In collaboration, with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, GNYHA is sharing a daily syndromic surveillance report that compares median visits for COVID-19-like illness for the most recent three-day period against the same type of visits for the previous two-week period. The report includes data at the City, borough, and facility...

In November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the State plan amendment for the 2021 New York State Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI), which is a long-running program since 2016 that has provided a $50 million budget-neutral pool of funding for nursing facilities that meet certain quality-related metrics and that becomes effective in...

The New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) recently released guidance on the storage and transfer of sexual offense evidence collection kits (SOECKs). OVS’s guidance includes an intake form and training attestation. GNYHA recommends that relevant staff in your institutions review these documents at their earliest convenience and forward any questions to us. We...

GNYHA highlights key Federal, State, and local resources as continuing care providers—faced with COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other seasonal illnesses—continue to maintain safe and high-quality environments. Fortunately, providers can prevent infection or serious illness among residents and staff by following infection control recommendations and providing up-to-date vaccinations to residents and staff. Specifically,...

This Social Care Needs Coding and Referral Guide was developed at the request of GNYHA members to support their efforts to screen patients for social care needs, document these needs in the electronic medical record, and partner with community-based organizations (CBO) to address common needs among their patient populations. The Guide also may be a helpful...

During the COVID-19 pandemic GNYHA developed several tools and offered programming to assist members with managing the constantly evolving COVID-19 litigation landscape. Those resources are consolidated on this page for your convenience. COVID-19 Immunity Law Repeal Toolkit: On April 3, 2020, New York’s COVID-19 immunity law, the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA) was...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently issued “Dear Administrator Letter #22-12: General Hospital Patient Transfers for Load Balancing During State Disaster Emergency,” which reiterates the current State disaster emergency declared via Executive Order No. 4. This allows the DOH Commissioner to activate the Surge and Flex Health Care Coordination System and to...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that bebtelovimab is no longer authorized for emergency use in the United States because it is not expected to neutralize the Omicron BQ.1 and BQ 1.1 subvariants of SARS-CoV-2. As of November 26, BQ.1 and BQ 1.1 are above 57% of all COVID-19 infections nationally, and data shows...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued an updated advisory on return-to-work protocols for health care personnel (HCP) with SARS-CoV2 infection or exposure to SARS CoV-2 to fully align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 issued on...