GNYHA will host a bimonthly Clinical and Quality Forum meeting to provide relevant updates on local, State, and Federal regulatory matters, quality-related measurement, and GNYHA resources and programs. These meetings will cover a broad array of topics and offer members an opportunity to raise questions or concerns with GNYHA and colleagues from other hospitals. We…

Many New York City hospital morgues are currently experiencing delays with decedent retrieval—by the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and funeral homes. These delays are due to numerous factors, including an increase in citywide fatalities and unprecedented staffing shortages brought on by the current Omicron wave. GNYHA is coordinating closely with…

Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council Presentation Jenna Mandel-Ricci, Senior Vice President, Healthcare System Resilience, GNYHA Samia McEachin, Assistant Director, Emergency Preparedness, GNYHA CHCANYS -Increasing Regional Communication Capacity Alex Lipovtsev, Senior Director, Emergency Management, Community Health Care Association of New York State Panel: Responding to a Five-Alarm Fire in the Bronx –The Hospital Experience Robert Favelukes, MD,…

On January 20, GNYHA will host Linda Malek and Lisa Murtha from the law firm of Moses & Singer, LLP, for a briefing on achieving diversity in clinical trials. Ensuring people from diverse backgrounds join clinical trials is important for advancing health equity and has far-reaching implications, including for equitable access to cutting-edge research and…

The agenda included updates on Federal and NYS community health equity-related policy; a briefing on 2022 Community Health Needs Assessments, including New York State hospital Community Service Plans; and an update on activities of the GNYHA/1199 Healthcare Education Project (HEP).  In addition, we will be joined by a representative of the New York City Department…

GNHYA will hold a virtual session of its Quality Fundamentals Course to introduce quality improvement (QI) and provide instructions on how to develop a systematic framework to plan and implement QI projects in your hospital. The course is designed for staff who have not received formal QI training and provides an opportunity to increase your…

The tentative agenda includes updates on: The No Surprises Act Price Transparency COVID-19 Legal and Regulatory Matters GME Policy Highlights NYS Budget Highlights Compliance Training Tool and Other Member Initiatives

GNYHA’s continuing care membership will meet on January 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Members will be briefed on COVID-19 developments, the State budget process, and Federal policy updates. We anticipate that the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards will approve approximately one hour of continuing education credits for this…