It was a pleasure to see so many members in-person last night at GNYHA’s Annual Meeting and Reception. Following the Annual Business Meeting, members heard from GNYHA President Kenneth E. Raske and Acting State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner James MacDonald, MD, MPH, and enjoyed the camaraderie of the broad GNYHA membership on a perfect...

The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the US Department of Health and Human Services agency that designates health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) and administers most of the Federal health workforce programs, recently opened applications for health care professionals and facilities that provide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The SUD Treatment and Recovery (STAR)...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that on June 5, it will publish an interim final rule with comment repealing the health care worker vaccine requirement. The repeal will go into effect on August 5, but CMS has indicated its intention not to enforce the vaccine mandate while the rulemaking process...

The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, recently announced the application cycle for a program that improves access to nursing education through simulation training. HRSA’s Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) Simulation Education Training Program provides awardees with up to $500,000 annually...

GNYHA provides members with the tools to develop and maintain a workforce that delivers high-quality patient care and biomedical innovations. This webpage highlights Federal and state funding opportunities currently accepting applications and details future funding opportunities for which members are eligible to apply. Open Funding Opportunities This section is updated regularly and features funding opportunities...

The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) recently released a second-round Request for Applications for certain mental health facilities and programs to access loan repayment funding to recruit and retain mental health staff. The OMH Community Mental Health Loan Repayment Program provides eligible mental health facilities and programs with award funding for educational...

As part of our strong opposition to a bill (A.6698/S.6636) that would drastically overhaul the State’s wrongful death law and significantly worsen your insurance costs, GNYHA is running a full-page print ad in newspapers across the State. The ad reads as follows: The Wrongful Death Bill is Wrong for New York The hospital community recently...

On May 24, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) adopted amendments to the State’s Clinical Laboratories and Blood Banks regulations that, among other things, permit flexibilities around supervision, including remote supervision, and provide updates to the qualifications of technical personnel in accordance with New York State Department of Education law. The discussion of...

GNYHA continues to oppose Introduction 0844-2022, which would create a City Office of Healthcare Accountability. This bill is part of a campaign by building service worker union 32BJ SEIU, real estate interests, and health insurers to damage New York hospitals and wrongly blame them for rising health care costs. The City Council could pass this...

Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) are leading a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging the agency to reevaluate the fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. CMS has proposed a 2.8% update to inpatient payment rates, which does not address the...