GNYHA Board Meets

  • discussed expectations concerning the State budget, which Governor Pataki will announce on January 29, as well as the State advocacy agenda for GNYHA and the Healthcare Education Project, a joint initiative of GNYHA and 1199/SEIU;
  • was briefed on GNYHA's multifaceted efforts to reverse Medicare cuts to teaching hospitals, and on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's desire to restructure indirect medical education;
  • reviewed a recent GNYHA study on hospital report cards showing that different databases, data editing techniques, and risk-adjustment methodologies yield different conclusions about in-hospital mortality rates;
  • heard a report from JoAnn Bradley, Ed.D., Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Philanthropy, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, about that institution's new 15-month accelerated nursing program; and
  • was briefed on GNYHA's ongoing activities to assist members in implementing local, State, and Federal smallpox vaccination plans.
 
 

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