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GME Data Brief: 2026 Match Results

The Winter 2026 GME Data Brief examines the National Resident Matching Program’s (NRMP) Main Residency Match (Match) results over the past five years. The Match—the largest residency matching system in the US—places thousands of medical school seniors and graduates into US residency positions each year. This GME Data Brief highlights match rates for academic year...

GNYHA’s Positions on the New York State Budget’s Health Care Provisions

Last week the Senate and Assembly released their respective “one-house” budget resolutions outlining their State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026–27 priorities ahead of the April 1 budget deadline (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...

EY Community Benefit Reports

In exchange for being exempt from most local, state, and federal taxes, not-for-profit hospitals must provide financial assistance to some patients and spend money to improve the health of the communities they serve. These are called hospitals’ “community benefit” requirements. Some critics claim that NYC hospitals fall short of their tax-exempt obligations by spending less...

GNYHA Clinical, Quality, and Regulatory Forum

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In-Person DOH Infection Prevention Training

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In-Person DOH Infection Prevention Training

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Updated Clinical Laboratory Reporting Requirements

Hospitals with “outreach laboratories”—which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) defines as laboratories that offer services to non-hospital patients—must submit their private payor rate data for the collection period from January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025, to CMS between May 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026. Payment reductions in the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS)...

GNYHA Regulatory Relief Proposals Submitted to New York State

GNYHA submitted regulatory relief proposals (attached) last week to EXPRESS NY, a State initiative designed to reform outdated and overly restrictive State regulations, policies, and practices.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,...

Medicare Proposed Payment Rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Medicare proposed payment rules for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF), inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), and skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment systems (PPSs). CMS proposes the following operating rate updates for FY 2027: IPF PPS: 2.3% IRF PPS: 2.4% SNF PPS:...

New York State Medicaid Emergency Services Only Coverage

New York Medicaid has released a reminder for providers when submitting claims for treatment of individuals with Emergency Services Only (ESO) Coverage Code “07.” Such individuals are only eligible for treatment of an “emergency medical condition.” Section 1903(v) of the Social Security Act allows Medicaid coverage for emergency services provided to treat an emergency medical...

March 2026 MedPAC Report Recommends 2.3% Hospital Rate Increase, $1 Billion in New Safety Net Funding in 2027

In its March 2026 report to Congress , the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that hospitals receive the annual payment update specified in current law (projected at 2.3%), along with an additional $1 billion in safety net funding to be distributed through MedPAC’s Medicare Safety-Net Index in 2027. The report showed mixed payment-adequacy indicators...

In Response to CMS Proposed Rule, GNYHA Urges Safeguards to Ensure Patient-Centered, Ethical Organ Procurement Practices

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...