GNYHA submitted regulatory relief proposals (attached) last week to EXPRESS NY, a State initiative designed to reform outdated and overly restrictive State regulations, policies, and practices. Our submission is largely consistent with deregulatory proposals we shared with the State in 2025 and reflects feedback from GNYHA members. We believe our proposals would reduce administrative burden,...

Earlier this week GNYHA submitted comments (attached) on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) Conditions for Coverage Revisions supporting stronger CMS oversight of OPOs. The proposed rule clarifies how the accountability system established in the 2020 OPO final rule, which included objective performance metrics and a...

Please be advised that the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)’s April Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge System (PSYCKES) training series requires registration. Registration links are updated below with additional details and background about the training series. Background Recent changes to 10 NYCRR Part 405.19 require emergency department (ED) staff to review patient...

GNYHA has developed a brief survey to help inform our response to the Health Resources and the attached Services Administration’s (HRSA) request for information (RFI) on a 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. Given the importance of documenting a Rebate Model’s anticipated impact on your institutions, please complete this survey so that we can best describe...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a memo reminding hospitals of their obligations under existing Condition of Participation §482.28 to align food and nutrition services with updated Federal nutrition policy, which is reflected in the recently released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). CMS has identified this as an urgent priority...

As we shared in a recent Member Letter, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved New York State’s (NYS) request to switch the Essential Plan back to its original Basic Health Plan (BHP) model. New York pursued this path due to HR 1’s damaging changes to Essential Plan financing. Reverting to the BHP will...