On July 11, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host a web conference to launch the 2020 Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cap audit. The New York State Department of Health and audit firm KPMG will discuss the audit process, timeline, changes to the audit tool, lessons learned, and other logistics….

GNYHA will continue its eConsult Academy Learning Series with a webinar on using eConsults to address behavioral health conditions. Electronic consultations (eConsults) allow patient-specific provider-to-provider communication about low-acuity concerns. Primary care providers can use eConsults to support mental health care delivery, improve integration of behavioral health and primary care, and increase behavioral health capacity by…

On July 12, GNYHA will host a briefing with New York State Office of Mental Health leadership on the New York City Behavioral Health Centers of Excellence (BH CoE) initiative that was recently approved by New York State and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Through the BH CoE, Medicaid managed care organizations and…

The next session of GNHYA’s Quality Fundamentals course will be held virtually on July 13. Quality Fundamentals introduces the principles and tools of quality improvement (QI) and teaches participants how to develop a systematic framework to implement QI projects in their hospitals. Applicants will receive an e-mail containing information about how to register once the…

On July 13, GNYHA will host the next Antibiotic Use and Resistance (AUR) Collaborative webinar. The program will feature Arjun Srinivasan, MD, Deputy Director for Program Improvement, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Amy Webb, MPH, CHES, Senior Public Health Analyst, Lantana Consulting Group, a contractor for…

On July 19, GNYHA will host the third meeting in the Maternal Health Learning Series to share innovative, equity-focused programming to advance maternal health and well-being. The agenda includes updates on State and local initiatives related to birth equity, doulas and a learning collaborative on perinatal mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. The event will…

On July 20, GNYHA convened a briefing with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) on the implementation of the new Certificate of Need (CON) Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) requirement. The briefing was conducted by DOH staff responsible for the HEIA process, including Johanne Morne, Deputy Commissioner, DOH Office of Health Equity and…

GNYHA will host its triannual meeting on current privacy and health information technology (HIT) issues. The tentative agenda includes: Update on regulatory and enforcement developments from the Office for Civil Rights, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and Office of the New York State Attorney General Overview of current privacy and HIT proposals,…