The New York City Council Committee on Fire and Emergency Management and Committee on Hospitals held an oversight hearing on Tuesday to discuss “Ambulance Response Times.” The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) testified about its partnership with voluntary hospitals and GNYHA to maintain effective emergency medical service (EMS) operations. City Council...

Representatives Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tracey Mann (R-KS), and Lois Frankel (D-FL) last week introduced HR 10770, the 340B Rebate Model Delay Act. The bill delays for two years the implementation of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program, which is scheduled to begin on January 1,...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently sent the attached letters to hospital chief executive officers and electronic health record (EHR) vendors about implementing a new State law requiring an organ donor registration option in hospital patient portals. Public Health Law §206(1)(w) requires EHR vendors serving New York general hospitals to integrate direct...

GNYHA recently submitted the attached comments on the Accreditation Council for GME’s (ACGME) Common Program Requirements (CPRs), the requirements to which every ACGME-accredited residency program must adhere. GNYHA’s comments were informed by several meetings and discussions with GME leadership from member teaching hospitals. ACGME undergoes CPR revisions approximately every 10 years. Finalized revisions will be...

The New York State Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Charities Bureau has developed a one-page guidance document outlining its expectations for the content of the plain language policy summary required under the State’s Hospital Financial Assistance Law (HFAL). The document is available on GNYHA’s website here. Both HFAL and Federal law require hospitals to...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently issued the attached Health Advisory on an ongoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation into Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) infections associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies and other endocavitary ultrasound-guided procedures. DOH asks health care facilities to report patients who meet the following criteria:...

GNYHA is conducting a Medicaid outlier payment survey to assess the amount of hospital revenue associated with outstanding Medicaid inpatient outlier claims. We request that hospitals provide the amounts of Medicaid outlier payments received, written off, and owed from January 2019 through June 2026. This data will inform GNYHA’s State advocacy efforts as we develop...

GNYHA submitted the attached comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to its August 2026 discussion paper, Considerations for the Regulation of Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices. Relying on the expertise of our member AI advisory group, GNYHA has provided several comment letters to the government on topics such as reimbursement for AI-enabled...

I am writing to invite you to participate in the remaining sessions of a five-part virtual learning series, sponsored by the New York Health Foundation, focused on the role of medical assistants (MAs) in ambulatory care practices. Ambulatory care leaders and staff involved in practice operations or MA workforce strategy and training are encouraged to...

I am writing to inform you that a group of approximately 100 medical assistants (MAs) are graduating from MA training programs and attaining national certification. The MAs have been in training programs in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County and are generally living in those areas. The MAs have been supported as part...

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, has issued a request for information (RFI) on improving long-term care (LTC). In advance of the 2026 midterm elections, Senator Wyden is leading a working group of 19 Senate Democrats to outline and strengthen the party’s vision for widespread reform across several focus...