Welcome & Introductions
Carlos Rosario,  Coordinator of City Advocacy, BOOM!Health, Bronx Hep C Task Force Chair - crosario@boomhealth.org
Nirah Johnson, NYC Health Department Viral Hepatitis - njohnso2@health.nyc.gov

Get Involved! NY State Hep C Advocacy

1. Invest in scaling up prevention, care, and treatment infrastructure to end New York’s Hepatitis C epidemic by increasing funding to $20 million.
2. Fully Legalize Syringe Possession and Reform the Expanded Syringe Access Program (S.2220 Rivera/ A.5471 Gottfried)
3. Eliminate Medicaid coverage restrictions on new direct acting  anti HCV drugs.
4. NYS should negotiate discounts with HCV drug manufacturers, and  seek to subsequently expand treatment coverage.
5. Require the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and the Department of Health to establish HCV  prevention programs  in every state prison.  (A.4256 Gottfried  /  S.1017 Montgomery).

Presentations

NY State Hep C Baby Boomer Testing Law & Implementation
Megan C. Haseltine, LMSW, NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute - megan.haseltine@health.ny.gov

• Click here for the slide presentation on the NY State Hep C Baby Boomer Testing Law, including key provisions, impetus, expectations and evaluation of the law. 
• See the NYS DOH website on the NYS Testing Law here

Project INSPIRE: Hep C Care Coordination Program at Montefiore and Mount Sinai
Marie Bresnahan Project Director, NYC Health Department - mbresnahan@health.nyc.gov

• Click here for the slide presentation on Project INSPIRE NYC, including goals and major activities, INSPIRE's Hep C Care Coordination Protocol and Hep C Health Promotion Manual, eligibility, referral process, and participating Montefiore clinics in the Bronx.
• Click here for more info on Inpire

       Refer to Inspire in the Bronx!

• Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC) 
  1621 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461, 718-405-8040
• Family Care Center (FCC)
  3444 Kossuth Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467, 718-920-2273
• Family Health Center (FHC)
  360 East 193rd Street, Bronx, NY 10458, 718-933-2400
• West Farms Family Practice (WFFP)
  1055 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455, 718-842-8040
• Comprehensive Health Care Center (CHCC)
  305 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451, 718-579-2500
• Substance Abuse Treatment Program III (SATP)
  2005 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453, 718-583-0600
• ID Clinic - Center for Positive Living (CPL)
  3444 Kossuth Avenue 3rd Floor, Bronx, NY 10467, 718-920-8542
• Hepatology Clinic (HC)
  111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10461, 718-920-4644

• BOOM!Health
  Wianna Frias, Patient Navigator (wfrias@boomhealth.org)
• Montefiore
  Meredith Steinman, Patient Navigator (mesteinm@montefiore.org)

• BOOM!Health
  Miguel Calderon (mcalderon@boomhealth.org)
• Saint Anne's Corner Harm Reduction
  Sandra Turner, Program Manager (sturner@sachr.org)
• NY Harm Reduction Educators
  Katrina Balovlenkov, Director of Supportive Services (kbalovlenkov@nyhre.org)

2015 Bronx Hep C Task Force Planning

• Current plan is to have 2 Hep C Task Force meetings per year in each borough. Discussed possibility of meeting more frequently.
• Upcoming! Hep C Medications Coverage Training (Prior Authorization, Appeals, Fair Hearing and Patient Assistance Programs) - Stay tuned for date!