{"id":2449,"date":"2016-03-15T18:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2016-03-15T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:00:24","slug":"medisys-health-network-shows-strength-in-numbers-on-advocacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-health-network-shows-strength-in-numbers-on-advocacy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"MediSys Health Network Shows Strength in Numbers on Advocacy Day 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-health-network-shows-strength-in-numbers-on-advocacy-day\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2450\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/advocacy-day-2016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"advocacy day 2016\" width=\"273\" height=\"207\" \/>On Wednesday, March 2<sup>nd<\/sup> a group of over 20 employees representing MediSys Health Network attended the 2016 Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) Advocacy Day in Albany.<\/p>\n<p>This annual event gives MediSys\u2019 leadership and staff the opportunity to meet with our New York State legislators to discuss healthcare issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/advocacy-day-2016-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2453\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/advocacy-day-2016-3-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"advocacy day 2016 3\" width=\"229\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a>Some of the key issues that were discussed at this year\u2019s meeting were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The urgent need for additional capital funding<\/li>\n<li>Funding for potential increases in minimum wage<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in covering\u00a0 unpaid bills resulting from the failure of Health Republic health plan<\/li>\n<li>Support for safety net providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adovacy-day-2016-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2451\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adovacy-day-2016-2-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"adovacy  day 2016  2\" width=\"230\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>The President of HANYS; Dennis Whelan, commended our efforts in effectively raising awareness of these issues among State legislators. Mr. Whelan also thanked Mr. Bruce J. Flanz; President and CEO of MediSys, for the network\u2019s continued strong show of support and for a wonderful turnout this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareOn Wednesday, March 2nd a group of over 20 employees representing MediSys Health Network attended the 2016 Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) Advocacy Day in Albany. This annual event gives MediSys\u2019 leadership and staff the opportunity to meet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/medisys-health-network-shows-strength-in-numbers-on-advocacy-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions\/2458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}