The New York City Council last month passed a bill to amend the New York City Charter to expand its advice and consent powers, despite Mayor Adams’ opposition. The bill gives the Council the ability to approve or reject 20 additional Mayoral appointees, including the commissioners of Buildings, Consumer and Worker Protection, Environmental Protection, Health...

The Division of the Budget (DOB) on Wednesday released its first quarterly update for State fiscal year 2025. DOB reported that total State funds are $1.8 billion above previous estimates due to Federal reimbursements, lower-than-expected spending, and income tax revenues above expectations. However, DOB said these developments would not alter overall budget projections. DOB also...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the US Department of Health and Human Services agency that administers most Federal health workforce programs, recently opened applications for two GME funding opportunities. The Children’s Hospitals GME program provides funding to freestanding children’s hospitals for residency training. A total of $366 million is available for up to...

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), the organization that places residency program applicants into open residency positions, has published its 2024 Main Residency Match Results and Data Report. The report contains data on the results of the 2024 Main Residency Match (Match) and Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). (SOAP is a second round of...

GNYHA recently participated in a symposium convened by the Advisory Commission on Alternate Licensing Models, a body recently established by the Federation of State Medical Boards, Intealth, and the Accreditation Council for GME. The Commission is charged with providing states with guidance on developing a path to medical licensure for foreign-licensed physicians that does not...

This month, Senate Finance Committee (SFC) staff convened GNYHA, the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and other stakeholders to discuss potential Medicare GME legislation. A bipartisan SFC working group recently released a GME policy outline to address physician workforce shortages in certain specialties and regions. GNYHA advocated for legislation that would...

GNYHA will conduct several member debriefing sessions the week of August 5 on the CrowdStrike outage that occurred July 19. The sessions will focus on your organizations’ response, continuity of patient care services, and areas for improved coordination. Your staff will have an opportunity to share individual approaches with other GNYHA members and provide feedback...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has released details about its Safety Net Transformation Program, including that DOH is now accepting letters of interest (LOI) from safety net hospitals that wish to apply for funding under the program. The State budgeted $300 million in its State fiscal year 2025 budget for the Safety...

GNYHA continues to assess the CrowdStrike outage’s impact on hospital operations since Friday, including the need to rely on downtime procedures and manually reconfigure computer workstations. We remain in contact with State and local officials who are monitoring for impacts. Our main request to date is for New York State to relax prior authorization requirements...