In accordance with the provisions of Article 28 of the Public Health Law (PHL), the Commissioner of Health has contracted with Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Central New York Region to act as the Department of Health's Pool Administrator.  The Office of Pool Administration oversees the Public Goods Pool established under the New York Health Care Reform Act (HCRA), the Health Facility Cash Receipts Assessment Program established pursuant to Section 2807-d of the PHL, and the Bad Debt and Charity Care Independent Accountant's Report on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures pursuant to Section 2807-k of the PHL.

This web site has been established to assist users with the electronic filing of the required reports under the cites indicated above.  The electronic reporting function supports browsers Internet Explorer 5.0 and Netscape 7.0 and above.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

In an effort to disseminate information in a timelier manner, we will, whenever possible, communicate information via email.

It is very important, therefore, to keep your email addresses current and to view the "What's New" section of the applicable health program.  If your email address is not up-to-date, or if you need to edit your email address, this information can be completed through the "Maintain Email Addresses" option available on this website under the appropriate program's options menu.  You must have a userid and password to access this application.

If you do not have userid and password, you can obtain one by filling out an Electronic Filing Userid Application and submitting it to the Office of Pool Administration.  This form is available under each program's "Forms and Documentation" section.

Please be aware, if you have a "spam blocker" active on your PC, you will need to allow our email address (hcrapools.org) to pass through to the intended recipient.  If you need assistance with this, please contact us at (315) 671-3800.

For more Information about these programs, please click on the appropriate link to the left.

Email Security:

There have been unauthorized email messages claiming to originate from this web site.  Emails of this type may include attachments designed to infect the recipient's computer with a virus, worm, Trojan program, etc.  Some emails will try to solicit personal or confidential information, such as, credit card information, social security numbers or account number userid and passwords.  To assist in providing you with a safer working environment, we have a developed a list of emails we have mailed to you.  You can access this list by selecting the "Email Correspondence" button on the left side navigation bar.  If you are still not certain that you should open it, please call us at (315) 671-3800 to verify its content.