Governor Andrew Cuomo decisively defeated his Democratic primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon, by over 30 percentage points (65% to 34%) in yesterday’s New York State primary elections. The Governor’s victory was impressive by any measure. Unlike four years ago, when his challenger won most upstate counties, this time Governor Cuomo handily won the vast majority of…

August 1 marks the unofficial beginning of the North Atlantic’s hurricane season and GNYHA and its members have been hard at work to prepare for the season. GNYHA led a workgroup earlier this year that focused on expanding hospitals’ ability to receive patients during coastal storms, including patients evacuated from hospitals located in a flood…

GNYHA recently hosted meetings with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)’s workgroup on accreditation and medically underserved areas. Comprised of both ACGME staff and external members, the workgroup has been studying ongoing national efforts to address workforce needs and exploring how accreditation influences workforce development. The ACGME’s recent formation of this workgroup signals…

Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC) recently completed two milestones in its process to demutualize and be acquired by an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway. Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) approved the proposed conversion of the company from a mutual to a stock insurance company and the proposed sale….

GNYHA hosted a conference call last week to help member hospitals prepare for the upcoming 2018 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, which begins on September 18 and runs through October 5. The call included briefings by the US Secret Service, the US Department of State Diplomatic Security Services, New York City…

This spreadsheet contains the proposed measure additions and removals for the following CMS Quality Reporting Programs: Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program

This spreadsheet provides measure and domain, domain weight, IQR, payment program, and VBP threshold and benchmark data for Medicare performance-based programs.

GNYHA has developed the attached Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) “calculator” to help facilities appropriately estimate ASC payment rates by HCPCS code. This file reflects the ASC payment rates effective July 1, 2018

GNYHA has developed the attached outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) “calculator” to help facilities appropriately estimate hospital-specific OPPS payments. This file reflects the OPPS payment rates effective July 1, 2018