Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the New York State Senate Committee on Health (and counsel at Farrell Fritz), will be hosting a health care forum featuring a presentation by State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson.  The event will take place on Monday, August 5 from 10:00 am to noon at the Hofstra University Student Center Theatre.

Helgerson, also Executive Director of the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT), will speak on the topic “An Update on Medicaid Redesign and the Medicaid Budget in New York.”  He will give an overview of the State’s $53 Billion a year Medicaid program, the deep changes effected in the program by the MRT, and the progress of the changes.

Seating is extremely limited.  Parties interested in attending should call Senator Hannon’s office at (516) 739-1700, or email hannon@nysenate.gov with their name, title, address, organization and telephone number.