GNYHA will hold a roundtable discussion on Candida auris (C. auris) on May 2. The forum will provide member hospitals with an opportunity to learn about how peers are conducting surveillance, performing admission testing, and generally managing C. auris patients, particularly those admitted from nursing homes. GNYHA encourages hospital including infection preventionists, clinical staff with…

A monthly meeting of government affairs professionals to discuss Federal, State, and Local health care policy. Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried will be joining us as a guest speaker.

GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host a web conference on May 8 to launch the 2016 and 2017 Institutional Cost Report audits. Representatives from the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and the audit firm KPMG will review the audit process, timing and other logistics, technical matters, audit best…

We will be providing updates on the most recent DSRIP payments, discussing  performance measures, and discussing PPS planned activities for the remainder of DSRIP Year 5.

Order of Events: 5:00 p.m. | Arrival of Guests 5:30 p.m. | Program Installation of GNYHA Officers and Board of Governors President’s Annual Remarks 6:45 p.m. | Cocktail Reception and Networking Event

The HIT Forum provides members with updates on State and Federal health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange issues, as well as information on upcoming GNYHA programming. GNYHA strives to apprise members of pertinent HIT and health information exchange issues, and HIT’s role in supporting quality improvement, patient safety, and care coordination efforts. Members…

GNYHA will host a webinar on May 20 to present recent HIT proposed rules and proposed changes to hospital quality and payment programs in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2020. The webinar will take place during the regularly scheduled GNYHA…

On May 21, GNYHA will host a quarterly meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee and Compliance Workgroup. The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) will join us to discuss recent changes to its self-disclosure program and answer questions about the self-disclosure process and requirements. OMIG speakers will be Kevin Ryan, Deputy…

GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) will co-sponsor a nurse lobby day in Albany on May 21 to voice opposition to proposed nurse staffing ratio legislation. The New York Organization of Nurse Executives and Leaders and other nursing leaders also will join us. Member hospitals are encouraged to view the proposed…

This event is a continuation of a two-part workshop series designed to further develop and evaluate enterprise-wide cyber response plans—the series of internal actions taken once a cyber threat has been identified. As the types and complexities of cyber threats increase, facility plans must integrate the response actions of key departments, including IT, clinical areas,…

On May 29, GNYHA will host a webinar on the evaluation of the health improvement interventions included in hospital community health improvement plans and on the selection of measures to use to monitor progress. Hospitals will need to be prepared to report on the progress of their community interventions to public policymakers and the public,…