The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) has edited its emergency medical services (EMS) computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system. Effective immediately, CAD will provide up to three emergency department (ED) recommendations within 15 minutes of the patient’s location (up from 10 minutes). Background In March 2025, FDNY significantly modified its EMS transportation policy...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system proposed rule and the CY 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule. CMS proposes a 2.4% rate increase, which reflects the projected market basket increase of...

GNYHA, with our association partners, has developed this Long-Term Care Medical Surge Exercise After-Action Report and Improvement Plan, summarizing the results of the exercise. This After-Action Report can be used to assist members in identifying potential impacts and ways to mitigate those impacts during a medical surge. The After-Action Report documents key findings of the...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system proposed rule. CMS proposes a 2.4 percent rate increase which reflects the projected market basket increase of 3.2 percent, reduced by a 0.8 percentage point adjustment for...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has published its formal Notice of Adoption (attached) of long-awaited regulatory changes to the State’s certificate of need (CON) program. The updated regulations became effective August 6, and pursuant to the regulations, they apply to all applications filed after the effective date. The State’s Public Health and...

The Accreditation Council for GME (ACGME) will discontinue its Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program this fall. Effective immediately, CLER program site visits to teaching institutions, including hospitals, are no longer required as a condition of ACGME accreditation. Teaching institutions with upcoming CLER site visits will be given the option to cancel and no future...

The Vaccine Community and Patient Health Education Toolkit compiles vaccine-related health education materials—including handouts and posters—for use by community health educators, clinicians, and other hospital staff in as many languages as the resource was translated. This resource will be updated on a frequent basis. For COVID-19 vaccination materials, visit our COVID-19 Vaccine Education Toolkit. Section...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that the New York State Department of Health and Dormitory Authority of the State of New York awarded nearly $300 million in Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program (STP) IV funding to more than 50 projects and initiatives statewide. Awards and project descriptions associated with this announcement can...

The fiscal year 2025-26 budget includes amendments to Article 9 of the Mental Hygiene Law (MHL) affecting the involuntary removal and admission of certain individuals with mental illness and the ability to use psychiatric nurse practitioners to certify the involuntary admission of individuals on the medical certification of two practitioners. The changes are effective August...

Hospitals have faced an alarming rise in violence against health care workers in recent years. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, health care and social service workers were five times more likely than other workers to suffer a workplace violence injury.1 A 2021 study showed that 44% of nurses experienced physical violence while on the job,...