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SFY 2025-26 New York State Budget Health Care Proposals, GNYHA Positions

The Senate and Assembly last week released their respective “one-house” budget resolutions outlining their State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 priorities (New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her proposed budget in January). This GNYHA table summarizes 1) the health care provisions in the Governor’s proposed budget, 2) the health care provisions in the one-house budgets, and...

Immigration Enforcement Toolkit

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders, including on immigration enforcement, on his first day in office. Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Benjamine Huffman also issued a directive that rescinded an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy limiting enforcement in or near “sensitive” areas, including hospitals, churches, and schools. Additionally, DHS has indicated...

February 19, 2025

Safety Net Hospital Collaborative Steering Committee Meeting

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

GME Data Brief: 2025 Match Results by Resident Type

The Winter 2025 GME Data Brief examines the National Resident Matching Program’s 2025 Main Residency Match (Match) results. The Match, the largest residency matching system in the US, matches thousands of medical school seniors and graduates into US residency positions each year. This GME Data Brief focuses on the post-graduate year one positions made available...

DOH Moves from Daily to Weekly HERDS Reporting Requirements Tomorrow, will Hold Webinar to Outline the Changes

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has announced that beginning tomorrow (April 2), DOH will move to a weekly requirement for nursing homes and adult care facilities to submit the COVID-19 Health Electronic Data Response System (HERDS) report. This replaces the daily reporting requirement. The weekly HERDS reports will be due every Tuesday....

Continuing Care Membership Meeting

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

GNYHA Conference Center

Clinical, Quality, and Regulatory Forum

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Medical Indemnity Fund in Jeopardy; Member Advocacy Urgently Needed

With the ongoing existence of the Medical Indemnity Fund (MIF) an open question as we enter the final phase of the New York State budget process, I urge you to contact your elected officials in Albany to explain what the MIF means to your financial viability and patient care mission. Please customize the attached template...

Second Annual Emergency Preparedness Needs Assessment Survey for Hospitals and Continuing Care Members

GNYHA has developed our 2nd annual needs assessment survey to guide our 2025 programming efforts. This survey—for member hospitals and continuing care facilities—includes various questions on specific hazards such as cyber disruptions, functions such as hazardous materials response, and topics such as workplace violence. Other questions focus on the need for Federal, state, and local...

Legislative Updates on Laws Impacting Maternity Care Operations

GNYHA has received clarification on several laws impacting maternity care that were highlighted in GNYHA’s February 21 Quality & Clinical Bulletin. Mandatory Information for Hospitals to Offer Maternity Care Patients Hospitals must include certain information about the facility in the material provided to prospective maternity patients. In addition to the statistics on the New York...

DOH Updates VBP Resources

DOH recently published updated resources on its value-based payment (VBP) program webpage for Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), individual providers, and practices participating in the VBP program. DOH updates VBP program resources annually for MCOs that report quality measures and for individual providers and practices looking to align their care plans. The DOH webpage can...

DOH Releases Medicaid Coverage Policies to Invest in Social Service Providers

DOH increased coverage for homeless health care providers, doulas, and community health workers (CHWs) in the December and February Medicaid Updates. First, effective February 1, MMC plans must reimburse primary care services provided to members experiencing homelessness regardless of whether the provider is the member’s assigned primary care provider (PCP). The PCP must be in-network...