The GNYHA Board of Governors met on May 18, 2000, and took the following actions:

• approved the audit report of the 1999 financial statements of GNYHA and its subsidiaries and affiliates;

• approved an application for Institutional Membership by Ellenville Community Hospital;

• agreed to continue to support GNYHA's pursuit of legal remedies to challenge certain HMO abuses;

• was briefed on the GNYHA-1199/SEIU Healthcare Education Project's advocacy efforts related to HMO reform;

• was updated on GNYHA's activities regarding working with members to reduce medical errors;

• heard a report on GNYHA's recent advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., concerning the fight for additional relief from Medicare cuts contained in the Balanced Budget Act; and

• was briefed on a new initiative by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration to restrict states' ability to use intergovernmental transfers to finance state Medicaid programs.