Summary Table of the 2023 Legislative Session

The attached table summarizes the bills of interest to GNYHA members from the now-completed 2023 legislative session. The Senate completed their work on June 10, but the Assembly returned to Albany for two days this week. Some of the most important bills from this year’s session are highlighted below. Passed Both Houses Standing Orders (A.6030-C/S.6886-A)...
September 7, 2023
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Perspectives Podcast: Preparedness for Climate-Based Threats

GNYHA’s Perspectives podcast takes a deep dive into hospital issues and operations. Each episode examines the perspectives of health care executives while discussing various topics. Ep. 11 – Preparedness for Climate-Based Threats GNYHA’s latest Perspectives podcast marks the height of coastal storm season in the Northeast with an expert look at climate-based emergency preparedness for...
September 5, 2023
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Senate HELP Committee Marks Up Primary Care Bill with Hospital Site-Neutral Cut

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee last week considered S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, a health care workforce bill sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) that would expand access to primary care. The $26 billion bill passed the full committee with a 14-7...
September 29, 2023
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House Leadership Pulls Bill with Hospital Site-Neutral Cut from Consideration

House leadership last week scheduled a vote to consider a comprehensive health care transparency bill, H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. The bill draws substantially from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s PATIENT Act and incorporates provisions from the Health Care Price Transparency Act and the Transparency in Billing Act. GNYHA’s comments on...
September 29, 2023
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Congress Hurtles Toward a Shutdown

The monthslong appropriations stalemate between the House and Senate will culminate this weekend, with only a few days left in FY 2023. House Republicans and Senate Democrats drafted FY 2024 funding bills at contrasting levels over the summer and have yet to reach a compromise. The impasse is largely due to House Republicans’ refusal to...
September 29, 2023
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DOH to Release CINERGY Payments to Nursing Homes

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) will release CINERGY Collaborative payments for both State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 (April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023) (Federal share) and SFY 2024 (April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024) (State share) in Medicaid check cycle 2405, with a check release date of October 11. With...
September 25, 2023
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House, Senate Grapple with Health Care Legislation, Site-Neutral Cuts

House Leadership Pulls Bill with Hospital Site-Neutral Cut from Calendar House leadership last week scheduled a vote to consider a comprehensive health care transparency bill, H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. The legislation draws substantially from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s PATIENT Act and incorporates provisions from the Health Care Price Transparency...
September 25, 2023
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Preparing for a Federal Government Shutdown

Congress must pass a spending bill for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 or a short-term continuing resolution (CR) by September 30 to avert a Federal Government shutdown. Unfortunately, given the failure to advance House appropriations bills over the last several weeks, it appears increasingly likely that a shutdown will occur. While GNYHA member hospitals will...
September 25, 2023
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