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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...

This directory has been prepared by GNYHA to facilitate communications among providers and key government agencies in advance of and during emergencies. The first part of the directory contains contact information for numerous local, state, and Federal agencies; private agencies such as the American Red Cross; and other key services. This information also appears on...

The New York State Assembly and Senate have released their “one-house” budget bills, which set out each chamber’s negotiating positions before the April 1 deadline for an on-time State fiscal year (SFY) 2025-26 budget. GNYHA is pleased that both houses build on Governor Hochul’s strong proposed budget and further support New York’s financially struggling hospitals...

The House of Representatives has passed a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the Federal government at Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 levels through September 30, 2025 (the end of FY 2025). The stopgap appropriations bill now moves to the Senate for a vote. Without Senate approval, the Federal government will shut down at midnight on...

GNYHA has submitted the attached comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in response to its proposed rule to modernize the security provisions of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Security Rule). Issued in December, the proposed rule would impose a rigid, one-size-fits-all...

The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) recently released applications for certain behavioral health programs to access funding to recruit and retain behavioral health staff. Last year’s enacted State budget provided $7 million for the OMH Community Mental Health Loan Repayment Program. There are two open funding opportunities through the program: 1) Round...

At its March meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) analyzed the adequacy of Medicare payments for ground ambulance services and discussed reforming the methodology for physician fee schedule (PFS) updates. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 requires that MedPAC submit a report on the adequacy of and geographic variation in Medicare payments for ground...

New York State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner James McDonald, MD, has sent an urgent message about the increasing number of measles cases in the United States, including two cases in New York City. Dr. McDonald stated that in Texas one in four people with measles were hospitalized and emphasized that the best protection against...