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Perspectives Podcast: The Wild Hope of Afya Foundation

GNYHA’s Perspectives podcast takes a deep dive into hospital issues and operations. Each episode examines the perspectives of health care executives while discussing various topics. GNYHA’s Perspectives podcast continues with a deep dive into filling gaps in the global medical supply chain. GNYHA’s Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, Lee Perlman, interviews...

October 15, 2024

Fall 2024 Legislative Priorities

GNYHA’s updated Federal legislative agenda for the remainder of calendar year 2024 highlights the numerous challenges your organizations face and includes the following advocacy priorities: Prevent dangerous provider cuts: GNYHA requests that Congress eliminate the $8 billion Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cut scheduled for January 1, 2025, and address the recently enacted cut...

September 16, 2024

MedPAC Shares Beneficiary and Provider Focus Group Findings, Discusses Future Direction for Nursing Home Population

At its October meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) shared findings from its annual beneficiary and provider focus groups and examined trends associated with Medicare beneficiaries residing in nursing homes. MedPAC will include both topics in its spring 2025 reports to Congress. The Commission conducted the beneficiary and provider focus group analysis to better...

October 15, 2024

Issue Brief: The Interstate Medical License Compact and New York State Shield Laws

The GNYHA issue brief “The Interstate Medical License Compact and New York State Shield Laws” addresses concerns that certain provisions in the Compact legislation could diminish protections under New York’s “shield” laws, which were enacted to protect reproductive health care providers. The issue brief sets forth GNYHA’s view that while New York’s joining the Compact...

October 15, 2024

Global Budget Transformation Workgroup

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Aggregated Managed Care Enrollment – September 2024

This GNYHA-developed resource contains enrollment figures across the following plan types: Medicare Advantage, Child Health Plus, Health & Recovery Plans (HARP), Medicaid Managed Care including HARP, Managed Long Term Care (MLTC), Medicaid Advantage, and HIV/SNP. The data is aggregated and compiled from the Department of Health and values are calculated on a rolling monthly and...

October 14, 2024

GNYHA to Offer Safety Culture Survey in 2025

GNYHA will offer member hospitals and health systems its Safety Culture Survey Initiative in 2025 for no additional fee. The 2025 Initiative includes the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ Hospital Survey, with the option to administer the Workplace Safety Supplemental Items (which include items about work stress/burnout, job...

October 11, 2024

Antibiotic Use and Resistance Forum

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

GNYHA Conference Center

GNYHA Letter to ASPR Urges Additional Action on IV Solutions Shortage

GNYHA sent a letter (attached) to Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Dawn O’Connell yesterday that urges additional Federal measures to address the continued shortage of IV solutions. While the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees ASPR, has taken important steps to increase the supply of IV solutions (e.g., allowing...

October 10, 2024

New York City Hospitals’ Results of NHSN Patient Safety Annual Survey

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

DOH Issues Supply Chain HERDS Survey, Guidance on Conservation Strategies

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has deployed a Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS) survey on the current supply chain disruption and has sent an “Integrated Health Alert and Notification System” message to hospitals and continuing care providers (attached) with guidance on conservation strategies due to the ongoing IV solution shortage caused...

October 10, 2024

GNYHA Comments on Health Data Interoperability Proposed Rule

GNYHA has submitted comments (attached) to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to a proposed rule on health data exchange that would enhance the minimum technical standards for certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Although the rule is geared toward EHR vendors, it was important for GNYHA to provide input...

October 9, 2024