Training Residents on High-Quality Referral Communications and eConsults in the Ambulatory Setting

Training Residents on High-Quality Referral Communications and eConsults in the Ambulatory Setting is a curriculum guide for teaching hospital faculty that provides strategies for training residents on enhanced referrals and electronic consultations (eConsults). This resource was developed in partnership with the Association of American Medical Colleges Project CORE: Coordinating Optimal Referral Experiences. The curriculum guide focuses...
December 3, 2024
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“Lame Duck” Federal Advocacy Agenda

GNYHA has developed this Federal advocacy agenda for the “lame duck” post-election session of the 118th Congress. Congress will spend the next six weeks working on a legislative package to address looming deadlines and fund the Federal government before the 118th Congress ends. GNYHA is committed to ensuring that Congress rejects harmful hospital and continuing...
November 13, 2024
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Residency Program Coordinator Toolkit

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...
November 5, 2024
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New AI Legislative and Regulatory Resource for GNYHA Members

For over a year GNYHA has been convening hospital and health system staff on emerging issues in artificial intelligence (AI) as well as speaking with policy makers and other stakeholders. Our goals have been to 1) help our members develop the infrastructure and internal policy base to evaluate and manage AI tools and 2) develop...
December 10, 2024
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GNYHA’s “One-Stop Shop” Resource of DOH-Translated Documents

This GNYHA resource compiles translated public-facing documents housed on the New York State Department of Health (DOH) website. The documents are not posted in one place on the DOH website, making them difficult to find. GNYHA created this “one-stop shop” of translated documents for member use. Under New York State’s language access policy, DOH is...
December 10, 2024
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DOH Releases Federal Share of Safe-Staffing Funds

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has announced the release of the Federal share ($93.5 million) of the $187 million Nursing Home Staffing Supplemental Funding enacted in the State fiscal year 2022-23 budget. DOH will release funds to qualifying freestanding and hospital-based nursing homes in Medicaid check cycle 2468. Nursing homes that are...
December 9, 2024
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New Federal Surveyor and Compliance Guidance Released

GNYHA highlights two Federal guidance documents germane to the continuing care membership, which will help members understand Federal government expectations. The topics of the guidance include administration, medical direction, care transitions, payment issues, and multiple quality improvement issues: Revised Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Surveyor Guidance Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Nursing...
December 9, 2024
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Upcoming Deadline for Required Mandated Reporter Training

GNYHA is writing to make you aware of an upcoming one-time, two-hour training requirement that all mandated reporters are required to complete by April 1, 2025, as required by Social Services Law § 413. The list of mandated reporters required to complete the training includes but is not limited to: Physicians, surgeons, residents, interns Registered...
December 9, 2024
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GNYHA Webinar Highlights Updated OMH Medication Guidance, Peer-Led Resources

A recent GNYHA/Healthcare Association of New York State webinar featured New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) representatives discussing updated PRN (pro re nata or “as needed”) and STAT (statim or “one time”) guidance for medications used in OMH-licensed inpatient and emergency room settings. OMH also discussed the recent rebranding of its Office of...
December 9, 2024
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DOH Issues Health Advisory on Increase in Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Cases

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Health Advisory (attached) on pertussis (whooping cough) due to the increasing number of cases in New York State. DOH reminds providers to consider pertussis in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with a prolonged cough illness regardless of vaccination status. Vaccinated individuals between ages...
December 6, 2024
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