This GNYHA-developed resource contains enrollment figures across the following plan types: Medicare Advantage, Child Health Plus, Health & Recovery Plans (HARP), Medicaid Managed Care including HARP, Managed Long Term Care (MLTC), Medicaid Advantage, and HIV/SNP. The data is aggregated and compiled from the Department of Health and values are calculated on a rolling monthly and...

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives adopted a “budget resolution” this morning that kickstarts the reconciliation process, a special procedure that expedites the consideration of certain tax, spending, and budget legislation and bypasses Senate filibuster rules. Reconciliation legislation will be the primary vehicle for Congressional Republicans’ policy priorities this year. Now that an identical budget resolution...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released V3.0 of the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) hospital global budget technical specifications. These revisions reflect several changes in response to concerns raised by GNYHA including: Implementing a payment floor to ensure that any volume reductions due to...

Statements of Support A.183/S.3029 (Rosenthal/Stavisky): Licensure for Genetic Counselors A.957/S.1224 (Paulin/Rivera): School-Based Health Center Managed Care Carve-Out A.1069-A/S.4955-A (Paulin/Harkham): Enhances OMIG’s Audit Standards for Medicaid Providers A.1691/S.3359 (Paulin/Rivera): Telehealth Reimbursement Parity A.3285/S.1619 (McDonald/Rivera), Application Waiver for Pharmacists A.3319/S.1001 and A.5773: Reimburse Creative Arts Therapists A.7522/S.4867 (Lavine/Fahy): Prohibit Insurance Delays for Mental Health Treatments S.1913 (Rivera):...

A judge in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has struck down portions of the Federal nursing home staffing rule requiring that facilities meet minimum registered nurse (RN) and nurse aide staffing levels and have an RN onsite 24/7. The rule’s provisions related to modifying the facility assessment were not challenged...

GNYHA provides members with the tools to develop and maintain a workforce that delivers high-quality patient care and biomedical innovations. This webpage highlights Federal and state funding opportunities currently accepting applications and details future funding opportunities for which members are eligible to apply. Open Funding Opportunities This section is updated regularly and features funding opportunities...

GNYHA is pleased to introduce this new tool designed to help clinicians make decisions on screening and testing for avian influenza A(H5N1). The tool’s decision trees are based on guidance provided in this New York State Department of Health (DOH) and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) advisory. It highlights when...

GNYHA recently submitted the attached comment letter to address the New York State Department of Health’s (DOH) proposed rule regarding nurse reviewer requirements for trauma center reverification. The proposed change would require that a nurse reviewer be included only during the initial verification site visit rather than at every re‐verification, aligning the process with current...