On October 14, GNYHA will host a quarterly meeting of its Legal Affairs Committee and Compliance Workgroup. The tentative agenda includes: An overview of Office of the Medicaid Inspector General priorities with Frank Walsh, Acting Medicaid Inspector General Federal surprise billing regulations Status of New York State vaccine mandates for health care personnel COVID-19 litigation…

GNYHA’s continuing care membership will meet on October 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Members will be briefed on ongoing Federal and State policy issues affecting continuing care providers, including legislative and regulatory issues, and updated on COVID-19 response efforts. We anticipate that the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards…

On October18, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host a one-hour webinar with Livanta, New York’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). Livanta will discuss provider responsibilities and regulatory compliance for the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC)-QIO and will review sampling methodology, improper payment reduction strategies, the memorandum of agreement, medical…

GNYHA Slides Jenna Mandel-Ricci, Vice President, Regulatory and Professional Affairs, GNYHA Laura Alfredo, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory and Professional Affairs, GNYHA Susan Waltman, Executive Vice President, Legal, Regulatory, and Professional Affairs; Executive Vice President, Legal & General Counsel, GNYHA Lorraine Ryan, Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory and Professional Affairs, GNYHA Epidemiology…

GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host a web conference on October 25 to launch the 2019 Institutional Cost Report audits. Representatives from the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and audit firm KPMG will review the audit process, timing and other logistics, technical matters, audit best practices, and the…

On October 28, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) will co-host an online training session by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV) to provide background and education on addressing domestic violence in health care settings. The session is designed to help hospitals comply with Public…