Step Two Policy Project

It is always darkest before the dawn. Paul Francis' latest commentary addresses some of the issues that New York faces in meeting the challenges of modern life in the health and human services sectors with the incoming Trump administration. https://lnkd.in/gF5isBCn

Paul Francis's latest Commentary summarizes themes from our writings over the past year, including financially distressed hospitals, long-term care, transparency of data and openness in government, and introduces topics we plan to additionally cover in the coming year, such as school-based health centers and behavioral health. https://lnkd.in/e_zEhWtb

Today, the Step Two Policy Project released a Policy Brief and a Chartbook focused on healthcare and health outcomes in rural New York's counties. We examine some of the wide-ranging health challenges that New York’s rural communities are facing; describe the extent and the drivers of the growing gap in mortality rates between rural and urban populations nationally and in New York; describe the state of rural healthcare delivery in general; and present promising alternative models for the delivery of healthcare in rural communities nationally, as well as in New York.? https://lnkd.in/gc2Bymnq

Hear from Step Two's Paul Francis in conversation with David Lombardo on "The Capitol Pressroom."

This Commentary builds on "Re-Examining the Cuomo Administration’s Nursing Home Policies During Covid-19" and "Debunking the Empire Center Analysis Attributing Nursing Home Covid-19 Deaths to DOH Policy." https://lnkd.in/enbeMDZM

Paul Francis's latest Commentary builds on "Re-Examining the Cuomo Administration’s Nursing Home Policies During Covid-19" and challenges analyses attributing nursing home deaths to DOH policies during Covid-19: https://lnkd.in/eMxCPqPb

Paul Francis' Commentary re-examines the Cuomo administration's nursing home policies during Covid-19. https://lnkd.in/gr2rhmaV

Health information exchange (HIE) starts with patient consent. The latest in Step Two's Spotlight Series focuses on Mount Sinai Health System's efforts to more efficiently and accurately collect patient consent for HIE. https://lnkd.in/gyZfPEYd

Paul Francis has a new Commentary - "The Medical Indemnity Fund and the Price of Good Intentions." Paul ruminates on the issue of openness in government and then focuses those thoughts on recommendations for the MIF. https://lnkd.in/gMTJ6jjH

Step Two's new Policy Brief on state healthcare cost growth benchmarks is the third publication in our Affordability Series. The Brief examines how these benchmarks function in other states and discusses the implications of establishing one in New York. https://lnkd.in/gsGDN6wX