1199SEIU President George Gresham and I sent the attached letter yesterday to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and members of the New York State Legislature. The letter thanks them for their indispensable role in passing a final State budget that “advances health equity” and “represents a meaningful first step towards reducing...

GNYHA has submitted the attached comments to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) on its proposed regulations to establish new requirements for emergency departments (ED) treating individuals with behavioral health presentations. The proposed regulations look to codify the attached October 2023 guidance jointly issued by DOH and the Office of Mental Health (OMH)....

New York State’s leaders have reached agreement on the health care provisions of the New York State fiscal year (SFY) 2025 budget. I want to be clear that this outcome is not an ending, but instead just the beginning of our necessary work to end health disparities and Medicaid underpayments. Attached is an excerpt from...

GNYHA has submitted the attached comments to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) in response to a proposed rule to amend the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY) regulations. This proposal would allow for hospital data to be captured in a statewide data repository, which DOH could access for “Medicaid purposes...

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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on May 9 to review its States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity and Development (AHEAD) Model’s primary care component, Primary Care AHEAD. CMS will cover key Primary Care AHEAD program topics, including how Primary Care AHEAD contributes to the AHEAD Model’s overall success, how...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the attached Federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule. CMS proposes various updates and policy changes, including: A net 4.1% payment rate increase A request for information (RFI) on potential changes to the Patient-Driven Payment Model’s (PDPM)...