Greater New York Hospital Association
Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), founded in 1904, is a one-of-a-kind trade association comprising nearly 300 hospitals and continuing care facilities, both voluntary and public, in the metropolitan New York area and throughout the State, as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Over the years, with the help of our members, we have redefined what a trade association is and should be, and have created a dynamic center for discussion and collective advocacy.

National Health Reform: The Debate Begins

On June 19, the U.S. House of Representatives released a discussion draft of sweeping health reform legislation that expands health coverage to the uninsured and makes significant delivery system reforms. It was developed jointly by the three committees of jurisdiction—the Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor Committees.

To read GNYHA’s summary of the bill, click here to access ML-66. 

Health Reform Briefing:
GNYHA will hold a health reform briefing for GNYHA members only on July 16, 2009. 
For more information, contact Evelyn Guthwin at eguthwin@gnyha.org. 


 

 

 

H1N1 Influenza Watch
As New York and the nation monitor the recent H1N1 Influenza outbreak and related public health concerns, GNYHA created the H1N1 Influenza Resource Center to catalog official communications released by New York City, New York State, and Federal agencies.





 

GNYHA's RAC Tracking Tool Goes National

GNYHA created its Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) Database and Tracking Tool to help hospital staff assist in the tracking of time-sensitive tasks related to the Medicare Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) demonstration project, which ended on March 27, 2008. The RAC tool enabled hospitals to monitor RAC medical record requests and appeals and to manage the overall impact of payment errors by using automated worklists and reports.

Now that the RAC program has become a nationwide audit function under the Medicare Fee for Service Program, GNYHA is converting its RAC tracking tool to a Web-based product with greatly enhanced functionality, including the ability to generate more facility reports and to enable hospitals to provide data to the American Hospital Association on a facility-level basis without having to manually key data into a Web site. The enhanced RAC tool will be available to hospitals nationwide. For more information on the RAC tool, please contact Stewart M. Presser, Vice President for Corporate Affairs at GNYHA Ventures, Inc. (212) 506-5444 or presser@gnyha.org.  

 

 
 

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