Health Related Phone Numbers
Adelphi Univ. Breast Cancer Hotline 1-800-877-8077
NYS Commission on Quality Care & Advocacy for the Disabled 1-800-522-4369
AIDS Hotline 1-800-962-5065
ALS-NY Hotline 1-800-672-8857
Alzheimer's Association 1-800-272-3900
American Cancer Society Hot Line 1-800-227-2345
American Diabetes Association 1-800-342-2383
American Heart Association 1-800-242-8721
American Lung Association 1-800-586-4872
Arthritis Foundation Info Line 1-800-283-7800
Attorney General’s Healthcare Bureau 1-800-771-7755 X 3
Breast Cancer Options 845-339-4673
EPIC -- Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Plan 1-800-332-EPIC
Help for Incontinent People 1-800-252-3337
Health Insurance Information Counseling & Assistance Program (HIICAP) 1-800-701-501
Hospicelink 1-800-331-1620
Long Term Care Information 1-888-697-7582
Lyme Disease Foundation 1-800-886-5963
Lyme Disease Info in Columbia County 518-828-3358
NYS Department of Health Information Numbers:
- Child Health Plus 1-800-698-4543
- Complaints on doctors 1-800-663-6114
- Complaints on managed care 1-800-206-8125
- Complaints on nursing homes 1-888-201-4563
- Complaints on hospitals 1-800-804-5447
- Family Health Plus 1-877-9FHPLUS
- Healthy NY 1-866-432-5849
- Patient Care Hotline 1-800-425-0320
- Organ and Tissue Donation registry 1-877-752-3175
- Smokers Quitline 1-888-609-6292
- West Nile Virus information 1-800-458-1158
- Cancer information 1-800-462-1884
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute 1-800-685-6825
- Certified home health care agency info 1-800-628-5972
Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Program 1-800-633-4227
NYS Office of Mental Health 1-800-597-8481
NYS Partnership for Long Term Care 1-888-697-7582
Ovarian Cancer Hotline 1-800-682-7426
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation 1-800-457-6676
Patient Assistance Program info 1-888-477-2669
Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222
General Information Phone Numbers
Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-342-3720
Columbia County Office for the Aging 1-518-828-4258
Counter Terrorism Tip Line 1-866-SAFENYS
Directory of Toll-free numbers 1-800-555-1212
Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-942-6906
Dutchess County Office for the Aging 1-845-486-2555
Federal Information Center 1-800-688-9889
Internal Revenue Service Helpline 1-800-829-1040
Internal Revenue Service (forms) 1-800-829-3676
I Love New York hotel reservations in NYS 1-800-CALLNYS
Medicare and Medigap questions 1-800-MEDICARE
NYS Atty. Gen. Consumer Fraud Bureau 1-800-771-7755
NYS Banking Department:
- Banking complaints 1-800-522-3330
- Holocaust Claims Processing Office 1-800-695-3318
NYS Educ. Dept. Library for the Blind 1-800-342-3688
NYS Comptroller - Unclaimed Funds 1-800-221-9311
NYS Department of Taxation & Finance
- Tax questions 1-800-225-5829
- Tax forms 1-800-462-8100
NYS Division of Tax Appeals 1-518-266-3000
NYS camp site reservations 1-800-456-CAMP
NYS Sex Offender Registry 1-800-262-3257
NYS Insurance Department
- Insurance complaints and questions 1-800-342-3736
- Appeal for denial of healthcare services 1-800-400-8882
NYS Senior Citizens’ Hotline 1-800-342-9871
NYS Public Service Commission:
- Cable television complaints 1-800-342-3330
- Hotline - emergency gas, electric, phone and water complaints 1-800-342-3355
- Helpline - non-emergency gas, electric, phone and water complaints
1-800-342-3377 - Alternative Energy Hotline 1-888-697-7728
- Green Power Hotline 1-866-476-7697
Senior Citizen Insurance Resource Ctr. 1-800-342-3736
Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213
U.S. Veterans’ Administration 1-800-827-1000
NYS Division of Veteran’s Affairs 1-888-838-7697
Verizon Unlawful Call Center 1-800-518-5507
Useful Web Sites
www.senatorsaland.com [2] --- Senator Saland’s website
www.state.ny.us [3] --- New York State's web site with links to all state agencies
www.senate.state.ny.us [4] --- New York State Senate
www.aging.state.ny.us [5] --- NYS Office for the Aging
www.oag.state.ny.us/seniors/seniors.html [6] --- Attorney General’s housing guide for seniors
www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ahd [7] --- New York State Affordable Housing Directory
www.oag.state.ny.us/seniors/nursing.html [8] --- Attorney General’s guide to choosing a nursing home
www.hiicap.state.ny.us [9] --- Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program
www.nyagrx.org [10] --- Comparison of prescription drug prices in NY
www.ins.state.ny.us/cseniors.htm [11] --- senior Citizens Insurance Resource Center
www.nysdta.org [12] --- NYS Division of Tax Appeals
www.banking.state.ny.us/srvglos.htm [13] --- Home Equity & Car loan rates in New York State
www.nylottery.org [14] --- New York State Lottery
www.orps.state.ny.us [15] --- NYS Office of Real Property Services
www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/index.htm [16] --- NYS Sex Offender Registry
www.ssa.gov [17] --- Social Security Administration
www.irs.ustreas.gov [18] --- Internal Revenue Service - questions, forms, etc.
thomas.loc.gov --- U.S. Congress
www.pueblo.gsa.gov [19] --- Federal Consumer Information Center
www.nps.gov [20] --- National Park Service
www.usps.gov/ncsc [21] --- US Postal Service with Zip Code look up
www.whitehouse.gov [22] --- The White House
www.alz.org [23] --- Alzheimer’s Association
www.medicare.gov [24] --- Medicare
www.healthfinder.gov [25] --- consumer health information
www.weather.com [26] --- weather for anywhere in the US
www.als-ny.org [27] --- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association of Greater NY
www.aarp.org --- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
www.iloveny.com --- I © New York website - with on-line hotel reservations in NYS
www.clinicaltrials.gov --- information on clinical health trials
www.ins.state.ny.us/extapp/extappqa.htm [28]. --- NYS Insurance Dept. appeal for denial of health services
www.osc.state.ny.us [29] --- Office of State Comptroller - link to find Unclaimed Funds
www.nyspltc.org [30] --- NYS Partnership for Long Term Care
www.pparx.org [31] --- Information on patient assistance programs
www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer [32] --- Adelphi Univ. Statewide Breast Cancer Support Program
www.breastcanceroptions.org [33] --- Breast cancer info and support for Hudson Valley residents
www.lymediseaseassociation.org [34] --- Lyme Disease Association
www.stopticks.org [35] --- Local Lyme Disease organization
www.hospitals.nyhealth.gov [36] --- NYS hospital profiles
www.nydoctorprofile.com [37] --- Info on doctors practicing in NYS
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov [38] --- Info to compare the quality of hospital care
