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...

Sepsis, the third leading cause of death in US hospitals, is responsible for 11 million deaths annually around the world. In recognition of World Sepsis Day on September 13, GNYHA is sharing resources that can assist with prevention, early recognition, and timely intervention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sepsis Core Elements, including webinars...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued its 2025-27 guidance letter, dated August 21, 2024, for completing the hospital comprehensive Community Service Plans (CSPs) that are due to DOH by the end of 2025. Required to be completed every three years under NYS Public Health Law § 2803-l, hospital comprehensive CSPs must...

GNYHA and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) are accepting applications for the 16th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP): the Class of 2025-26. The program will train eligible physicians, nurse professionals, and physician assistants to become quality leaders in their organizations. The CQFP brochure features all program details, including the full calendar of...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released a draft update of its Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) Version 5 and requested public comments. GNYHA submitted the attached comments requesting clarification on FEMA policies and highlighting ongoing policy issues with FEMA’s reimbursement of COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) costs. FEMA will consider comments...

To reduce morbidity and mortality from mpox and COVID-19, the New York State Commissioner of Health has issued non-patient specific standing orders for the administration of mpox JYNNEOS and COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines by State licensed pharmacists. This allows patients to receive the vaccines from a pharmacist without first seeking a physician. Pharmacists must...

As with regular Medicaid payments, states must provide local funds (the percentages vary by state) to receive Federal DSH funds. While states have flexibility in determining the distribution of DSH funding to individual hospitals, the Federal government caps the amount of DSH funding that individual hospitals can receive at their “DSH cap”—their losses from treating...

GNYHA’s recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the calendar year 2025 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule oppose CMS’s proposed wage index methodology changes. CMS’s proposed rule argued that the current ESRD PPS wage index does not accurately reflect the ESRD facility labor market...