On June 4, GNYHA hosted a meeting of its Hospital Language Assistance Coordinator (LAC) Forum. The LAC Forum convenes hospital staff who are designated by hospital administration to lead the implementation of the institution’s language assistance program. The LAC Forum supports the work of designated hospital LACs and shares best practices. The meeting focused on…

GNYHA will host the next Chief Medical Officer (CMO)/Physician Executive Forum virtually on June 4. The agenda for this meeting will include: Brief legislative and regulatory update from GNYHA Dr. Jason Golbin, Executive Vice President and System CMO at Catholic Health, on improving the patient experience Open discussion Please contact me with topics to add…

On June 6, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host an educational webinar on recent changes to the Hospital Financial Assistance Law enacted as part of the State fiscal year 2024–25 budget. The session will also review medical billing changes recently included in State law. The modified Hospital Financial Assistance Law…

On June 7, GNYHA will host a combined meeting of its Legal Affairs and Corporate Compliance professionals. The meeting will convene all staff levels for a quarterly overview of developments that are pertinent to the legal and compliance function. The tentative agenda includes: New York State Medical Indemnity Fund enrollment suspension Change Healthcare/Optum cyberattack Notable…

This Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) forum is designed for staff working in infection prevention and control—particularly infection preventionists and epidemiologists—to connect with each other and discuss shared challenges and strategies to reduce HAIs. The meeting will be chaired by Donald Chen, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Westchester Medical Center, and Kimberly Powell, RN, BS, CIC, Regional Director of…

On June 13, GNYHA will host a briefing with representatives from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC. Laurence J. Friedman, Member; Daniel A. Cody, Member; Rachel E. Yount, Of Counsel; and Jeannie Mancheno, Associate, will review the safe harbors and beneficiary inducement exceptions that may be used to help develop programs to address…

On June 13, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will host a web conference to launch the 2021 Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cap audit. The New York State Department of Health and audit firm KPMG will discuss the audit process, the timeline, changes to the audit tool, lessons learned, and other…

GNYHA will host a Cyber Learning Series kickoff event on June 17 during which the Emergency Preparedness Team will discuss the current health care cyber landscape and introduce our new Cyber Disruption Toolkit. We will highlight the toolkit’s key components for preparing for and mitigating the impact of a cyber disruption on clinical and administrative…

GNYHA hosted a webinar for the Safety Culture Survey Initiative (SCSI) on June 27 for hospitals participating in the Spring 2024 SCSI. The session provided guidance on accessing and understanding the SCSI survey results, covered data analysis and reporting, discussed benchmarks, and included a live demonstration of Excel and online reports.