GNYHA’s Positions on the New York State Budget’s Health Care Provisions

Last week the Senate and Assembly released their respective “one-house” budget resolutions outlining their State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026–27 priorities ahead of the April 1 budget deadline (New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her proposed budget in January). This GNYHA table summarizes 1) the health care provisions in the Governor’s proposed budget, 2) the health...
March 18, 2026
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Mayor Releases Executive Budget Proposal

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday released his proposed Executive budget for City fiscal year (FY) 2026-27. This followed an agreement by the City Council to issue a rare delay of the deadline due to the late State budget. The Mayor’s Executive budget proposal stands at $124.7 billion and closes a $12 billion, two-year budget gap...
May 15, 2026
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Budget Update

The Legislature yesterday passed a 12th budget extender, which expires on May 18. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said that lawmakers are at “the beginning of the end” of negotiations. Later in the week, Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Queens) said the chances of passing a budget before Memorial Day...
May 15, 2026
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GNYHA Updates Medicare Pay-for-Performance Calculator

GNYHA has released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 update of our Medicare Pay-For-Performance (P4P) calculator. This tool helps hospitals better understand their performance in the three major Medicare P4P programs established under the Affordable Care Act—the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program—and identify opportunities for...
May 15, 2026
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GNYHA Statements of Support/Opposition

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...
May 14, 2026
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Potential LIRR Strike Starting May 16

GNYHA has contacted the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), New York City Emergency Management, the New York State Department of Health, and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services about a potential labor action that will affect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) operations as soon as 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, May 16....
May 12, 2026
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Hantavirus Update: New York Residents Among Repatriated Passengers

Officials with the New York State Department of Health and Westchester County Department of Health yesterday confirmed that three passengers repatriated from the cruise ship associated with the Andes hantavirus outbreak are New York State residents. All three individuals are currently asymptomatic and are being monitored in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine...
May 12, 2026
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EPCC Recording – FIFA Updates

EPCC Presentation Andrew Dahl, Vice President, Emergency Management, Greater New York Hospital Association New York City Emergency Management Certificate Program Kevin Mott, Learning and Development Specialist, NYC Emergency Management Presentation Slides 2026 Interest Packet FIFA Hospital Preparedness Panel Discussion Meghan McPherson, Director, Education, Training, and Exercises, Mount Sinai Natalis Dobrenko, Emergency Management Fellow, NYU Langone...
May 12, 2026
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CQFP Class 17 Materials

Retreat: May 21-22 Cover Page Powerpoint Related Materials CQFP May 2026 Retreat Agenda n/a Faculty Bios, May 2026 Effective Use and Socialization of Data Data Use in Quality Improvement: Practical and “Social” Considerations (Rohit Bhalla) n/a Using PI Tools to Lead Change Part I & II Using Performance Improvement Tools to Lead Change (Fran Ganz-Lord,...
May 12, 2026
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