With multiple signatories on each complaint, there were 97,715 nurse signatures total, the data showed. NYSNA receives a copy when such "protests of assignment" are filed, and the numbers are tracked and reported annually, a spokesman said.

The trend of moving medical education toward the virtual setting existed even before COVID-19, but the pandemic definitively transitioned things in that direction, said Dr. Curtis Cole, chief information officer at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s latest swing at legalizing recreational marijuana in the state includes a new twist on taxation. Marijuana would be taxed based in part on its potency, measured by the level of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. 

The website currently reports the availability at 45 locations offering vaccinations in the five boroughs, on Long Island and in Westchester and parts of the Hudson Valley. 

The ride-hailing company said it will begin delivering prescriptions in New York City, part of an expanded partnership with Nimble, a California-based startup that describes itself as the largest prescription delivery service in the U.S.

The deal is the second acquisition by MultiPlan since it went public in July through an $11 billion deal with Churchill Capital III, a special-purpose acquisition company.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the Department of Financial Services' Office of Pharmacy Benefits is investigating six drug manufacturers over significant price spikes on medications related to COVID-19.

Workers filed a class-action suit against cleaning companies contracted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center over allegations that they were not paid overtime wages for hours worked.

An estimated 30% of healthcare workers are now expected to refuse the shots, according to health officials.

The not-for-profit, registered in Borough Park, has created the Health Enterprise Hub with two key goals: helping hospitals identify local vendor opportunities and training the healthcare workforce. 

On Thursday, Pfizer’s vaccine is expected to receive its emergency-use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, and the state’s review panel will convene to assess the authorization for local use, the governor said.

Of the almost $5.6 billion, about $3.9 billion is the result of a surcharge created by the Health Care Reform Act of 1996 that is collected from health plans in the form of a sales tax on certain hospital-based services. 

Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson announced last week that they are going to dedicate $100 million each to promote health equity and diversity efforts.

As COVID-19 positivity rates rise in the city and surrounding areas, hospital leaders are on high alert, with the spring’s surge still fresh on their minds.

The research, which was announced this week by Columbia University professor Frank Lichtenberg, found that patients are 2.5% more likely to start and stay on a course of treatment for every 10-year decrease in a drug's time on the market.