Yesterday’s elections were a red shockwave for the nation. Former President Donald Trump secured at least 277 Electoral College votes and won the White House. In the Senate, Republicans picked up at least three seats and will control the upper chamber in the next Congress. At the time of this writing, control of the House...

GNYHA is dedicated to helping member teaching hospitals develop and retain staff essential to a thriving GME enterprise. GNYHA developed the Residency Program Coordinator Toolkit for member teaching hospitals seeking to support new and incumbent program coordinators. The toolkit comprises two components—the Residency Program Coordinator Fundamentals document, which will help new residency program coordinators understand...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule. CMS finalized a fee schedule increase of 2.9% for Medicare outpatient hospital services in CY 2025. GNYHA believes that the hospital payment updates in recent...

GNYHA and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) have extended the deadline for applications for the 16th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP): the Class of 2025-26. The new deadline for submitting the application is November 17. The program will train eligible physicians, nurse professionals, and physician assistants to become quality leaders in their...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipates a delayed start date of the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model because it needs additional time to prepare a final rule. Originally proposed to start on January 1, 2025, the IOTA model seeks to increase access to kidney transplants by maximizing the use of deceased...

Mandatory Hospital Respiratory Infection Data Reporting Starts Soon Beginning November 1, hospitals will be required to electronically report data weekly on COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as a Condition of Participation for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Failure to adhere to the required reporting...

I am sharing GNYHA’s initial comment letter (attached) to the NYS Commission on the Future of Health Care as the Commission continues its deliberations and discussions. I hope the Commission finds these comments instructive. I would appreciate your feedback on our letter so that we can incorporate your thoughts in future comments to the Commission.