On October 3, Governor George E. Pataki and United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt announced an agreement on the Federal-State Health Reform Partnership, or F-SHRP, waiver, which will provide $1.5 billion in Federal funds to New York State for health system restructuring activities over the next 5 years.

Click here to view the terms and conditions of this new agreement.

Click here 297 KB to view briefing materials and press releases.

Click here 55.1 KB to view the GNYHA/1199 SEIU Healthcare Education Project press release "Hospitals and Health Care Union Identify Conditions Necessary for 'Berger Commission' Recommendations to Succeed"

GNYHA Member letters related to the agreement:

• MLB-226 344 KB: Pataki Administration Reaches Historic Medicaid Waiver Agreement (October 3, 2006)
• MLB-227 348 KB: Briefing Materials, Press Releases on NY Medicaid Agreement (October 3, 2006)