association David Rich Executive Vice President
8. Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hany Abdelaal President
Panel B:
9. 1199 SEIU Milly Silva Executive Vice President
10. Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Assoc. Bryan O’Malley of NYS Executive Director
11. Home Care Association of NYS Alyssa Lovelace Director for Public Policy and Advocacy
12. NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Lauri Cole Executive Director
Panel C:
13. AARP NY Beth Finkel State Director
14. Metro Plus Health Plan Talya Schwartz President and CEO
15. LeadingAge NY James Clyne President
16. Center for Independence of the Disabled NY Heidi Siegfried Director of Health Policy
17. Independent Living, Inc. Douglas Hovey CEO
Panel D :
18. NYS Assoc. of County Health Officials Sarah Ravenhall, MHA, CHES
19. New York Health Plan Assoc. Eric Linzer President & CEO
20. Medical Society of the State of New York Bonnie Litvack, MD President
21. New York State Assoc. of Health Care Providers Kathy Febraio President
Panel E:
22. Health People Chris Norwood Executive Director
23. Community Health Care Assoc. of NYS Rose Duhan President & CEO
24. Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Wendy Stark Executive Director
Panel F:
25. Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond Senior Fellow for Health Policy
26. Consumer Reports Charles Bell Programs Directory
27. NYS Area Health Education System Leishia Smallwood Director
28. Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania Linda H Aiken Professor and Director
Panel G:
29. Health Care for All New York Amanda Dunker Staff
30. Community Service Society of NY Elisabeth Benjamin Vice President of Health Initiatives
31. Medicaid Matters NY Lara Kassel Coalition Coordinator
32. Primary Care Development Corp. Louise Cohen CEO
33. Commission on the Public’s Health System Anthony Feliciano Director
Panel H:
34. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assoc. Lauren Rowley Senior VP of State Affairs
35. Community Pharmacy Assoc. of NYS Mike Duteau Member
36. Pharmacists Society of the State of NY Thomas D’Angelo President of the Board
Panel I:
37. American Cancer Society Julie Hart Senior Director, NY Government Relations
38. Housing Works Charles King CEO
Panel J:
39. NY Caring Majority Bobbie Sackman Member Leader
40. Empire State Assoc. of Assisted Living Lisa Newcomb Executive Director
41. NYS Health Facilities Association Stephen Hanse President & CEO
Panel K:
42. The National Office for Nurse-Family Partnership Emily Frankel Government Affairs Manager
43. Association of Perinatal Networks LuAnne Brown Chair
44. Citizens’ Committee for Children Alice Bufkin Director of Policy for Child and Adolescent Health
45. Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services Steven Sanders Executive Director
Panel L:
46. Clerical Administrative Employees Local 1549 Ralph Palladino 2 nd VP
47. New York State Nurses Assoc. Judith Cutchin President, NYC
48. Feeding NYS Dan Egan Executive Director
