More than 60 organizations, including NVHR, signed onto a letter urging the Trump administration to invest in the Department of Health & Human Services Viral Hepatitis Action Plan and to commit in words and action to the elimination of HBV and HCV in the United States by 2030. You may download a copy of the letter here.
Last Updated on May 13, 2020 by HepFree NYC
NYSHealth Special Projects Fund awards are one-time, non-renewable funding opportunities.
Now is the time to submit your abstract to become part of the 2018 NYC Viral Hepatitis Research Symposium! The primary focus of the meeting is on addressing viral hepatitis in special populations. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on their research and health care evalua...
The NYS Attorney General’s office requests that all patients, their doctors, or their representatives make a call to Health Care Bureau’s toll-free Helpline or fill out a complaint form if they feel they have been wrongly denied coverage for their Hep C treatment medications.
On Feb 26th, 2015, the NYS Drug Utilization Review Board (DURB) voted unanimously to move Viekira Pak to preferred status for NYS Medicaid Fee-for-service members, and to remove restrictions based on disease prognosis and severity from the current clinical criteria for Viekira Pa...
Read and provide your comments on the NYC Department of Health proposed health code amendment on HCV reflex RNA testing.
Project INSPIRE provides care coordination to HCV patients and a web‐based training program (telementoring) on disease management and treatment by HCV specialists to primary care providers inexperienced in HCV treatment.
Advisory Board NYC Hep C Task Force Emily Winkelstein, MSW, Cross Systems Program Specialist, NYC Health Department, Bureau of Alcohol & Drug Use Prevention, Care & Treatment. (ewinkelstein@health.nyc.gov) is currently working in the NYC Health Department Alcohol and Drug...
Help us launch the Hep Free NYC LGBTQ Initiative by completing a short survey here. This survey allows hepatitis and LGBTQ organizations give advice and recommendations on how we can create an impactful and successful initiative.
