GNYHA’s toolkit, which is intended to help you prepare your staff for patient inquiries about and requests for MAID, contains: Sample policy tracking the law’s requirements Written request to be completed by the patient Witness declaration Interpreter declaration Template notes for the attending and consulting physicians and mental health professional Attending physician checklist Handout for...

Statements of Support A.10754/S.9488 (Hyndman/Stavisky): Limited Permits for Occupational Therapists A.128-A/S.1804-A (Gonzalez-Rojas/Rivera): Insurance Coverage for Inhalers A.1309/S.5333 (Paulin/Rivera): Community Paramedicine A.183/S.3029 (Rosenthal/Stavisky): Licensure for Genetic Counselors A.1977/S.3805 (Paulin/Hoylman-Sigal): Medicaid Payment for Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing A.203-B/S.5294-B (Cruz/Sepulveda): Hospital Violence Prevention Programs A.957/S.1224 (Paulin/Rivera): School-Based Health Center Managed Care Carve-Out A.1069-A/S.4955-A (Paulin/Harkham): Enhances OMIG’s Audit Standards...

GNYHA submitted the attached comment letter to oppose the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that would revise the methodology by which prevailing wage levels are determined for several employer-sponsored visa categories, including H-1B visas. President Donald Trump’s September 19 Presidential Proclamation that imposed a $100,000 fee on employers filing new H-1B petitions also...

To help you better understand the health care provisions in the New York State fiscal year 2027 final budget and GNYHA’s positions, we have developed the attached table. The final budget’s most important health care provisions were major GNYHA priorities—more than $750 million (State share) in general hospital and nursing home investments, the restoration of...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins October 1, 2026. In addition to summarizing the key proposals that would impact our members below and in ML-52 GNYHA has developed several tools to estimate the final...

This file displays FY 2027 April wage data from Worksheet S-3, Part II. It shows how Part II data corresponds to Part III data, and the steps CMS takes to calculate the average hourly wage (AHW). It also compares wage data from Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III, across FY 2025 (final), FY 2026 (final),...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for Federal Fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins October 1, 2026. This tool provides hospital-specific annual payment impacts for FY 2027.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for Federal Fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins October 1, 2026. This tool provides GNYHA’s claim-level calculator for FY 2027.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for Federal Fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins October 1, 2026. This tool provides uncompensated care (UC) payment estimates and projections for FY 2027.

As part of this summer’s special event preparations, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is updating its pharmaceutical medical countermeasure and surge plans. To support the allocation of medical countermeasures (e.g., prophylaxis) to the health care delivery system during large-scale emergencies, DOHMH is asking New York City hospitals to complete...

Based on excellent member and stakeholder feedback, GNYHA has enhanced two medical education resources introduced last year—Getting to Know the Patient Care Team and Social Care for All Needs Medical Education (SCAN ME) Academy—so they can be used more easily by faculty, residents, and medical students. These resources will be particularly useful for first-year residents...