GNYHA has released the fiscal year (FY) 2025 update of our Medicare Pay-for-Performance (P4P) calculator. This tool helps hospitals better understand their performance in the three major Medicare P4P programs established under the Affordable Care Act—the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program—and identify opportunities for...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) announced today that it has submitted its $1 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). DOH’s RHTP application focuses on four key initiatives to transform rural health in the State: 1) establish coordinated partnerships between rural health providers...

The New York Department of State (DOS) Office for New Americans has issued a flyer, titled Know Your Resources, Know Your Rights, which is available to anyone, including immigrants. The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has asked its partners for help distributing the flyer, including by posting it in public areas. The flyer...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently funded the Medicaid managed care portion of the New York State fiscal year (SFY) 2024-25 enacted budget’s Medicaid hospital outpatient 10% rate increase. Health plans received the corresponding rate schedules on October 17, and this funding covers the Ambulatory Patient Group (APG) and non-APG base rate...

GNYHA is conducting a survey to gather information about the number of staff members currently employed at your institutions on an H-1B visa. Your responses will help us continue to advocate for an exception for all health care workers from President Trump’s September 19 Presidential Proclamation, which attached a $100,000 fee to initial H-1B visa...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule. We expect CMS to release other Medicare payment final rules in the coming days, including the outpatient prospective payment system final rule. The PFS final rule’s key provisions that will impact GNYHA member...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) reminds providers of Elizabeth’s Law, which requires physicians and nurse midwives to inform pregnant patients about congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the symptoms, transmission and risks, diagnostic and preventative measures, as well as potential risks on pregnancy and infants—at the first prenatal visit. Congenital CMV is the most common intrauterine...

As announced in a Member Letter that was sent to chief executive officers on Monday, GNYHA is launching Getting to Know the Patient Care Team, a video resource to help new residents learn about the roles and responsibilities of other health care professionals with whom they will be working. This new resource could be particularly...