Amanda D'Ambrosio

New York

Health Care Reporter at Health Pulse

Health Care Reporter at Crain's New York Business

health care reporter @CrainsNewYork // @newmarkjschool alum. All views are my own (she/her)

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At a Glance: April 18

6 days ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

ROBOTIC LIVER TRANSPLANT: Surgeons at New York-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell Medicine performed a robotic liver transplant this month, marking the first such procedure to take place in the state, the hospital said Thursday. During the nine-hour procedure, which took place on April 1, a team of surgeons used robotic technology to make smaller incisions than what’s typically used in an “open” liver transplant, which clinicians say could lead to shorter hospital stays and faster recoveries.
City’s digital health companies raise $1B in strong start to the year

6 days ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

Venture capitalists ramped up investments in the city’s digital health startups early this year as firms navigate economic uncertainties of the changing federal administration. Thirty-two digital health companies raised $1 billion during the first quarter, according to recent data published by industry group Digital Health New York.
EmblemHealth sues AstraZeneca subsidiary for blocking competitors to rare blood disease drug

6 days ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

Insurer EmblemHealth is leading a class-action lawsuit against a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, claiming that the company blocked competition for a pricey, rare blood disease medication and overcharged health plans and patients billions of dollars.
At a Glance: April 17

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

CLIMATE RESILIENCE: New York City Health + Hospitals has cut its carbon emissions related to anesthesia products in half due to changes in operating room practices that halt leakage of harmful gases, the health system said Wednesday.
Home health nurses cancel strike amid labor deal with Flushing nonprofit

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

The deal takes a strike off the table. Under the three-year contract, which was negotiated with a third-party mediator, the nurses will be able to keep their old health plan, albeit at a higher cost. The nurses will pay a monthly premium between $100 and $400 for insurance, up from the $21 per month they paid under their old contract, according to the union.
NYC Council leaders propose public health investments to offset Trump cuts

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

The city’s public health budget has faced serious threats from federal cuts. In March, the Trump administration abruptly cancelled more than $100 million in grants to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene used to support disease surveillance and vaccination programs before a federal judge in Rhode Island temporarily blocked the cuts. Councilmembers’ proposed investment would make up for a fraction of those grant terminations.
At a Glance: April 16

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio |Ethan Geringer-Sameth

CORRECTION: The top lobbying spender in 2024 was 1199SEIU Labor Management Initiatives, Inc. Healthcare Education Project, an advocacy group jointly funded by the state’s largest health care union and the Greater New York Hospital Association, not the union itself. The union, not that entity, backed reforms to the state's consumer directed personal assistance program but was not among the top ten lobbying spenders.
New York hospitals’ tax breaks exceed how much they spend on community benefits

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

The findings highlight persistent concerns about nonprofit hospitals’ community benefit spending, which has sparked debate between the industry and health advocates who say that nonprofits have become too focused on preserving their bottom line. Though hospitals get significant tax breaks tied to their nonprofit status, there are no requirements outlining how much they should spend on financial assistance, free health clinics and other benefit measures.
State could lose billions in future Medicaid dollars amid federal policy change

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

The announcement raises concerns for New York, which is in the middle of rolling out a three-year, $7.5 billion Medicaid pilot program that allows community organizations such as food banks or housing programs to get reimbursed through Medicaid for non-medical purposes. The program, which relies on $4 billion in federal matching funds over the next few years, was designed to reimburse needs like housing and food to address health inequities and ultimately help the state reduce its medical costs.
State’s $35M homeless outreach program houses more than 700 people in the city

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Amanda D'Ambrosio

Nearly half of the 700 people in the city who have gone through the program have been placed into supportive housing, according to data from the Office of Mental Health, which operates the teams. Roughly 200 were placed in independent housing, 34 in skilled nursing facilities and 141 in state-licensed psychiatric facilities, the data shows.