The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2027 home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule. The rule includes significant changes to Medicare provider enrollment procedure intended to combat improper billing and eradicate noncompliant providers and suppliers from the Medicare program. These enrollment changes apply to all...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year (CY) 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule includes several changes to physician payment methodologies, remote monitoring services, and quality reporting requirements. Physician payment rates will decrease in CY 2027 following the expiration of a temporary payment increase. CMS also finalized changes to how Medicare...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its FAQs on the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) law. The FAQs, initially published in late July, were previously updated in August. GNYHA has requested to speak with DOH about questions and concerns we have on some of these updates. The updated FAQs include the...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year (CY) 2027 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule includes two damaging 340B Drug Pricing Program proposals and an expansion of site-neutral payments for certain imaging services. We will share hospital-specific impacts of the final rule with...

Extraordinary! No other word will do. Democrats won control of the US House of Representatives and US Senate in yesterday’s elections. In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) was reelected to her second full term after soundly defeating Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman. GNYHA supports those who support health care, and these results are an important...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has released the attached April 1 Medicaid inpatient hospital rate package implementing the State fiscal year (SFY) 2027 Executive budget increase of 9.79% (which is significantly higher than the originally estimated 7.35% increase). While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has not yet approved the State...

GNYHA and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) have extended the deadline for applications for the 18th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP): the Class of 2027-28. The new deadline for submitting the application is November 10. The program will train eligible physicians, nurses, and physician assistants to become quality leaders in their organizations....

Recent Federal investigations have raised serious concerns about patient safety during organ procurement. This scrutiny underscores the importance of hospital oversight and clear responsibilities between hospitals and organ procurement organizations (OPOs). New patient safety requirements take effect November 18, including a formal process to pause organ donation when unresolved concerns arise about a patient’s clinical...

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...