At this morning’s GNYHA Board of Governors meeting, Lee Perlman discussed a paper (attached) he co-authored called Increasing Transparency and Fairness on IRS Reporting Requirements of Supplemental Benefits. The other authors are Ralph Dejong, Retired Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP; Bruce Greenblatt, Managing Director, SullivanCotter; and Kathy Hastings, Managing Director, SullivanCotter. The paper focuses...

Retreat: March 19-20 Cover Page Powerpoint Related Materials CQFP March 2026 Retreat Agenda n/a Welcome Letter Who We Are Key Dates 2026-27 2026 Faculty Contacts 2026 Class Bios Retreat Faculty Bios Introduction to Clinical Quality Fellowship Program Open Discussion: What is Quality? n/a What is Quality? A Case Study The Safety of Inpatient Health Care...

This GNYHA-developed resource contains enrollment figures across the following plan types: Medicare Advantage, Child Health Plus, Health & Recovery Plans (HARP), Medicaid Managed Care including HARP, Managed Long Term Care (MLTC), Medicaid Advantage, and HIV/SNP. The data is aggregated and compiled from the Department of Health and values are calculated on a rolling monthly and...

GNYHA has been in touch with members, government agencies, and the non-profit health care cybersecurity organization Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) about a cyber incident affecting the medical device and equipment company Stryker. In the attached bulletin about the cyber incident, which occurred this morning, Health-ISAC outlined current crowd-sourced information and reported impacts....

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has released the initial 2025 Indigent Care Pool (ICP) and voluntary hospital upper payment limit (UPL) distribution model (attached). This model uses unaudited 2023 Institutional Cost Report data—including uninsured units of service, total hospital cost, and Medicaid dual eligible discharges—along with January 1, 2025, Medicaid rates to...

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) 2026-27 budget. The Assembly and Senate propose significant investments to protect and strengthen New York’s health care delivery system. These investments build on...

GNYHA submitted the attached comments opposing the recent US Department of Education (ED) proposal to exclude certain advanced health care professional degrees—including those for nurses, physician assistants (PAs), and physical therapists (PTs)—from access to higher Federal student loan borrowing limits. ED’s proposed rule, Reimagining and Improving Student Education, would implement changes made in HR 1....

GNYHA has revised our Federal advocacy agenda to address your most pressing Beltway needs during the second session of the 119th Congress. The document reflects both 1) longstanding GNYHA Federal priorities such as opposing additional “site-neutral” cuts and 2) the urgent need to mitigate HR 1’s massive health care cuts.

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) reported during a recent trade association call that it will post another round of Nursing Home Minimum Staffing penalties to its minimum staffing website by the end of this week. Affected facilities will receive penalty letters through the Health Commerce System after DOH posts the penalties. DOH...

GNYHA is writing to highlight New York State Department of Health (DOH) evacuation requirements addressing coastal storm preparedness and available resources for hospital and nursing home members for the 2026 season. As noted in DOH’s January 16, 2026 “Dear Administrator Letter” (attached), all New York City hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities are required...