GNYHA Behavioral Health Services Committee
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: GNYHA Boardroom
555 West 57th Street, Suite 1500
GNYHA is holding a meeting of its Behavioral Health Services Committee to update members on the recently finalized New York State fiscal year 2008–2009 budget, as well as on several New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) redesign efforts, which include ongoing programmatic and reimbursement reform initiatives. Members will also be briefed on updates to the Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System.Additionally, colleagues from a New York City Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) will present information regarding a study of overcrowding and high utilization of CPEP services. Members will have the opportunity to discuss their experiences and begin developing strategies to address overcrowding and high utilization of psychiatric services. For more information, contact Alison Burke. To register, email Rosanne Casey at rcasey@gnyha.org.
NIMS Happens! Real Responses to Real Events in Hospitals Using the National Incident Management System
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Time: Registration, 1:30 p.m.; Program, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: GNYHA Conference Center,
555 West 57th Street, 15th Floor
GNYHA and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will hold a joint meeting of GNYHA’s Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council and DOHMH’s Emergency Preparedness Coordinators, which is intended to provide GNYHA members, wherever located, with practical approaches to complying with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Representatives from four GNYHA member hospitals will present information regarding how NIMS has played an integral role in their response to real events and the needs experienced by their hospitals. For more information, contact Doris R. Varlese. To register, e-mail Laurie Sangirardi at sangirardi@gnyha.org.