Summary Table of the 2025 Albany End-of-Session

The attached table summarizes bills of interest to GNYHA members from the 2025 legislative session, which ended on June 18.
June 30, 2025
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GNYHA Paper: Closing Hospitals Doesn’t Fit the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Narrative

I wrote the attached paper, Closing Hospitals Doesn’t Fit the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Narrative, to examine the complicated proposals we face in Washington, DC, in their totality. I believe it’s important for your staff and trustees to be aware of the implications of these Federal actions, including their massive impact on New York’s hospitals. Please...
June 13, 2025
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With Reconciliation Bill Final, GNYHA Pivots to Huge Task of Mitigating the Impact

The House of Representatives today passed a final reconciliation bill with the most destructive health care cuts in American history. There is no candy-coating the bill’s impact on New York. The Senate column in the attached chart reflects the final bill’s health care provisions. There are three types of impacts: Diminished reimbursement to hospitals (in...
July 3, 2025
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House-Senate Reconciliation Side by Side: Major Threats to Health Care in New York

The House of Representatives passed a final reconciliation bill with the most destructive health care cuts in American history. The Senate column in the attached chart reflects the final bill’s health care provisions.
July 3, 2025
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Governor Releases Final Report on the Master Plan for Aging

Governor Kathy Hochul released the Final Report on New York’s first-ever Master Plan for Aging (MPA), an initiative that began in November 2022 via Executive Order No. 23 to establish a statewide vision for aging. The Final Report highlights proposals and commentary to inform policymaking to help New York continue to improve its services and...
July 2, 2025
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2025 Report on Resident Trainee Compensation and Benefits

GNYHA’s 2025 Resident Trainee Compensation report, summarizes the results of our survey of member teaching hospitals. Thank you to the GNYHA members that responded to the survey—95% of member institutions that employ residents are represented in the results. GNYHA has issued this report since 2019 to provide information on current compensation and benefits provided to...
July 2, 2025
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GME Data Brief: Matched Osteopathic Residents Since the Single Accreditation System

The spring 2025 GME Data Brief examines the single accreditation system’s impact on osteopathic medical school seniors matching into accredited residency programs. The Accreditation Council for GME and the American Osteopathic Association transitioned to a single accreditation system by which osteopathic and allopathic residency programs are accredited under a uniform set of requirements in 2020....
July 2, 2025
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As Senate Passes Reconciliation Bill, Governor Hochul Highlights GNYHA-HANYS Economic Model Projecting Severe Harm to NYS and Its Hospitals

Shortly after the US Senate today passed its version of a reconciliation bill, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued the attached press release warning of the devasting impact the bill will have on “New York health care providers, patients, employees and communities.” The press release cites data from the attached recent GNYHA-Healthcare Association of New...
July 1, 2025
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MedPAC Releases June 2025 Report to Congress

In its June 2025 Report to the Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended reforming the physician fee schedule (PFS) payment updates and assessed ways to improve nursing home quality. MedPAC recommended replacing the Medicare PFS updates under current law with an annual update tied to a portion of the growth in the Medicare...
June 30, 2025
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Senate Begins Debating Reconciliation Bill; Senate Bill’s Harmful Impacts Still Exceed House Bill

The Senate has begun their debate on an amended version of its reconciliation bill. As expected, several proposals that would severely harm GNYHA members were revamped to comply with the Senate Parliamentarian’s Byrd Rule requirements. The updated bill continues to use the House-passed reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) as a template. The Senate’s bill is subject...
June 29, 2025
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US Supreme Court Rules on Nationwide Injunctions and ACA Coverage for Preventive Care

The US Supreme Court issued two decisions today of interest to hospitals. Nationwide Injunctions The Court ruled in Trump v. CASA, Inc., that US district courts likely do not have the authority to grant nationwide or “universal” injunctions, and the Trump Administration is therefore entitled to a partial stay of several such injunctions entered against...
June 27, 2025
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GNYHA Comments on Amendments to “12-Week Rule” and Limited Permit Regulations

GNYHA recently submitted the attached comments on the proposed rulemaking by the New York State Department of Health (DOH), 12-Week Rule for Foreign Medical School Graduates and Limited Permit Allowances published in the State Register on April 23, 2025. The proposal would amend Part 405.4 of Title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules, and...
June 27, 2025
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