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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Medicare OPPS/ASC Final Rule for 2025 and Select PFS Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule, and the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule. Under the OPPS final rule, hospital outpatient payments are estimated to increase by 2.9%...
December 13, 2024
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CY 2025 OPPS Final Rule Estimated Impacts

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule, and the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule. Under the OPPS final rule, hospital outpatient payments are estimated to increase by 2.9%...
December 13, 2024
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GNYHA Recommends Remedy for Rescinded Low Wage Index Policy

GNYHA recently submitted the attached comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on an interim final rule with comment period (IFC) that removed the low wage index policy from the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025. GNYHA supported CMS’s decision to remove the low wage index policy and...
December 12, 2024
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Damaging Wrongful Death Bill on Governor Hochul’s Desk; GNYHA Urges Members to Make Your Voices Heard

The New York State Legislature has delivered the wrongful death bill to New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The bill would dramatically increase New York hospitals’ medical malpractice costs. The Governor has until December 24 to sign, veto, or negotiate changes to the bill. GNYHA has urged the Governor to veto the bill. We are asking...
December 12, 2024
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New York State Increases PCMH Payments and Adds Social Care Network Requirement

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) Office of Health Insurance Programs recently released its Medicaid Update with information for primary care practices participating in the NYS patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition program. The NYS PCMH recognition program requires primary care practices to adopt certain concepts into their care delivery to advance primary care...
December 12, 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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