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Administered through the state Office of Mental Health, the federal funding is aimed at helping community-based service providers better serve children and youth who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and a developmental disability or substance use disorder.

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently announced the recipients of its 2022 Health Equity awards, which represent more than $560,000 in financial support for community programs that address racial and ethnic health disparities across its upstate New York service area. 

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New York is one of 25 states that allows nurse practitioners to establish and operate their own independent practices. 

Rochester Regional Health’s Collaborative Care Therapy program provides support for people with depression or anxiety that may be exacerbated as part of their cancer care.

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Villa of Hope celebrated the opening of its Gregory E. Polisseni Living Hope Treatment Center with a ribbon cutting at the site in Greece on Thursday.   The first-of-its-kind facility in the region, Living Hope Treatment Center, will serve community ...

Brighton Surgery Center received high marks on a new survey of America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers by Newsweek and global research firm Statista. 

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AeroSafe Global earned the top spot on the 36th annual Greater Rochester Chamber Top 100 list of fast-growing, privately held businesses headquartered in the metro area and Finger Lakes region. The Gates-based firm, founded in 1995, is a provider of ...

Westside Psychological Services at Roberts Wesleyan University has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Butterfield Foundation, that will boost its capabilities to evaluate and diagnose autism spectrum disorders.   The funds will enable the clinic to become more self-sustaining by ...

Local nonprofit organizations are addressing the need for direct care employees by raising wages for what they call a vital but often undervalued profession.

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"This decision is bad for our community, bad for Walgreens customers, and completely contrary to the company’s expressed desire to promote diversity, equity and inclusion," Evans said in a prepared statement released Thursday morning.

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Across the Rochester region, colleges and universities with healthcare programs instruct their students about the importance and impact of integrated care on a daily basis via curriculum, clinical activities, and research.

Acknowledgement of the inextricable link between emotional and physical well-being is a major focus of training for future health care providers.

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Representatives from Bryant & Stratton College, Rochester Regional Health, the University of Rochester, Fidelis Care, Breast Cancer Coalition, Wilmot Cancer Institute and other healthcare employers and community organizations will attend.  

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Eight nonprofit organizations in the health plan’s 39-county service area will share $1 million in grant funding over the next three years. 

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will offer a Medicare Advantage plan in 2023 targeting the needs of local veterans.  In addition to $0 premiums and low copays for doctor visits, Medicare Blue Choice Freedom (HMO-POS) includes:  $0 copays for behavioral health visits;  ...