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![An Analysis of the FY 25 Executive Budget and Legislative Proposals for Financially Distressed Hospitals](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22bd58_842e56319ecb4fb1ba3d3220f7b887c1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_459,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/22bd58_842e56319ecb4fb1ba3d3220f7b887c1~mv2.webp)
Paul Francis
Mar 13, 2024
An Analysis of the FY 25 Executive Budget and Legislative Proposals for Financially Distressed Hospitals
Funding for financially distressed hospitals is one of the two “burning houses” in the FY 25 Health budget...
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Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Feb 21, 2024
A Review of the Managed Long-Term Care Issues in the FY 25 Executive Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul introduced her Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 (FY 25) on January 16, 2024...
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Paul Francis
Feb 21, 2024
Analyzing Complex Public Policy Issues
I want to use the analysis of this proposal as an example to describe the process of analyzing complex public policy issues.
![The Dynamics of the New York State Budget Process](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22bd58_91a69934553c4bfea7432e52890e0dae~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_315,h_225,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/22bd58_91a69934553c4bfea7432e52890e0dae~mv2.webp)
Paul Francis
Feb 6, 2024
The Dynamics of the New York State Budget Process
What I want to talk about today is the dynamics of the Budget process...
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Paul Francis
Jan 31, 2024
Over-Engineering Against Risk
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.
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Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Jan 25, 2024
Using Health Data and Information to Better Measure the Affordability of Healthcare
The lack of comprehensive health data, information, and policy analysis infrastructure in New York hampers the ability of policymakers to...
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Paul Francis
Jan 19, 2024
Commentary #5: Week of January 15th, 2024
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.
Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024
S2P 2024 State of the State Brief
...we were very pleased to see the number of proposals in the 2024 State of the State (SOS) that dovetail well with our areas of interest...
![Commentary #4: Week of January 8th, 2024](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22bd58_91a69934553c4bfea7432e52890e0dae~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_315,h_225,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/22bd58_91a69934553c4bfea7432e52890e0dae~mv2.webp)
Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024
Commentary #4: Week of January 8th, 2024
In the Health sector, the most significant announcement in the SOS was that the State has received approval from CMS of its 1115 waiver...
![The Challenge of Financially Distressed Hospitals in New York](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/22bd58_6b0d3a2cdc7e41ffaa24e34afb3ec72e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_459,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/22bd58_6b0d3a2cdc7e41ffaa24e34afb3ec72e~mv2.webp)
Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Dec 29, 2023
The Challenge of Financially Distressed Hospitals in New York
Technology and medical progress are disrupting the hospital industry, enabling more procedures to be performed outside of the hospital...
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Paul Francis
Dec 29, 2023
Commentary #3: Week of December 25th, 2023
We think it’s important to understand the background of the increasing numbers of financially distressed hospitals in New York...
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Paul Francis
Dec 21, 2023
Commentary #2: Week of December 18th, 2023
Here is a preview of our theory of the case, which we will set forth in a fair amount of depth next week.
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Paul Francis
Dec 14, 2023
Commentary #1: Week of December 11th, 2023
This is the first of what I hope will become more frequent updates on issues of interest to the Step Two Policy Project (S2P) readership.
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Step Two Policy Project
Dec 14, 2023
Categories of Health Data and Information
Health Data and Information Series #2
![Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61e882_5fae3c697bae46f593e95e6f9a416b5b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_459,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/61e882_5fae3c697bae46f593e95e6f9a416b5b~mv2.webp)
Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Nov 27, 2023
Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations
Increasing Access to Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New York This document was prepared by...
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Sally Dreslin
Oct 4, 2023
Supporting Individuals with Complex Needs
This document was prepared by Sally Dreslin, the Executive Director of the Step Two Policy Project, and Courtney Burke, Senior Fellow for...
![Democratization of Health Data, Information, and Policy Analysis](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61e882_4b93ec5deacb4cbdb43a55475ac10eec~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_459,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/61e882_4b93ec5deacb4cbdb43a55475ac10eec~mv2.webp)
Sally Dreslin & Paul Francis
Sep 20, 2023
Democratization of Health Data, Information, and Policy Analysis
New York could rapidly improve its own infrastructure by using the Massachusetts model as a detailed road map for changes in New York.
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