This GNYHA bulletin provides the latest clinical guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), highlights emerging public health concerns, and shares recent advocacy efforts related to infectious disease reporting. IDSA Releases First Guidelines for Complicated UTIs The IDSA has published its first clinical guidelines for the management and treatment of complicated urinary tract...

GNYHA submitted the attached comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to its Request for Information (RFI) on Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Accuracy and Completeness. CMS seeks stakeholder input to further the Trump Administration’s initiative to improve HPT compliance and enforcement processes and ensure the accuracy and completeness of pricing...

In its continued commitment to transparency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its policy (QSO 25-19) regarding the public release of information from Form CMS-2567: Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction (CMS-2567). This form documents findings from surveys conducted by state survey agencies, including initial surveys, recertification surveys, and complaint...

Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Susan Collins (R-ME) have introduced S. 2439, the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. Strongly supported by GNYHA, the bill would add 14,000 residency positions eligible for Medicare direct graduate medical education (DGME) and indirect medical education (IME) support. The legislation would...

Applications are open for the Doctors Across New York (DANY) Physician Loan Repayment and Physician Practice Support Program. DANY gives physicians funding to develop or expand a practice or up to $120,000 for educational loan repayment in exchange for a three-year service commitment in an underserved area of New York. New York State licensed physicians...

The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes significant changes to Federal student loan borrowing for future medical students. Effective for AY 2026-27, individuals seeking Federal student loans to attend medical school will be subject to a $200,000 limit over the course of their education. OBBBA also eliminates the Graduate PLUS Loan program,...

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), the organization that places medical school graduates into residency training programs, has published its 2025 Main Residency Match Results and Data Report. While NRMP releases initial Main Residency Match (Match) results at the close of Match Week in March each year, this report is considered a more accurate description...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting comments on its recently released proposed rule under the calendar year (CY) 2026 physician fee schedule. One CMS proposal concerns teaching physicians billing Medicare Part B for services furnished by residents. To provide flexibility during the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS allowed the supervising physician...

This GNYHA resource compiles translated public-facing documents housed on the New York State Department of Health (DOH) website. The documents are not posted in one place on the DOH website, making them difficult to find. GNYHA created this “one-stop shop” of translated documents for member convenience. New York State’s language access policy requires DOH to...