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HANYS News

• HANYS Urges New York Delegation to Support DSH Reduction Relief Act
• DataGen Presents at Becker’s Annual Meeting in Chicago
• PCMH Advisory Services Staff First to Certify as Medical Home Content Experts™

• HANYS-supported Bill to Extend MDH/LVH Programs Introduced in House and Senate
• Commissioner Highlights Success of Medicaid Redesign in Bending Cost Curve, Improving Quality
• HANYS Presents at National County Health Rankings Legislative Forum
• The United Hospital Fund Honors 30 Trustees, Including HTNYS Chair
• Crouse to Present Evidence-Based Practice Program for Nurses on May 22

• HANYS’ Members Visit Washington for HANYS’ Events and AHA Annual Meeting
• New York State to Develop a Detailed Application for SIM Reform Funding

• Governor Announces Approval of Disaster Recovery Plan
• HANYS Solutions PCMH Advisory Services Co-Sponsors NCQA PCMH Education
• DOH Amends FIDA Demonstration Proposal

• U.S. Senate Passes Mental Health Amendment During Gun Debate; HANYS Opposes DSH Cut Amendment
• Spending $192 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap Through 11 Months
• HANYS’ Members Heading to Washington, D.C. to Oppose Provider Cuts
• DEA Schedules Prescription Drug Take-Back Day for the Public April 27

• President Proposes Major Medicare Provider Cuts in 2014 Budget, Undermining Providers
• House Committees Focus on “Doc Fix” and Entitlement Reform
• Study Shows Patients Prefer Non-Profit Health Plans

• HANYS Joins in Launch of New York’s 2013-2017 Prevention Agenda
• New York’s Exchange Extends Submission Deadlines for Health Plans
• April is National Donate Life Month; Raise Awareness in Your Community

• Legislature Set to Pass Final State Budget Agreement
• HANYS’ Members to Reinforce Message in Washington, D.C.: Reject Provider Cuts
• Hurricane Sandy CDBG-DR Action Plans Await HUD Approval

• HANYS-supported Bill Introduced to Improve Medicare RAC and other Audit Programs
• Congress Averts Government Shutdown

• HANYS-Supported Legislation to Increase Medicare-Funded Residency Slots Introduced
• HANYS Plans April 9 Webinar on “I-STOP” Law
• OMH Announces Details to Comply with New York SAFE Act

• Providers Bring Message to Legislators in Albany: Empower, Invest, Transform
• Members Achieve NCQA Level 3 Recognition

• HANYS-supported Bills to Repeal IPAB Introduced in the House and Senate
• Spending $58 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap Through Nine Months
• Hurricane Sandy Health Care Employee Relief Fund Assists Thousands of Workers

• New York State Hospitals Show Commitment to Operating Room Safety
• CMS Postpones Basic Health Program
• State Exchange Issues RFA for In-Person Assistor and Navigator Program
• HANYS Announces 2013 Board Chair and Officers

• HANYS and Members Weighing in Against Cuts as Sequestration and Budget Negotiations Approach
• New York State Broadband Mapping Initiative Will Query Hospitals

• U.S. Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill; Key Dates in D.C.
• HANYS Tells Legislators: Empower, Invest, Transform
• CMS Announces Awards for Bundled Payment Initiative: 25 Awardees in New York
• DOH Issues MLTC Report

• Spending $46 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap Through Eight Months
• Governor Proposes Major Health Policy Initiatives in 2013-2014 State Budget
• HANYS’ Survey Shows Persisting Physician Shortage
• Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association Signs on With DataGen

• HANYS’ Quality Committee Meets to Discuss Flu Outbreak
• HANYS and NYSHealth Hold Focus Groups on Disease Prevention
• State Releases Final CON and Governance Reform Report
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Governor Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to Flu Outbreak
• MedPAC Votes on Medicare Reimbursement Recommendations for FFY 2014
• CMS Announces 106 New ACOs; Three in New York
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Fiscal Cliff Averted; Hospitals and Health Systems Shoulder Cuts, Face Threat of More
• HANYS Participates in DOH Sepsis Advisory Workgroup
• HTNYS Appoints New Board Members

• DOH Releases Funding Application for Third Cycle of DANY
• $738 Million in Economic Development Funding Announced
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• New York’s Exchange Receives Conditional Approval from HHS
• Governor Signs Law Creating Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
• FCC Revamps Health Care Broadband Program: $400 Million Expected to be Available Annually

• Senator Schumer Leads 31 Senators in Support of Extending Medicare MDH and LV Programs
• HANYS Continues Sepsis Education for Members
• Energy Efficient HVAC in Health Care: Free HANYS/NYSERDA Program
• Hudson Valley Hospital Trustees Celebrate Quality Initiatives

• HANYS Holds Executive Dialogue and Orientation
• Division of the Budget Releases Mid-Year Financial Plan Update
• HANYS Provides Input on State Health Improvement Plan
• Member News

• HANYS Works With State, Federal Officials on Hurricane Recovery
• HANYS, Members Advocate for Health Care as Fiscal Cliff Approaches
• HANYS to Provide Input on Medicaid Global Cap
• Fifth Annual Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement Graduates 42
• HANYS Holds Conference on “Managing the Message”

• HANYS’ Rural Conference Focuses on Securing Primary Care, New Partnerships
• Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2013 Includes a 26.5% Decrease

• Announcing the Hurricane Sandy Health Care Employee Relief Fund

• Health Care Providers Brace for Hurricane Sandy
• Kaiser Study: House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicaid By $1.7 Trillion
• HANYS’ Auxiliary Institute Focuses on Patient Satisfaction

• HANYS-endorsed RAC Improvement Legislation Introduced on Capitol Hill
• HTNYS Presents Award to Catholic Health Services Chairman

• Governor Signs HANYS-Backed Observation Services Bill, with Modifications
• Representative Crowley Introduces Legislation to Increase Medicare-Supported Residency Slots

• Commissioner of Health Speaks to HANYS’ Quality Committee
• PHHPC Planning Committee Addresses Health Care Governance and Financing Issues

• Spending $63 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap; Webconference Set for October 1

• Healthcare Trustees Conference Focuses on Board Leadership in an Era of Reform
• U.S. House Passes Six-Month Stop-Gap Spending Measure
• NYSPFP Focuses on CAUTI Reduction
• Managed Long-Term Care Mandatory Enrollment Advances Downstate
• Long Island Hospitals Invited to Explore Palliative Care Policy and Programs

• HANYS Testifies on Regional Health Planning

• Governor Signs Wage Deduction Bill
• U.S. Court Overturns Citizenship Requirement for Certain Professions
• DOH Receives Approval for Mandatory Managed Long-Term Care
• CMS Delays ICD-10 Implementation to 2014; HANYS Solutions Helps Providers Prepare

• DOH Awards $2.05 Million for Doctors Across New York
• Prescription Drug Abuse Reform Bill Signed into Law
• Annual Westchester Healthcare Summit
• DOH Offers Home Care Registry (HCR) Education

• New York Receives $95 Million Toward Exchange Implementation
• NYSPFP to Launch Nursing-Centered, Readmissions Areas
• NYSPFP Offers CMS-Funded Stipend for Collecting Obstetric Data
• HHS Issues Final Regualtions for Stage 2 Meaningful Use of EHR Technology

• Spending $40 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap; Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) News
• Governor Signs Telemedicine Legislation
• SWAT VI Registration Now Open

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Requirement on Governing Bodies
• HANYS Advances Federal Advocacy Efforts to Counter Growing Threat of Cuts

• New York Submits $10 Billion Waiver Request to CMS

• CMS Drops Additional Coding Offset at Request of HANYS and New York Delegation
• Governor Signs HANYS’ Managed Care Legislation
• Hudson Valley Hospitals Raise Awareness of Veterans’ Needs
• Calvary Hospice Receives Prestigious AHA Palliative Care Award

• HANYS Urges New York House Delegation to Sign Letter in Support of Medicaid Waiver
• House Subcommittee Examines Tax-Exempt Organizations, Complexity of Form 990
• Senate Committee Focuses on Impact of “Gray Market” on Drug Shortages

• Managed Care Reform Bill Delivered to the Governor; Legislative Update
• House Members Ask HRSA to Update 340B Patient Definition
• IOM Releases Phase II Report on Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment
• HANYS Solutions Helps Members Achieve PCMH Recognition

• New York House Delegation Sends Letter to Administration Opposing Proposed Coding Offset
• Secretary Sebelius Sends Letter to Governors Announcing Extended Exchange Funding Deadlines

• HANYS Makes Medicaid Waiver Funding Recommendations
• HANYS Urges Delegation to Support King-Crowley Letter Opposing Hospital Cuts
• President Signs FDA User Fee Bill with HANYS-Supported Drug Shortage Provisions

• Spending $30 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap for April 2012
• HANYS Publishes 2012 Community Health Initiatives Across New York State
• DOH Issues Details for 2012 Hospital CSP Requirement; HANYS Plans Webconference

• HANYS Recommends Audit Changes to U.S. Senate Finance Committee
• HANYS Opposes CMS’ Proposed Inpatient Coding Adjustments
• HANYS-Supported Pension Provisions Signed into Law

• HANYS Holds 44th Annual Membership Conference
• Sound Shore Wins HANYS' Community Health Improvement Award
• Sisto Discusses Significant Turning Points, Including His Own

• HANYS’ 44th Annual Membership Conference Begins Tomorrow
• DOH to Hold Webconferences on State Medicaid Waiver

• House Passes Final FDA User Fee Legislation Including Drug Shortage Provisions
• Representative Reed Meets with District 29 MDHs, Medicare Low Volume Hospitals, and Reporters on Legislation to Assist Hospitals
• MedPAC Chairman Testifies on Annual Report Recommendations to Congress
• DOH Issues MRT Supportive Housing Allocation Plan
• Connor Elected Chair of Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council

• Representative Reed Introduces Bill to Extend MDH and Low-Volume Adjustment
• HANYS Provides Input as State Health Improvement Plan Discussions Move Ahead
• DOH Lists Managed Long Term Care Plan Applicants

• HANYS Urges Key Priorities in State Medicaid Waiver
• Public Health and Health Planning Council Approves CON Reform
• Inaugural Behavioral Health SWAT Program a Success

• Governor Seeks $10 Billion Federal Medicaid Waiver
• U.S. House and Senate Confer on Bill With Drug Shortage Provisions
• Collaboration and Bundled Payment Sessions Added to HANYS’ Conference Agenda

• Legislature Passes HANYS-Advanced Telemedicine Credentialing Legislation
• House Passes FDA User Fee Bill; Conference Committee Works to Meet July 4 Goal
• HANYS Successful in Streamlining Doctors Across New York Process
• Republican Leaders Propose Medicaid Provider Tax Cuts to Pay for Student Loan Bill
• Long Island Nurses Recognized for Excellence

• New Yorkers Lead Effort in Congress to Assist MDH and Medicare Low-Volume Hospitals
• HANYS-Backed CON Reform Advances to PHHPC for Final Approval

• CON Streamlining Discussions Continue This Week; All-Payer Claims Database Meeting Set
• U.S. Senate Takes Up FDA User Fee Reauthorization
• HANYS Supports Achievement of Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition

• HANYS Submits Comments on DOH’s Revised Dual-Eligible Demonstration Plan
• Rulon Stacey to Address HANYS’ 44th Annual Membership Conference
• In Series of Political Votes, Senate Rejects FFY 2013 Budget Frameworks

• House Committee Approves FDA User Fee/Drug Shortage Legislation
• Streck Honored by AHA
• CMS Releases New Data on Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments

• Members Visit Washington for AHA Annual Meeting/HANYS’ Activities
• Senator Schumer Introduces HANYS-Endorsed Medicare Dependent Hospital/Low-Volume Adjustment Extension Bill

• HANYS Urges CMS and ONC to Modify “Meaningful Use” Proposals
• HANYS Provides Comments to PHHPC Panel on CON

• Medicaid Spending Finishes $14 Million Below Global Cap for State Fiscal Year 2011-2012
• HANYS Releases Still Tangled Up in Rules

• CMS Proposes an Additional Medicare Inpatient PPS Coding Offset for FFY 2013
• Behavioral Health Managed Care: Prepare at Behavioral Health SWAT
• HANYS and GNYHA to Host Briefing on Inpatient Behavioral Health Collaborative Survey

• HANYS’ Sessions Focus on Managing Increasingly Difficult Medicare RAC Audits
• Executive Compensation and Administrative Costs Regulations Expected by May 16
• Study Sees Increasing Importance of Philanthropy in Health Care

• CMS Announces 27 ACOs in Shared Savings Program; Five Located in New York State
• CMS Extends Bundled Payment Application Deadline

• U.S. Senate HELP Committee Releases Draft Legislation to Address Drug Shortages
• CMS Meaningful Use Incentive Payment Data Now Available Through February 2012
• Free April 18 Webconference on Cost-effective Online Learning Solution for Employees

• DOH Seeks Stakeholder Feedback at Dual Eligible Sessions
• HANYS Solutions Partners With First Hospital-to-Hospital E-Commerce Company

• Commissioner of Health Addresses NYS Partnership for Patients Steering Committee
• Member News

• State Budget Negotiations Continue
• HANYS-opposed House GOP Budget Clears Committee, Heads to Floor Next Week
• MedPAC’s Report Seeks Reduction for E&M Clinic Visits in Hospital Outpatient Department

• Speakers at NYSPFP Kickoff Emphasize Need to Transform Care Delivery
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• NYS Partnership for Patients to Hold Kick-off Event Tomorrow
• HANYS Helps Shape DOH Health Improvement Plan
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Health Care Leaders Advocate in Albany
• Legislative Health Committee Chairs Discuss Budget, Look to the Future of Health Care
• Montefiore’s Safyer named to Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care
• State Legislative Leaders Highlight the Importance of Health Care
• DataGen’s New Bundled Payment Analytics Make Claims Records Easy to Use

• Senator Schumer Sponsors Legislation to Increase Medicare-Supported Physician Residency Slots
• House Panel Approves Legislation to Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board

• Independent Payment Advisory Board Repeal on Congressional Agenda
• HHS Releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposals
• Spending $84 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap Through Ten Months
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Attorney General Releases Leadership Committee for Non-Profit Revitalization Report
• "Doc Fix" Spares Hospitals From Deep Cuts, But Reductions Are Troubling
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Tentative "Doc Fix" Deal Spares OPD Clinic Cuts But Hits Medicaid DSH and Medicare Bad Debt

• HANYS Participates in Statewide Health Disparities Symposium
• Critical Care Medicine Retreat Set for March 16-17
• Member News
• President’s Budget Plan Cuts $364 Billion; Doc Fix Offsets Are Immediate Threat to Hospitals

• No Deal from Congressional Conferees, Hospitals at Risk as Physician Cut Looms
• New Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available
• HANYS Testifies at State Legislative Budget Hearing
• HANYS Serves on New Ad Hoc Committee to Lead Health Improvement Initiative

• Crowley Leads Bipartisan House Effort to Offset Doc Fix with Unused War Funding

• Senator Schumer Leads Charge Urging Conferees to Reject Hospital Cuts to Fund Doc Fix
• Report Shows Spending $4.4 Million Below Medicaid Global Cap
• HANYS’ Survey Shows Persisting Physician Shortage
• NSHC Campaign Distills Complexity of Health Care Reform in Simple Format

• HANYS Advocates Against Hospital Cuts as House Returns
• Governor Releases 2012-2013 Budget
• HANYS Seeks Nominations for 2012 Community Health Improvement Award
• Window Closing for Physicians to Be Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

• Bassett and Montefiore Weigh in With MedPAC to Oppose Medicare Clinic Cuts
• HANYS Participates in Legislative Roundtable on Telemedicine
• Healthcare Trustees of New York State Elects 2012 Officers

• HANYS to Testify at Senate Hearing on Telehealth
• CMS Paid $40 Million to New York Hospitals in EHR Incentives
• Deadline for Latest HEAL Offering Extended; Applicants’ Conference Scheduled
• $500,000 Awarded Through Doctors Across New York; $12.5 Million Still Available
• HANYS Announces Board Chair and Officers for 2012

• Both the House and Senate Approve Two-Month Doc Fix; No Cuts to Hospitals
• Senators Ask IOM to Study Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Offer Suggestions for Reform

• HHS Approves HANYS and GNYHA "NYS Partnership for Patients"

• Deadline Looms for Congress to Pass "Doc Fix;" Hospitals and Health Systems at Risk
• Senate Committee Holds Drug Shortage Hearing; Schumer to Introduce Legislation
• HANYS Releases 2011 Profiles in Quality and Patient Safety

• Governor and Legislative Leaders Announce Jobs and Economic Growth Plan
• Hospitals and Health Systems Risk Possible Medicare Cuts to Fund "Doc Fix"
• Final MRT Phase 2 Meeting on December 13

• Representative Towns Introduces Legislation to Exempt Medicare from Sequestration Cuts

• Super Committee Failure Triggers Sequestration Cuts and "Doc Fix" Concerns
• HANYS to "Shed Light on Healthcare" November 30
• HANYS’ Diabetes Campaign Expands Resources; Offers Downstate and Upstate Conferences

• CMS Releases Latest Figures on Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Payments
• HANYS’ Conference Explores Social Media Strategies for Hospitals and Health Care Professionals
• GOP Senators Focus on New CMS Offices; Investigate Possible Duplication of Efforts
• DOH Releases Care Coordination Model Guidelines
• Economic Regional Development Councils Complete Five-Year Strategic Reports

• HANYS Helps Providers Prepare for Launch of New York’s Medicaid Meaningful Use Program
• Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement Graduates its Fourth Class
• CMS Releases Shared Savings Program Application
• NYAAC to Present Awards November 29

• Senator Gillibrand Sends Message to Super Committee: No Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
• Final Medicare ESRD PPS Rule for CY 2012 Increases Base Rate 2.1%
• IOM Recommends Steps to Reduce Patient Safety Risks Associated with HIT

• Super Committee Yet to Release Deficit Reduction Plan
• Telemedicine a Focus at HANYS’ Rural Conference
• First Statewide Palliative Care Conference Features Nationally Renowned Experts
• HANYS Presents Awards to Margaretville Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center Auxiliaries
• Hospital Physician Recruitment Professionals Discuss Challenges and Solutions with COGME
• U.S. Senate Passes First "Minibus" Appropriations Package; Current Continuing Resolution Expires November 18

• Super Committee Meets Publicly; Committee Democrats Offer Their Own Deficit Reduction Plan
• Republican Governors Association Submits Medicaid Recommendations to Super Committee
• AHRQ Features Flushing Hospital’s "Push/Pull" Approach to Employee Vaccination

• MRT Work Groups Continue; Recommendations Emerge
• National Hospital Associations Oppose Medicaid Cuts in Letter to Super Committee
• DOH/NYAM Symposium to Honor the Late Commissioner Daines

• Medicare Requires Providers Revalidate Their Enrollment
• HANYS Launches New Super Committee Online Resources; House and Senate Committee Leaders to Weigh-In on Deficit Reduction Measures
• New York Seeks Input on Plan for Statewide Health Information Exchange; Register Now for October 16 Webinar for HANYS Members
• Learn From Nationally Recognized Palliative Care Experts on October 27
• HTNYS and Iroquois Healthcare Association to Co-Host Trustee Program in Malone
• Energy Efficiency Seminars Planned in November

• HANYS’ Members Head to Washington to Oppose Reductions to Hospitals and Health Systems
• MRT Provides Update on Medicaid Reform Progress
• Health Care Leadership Supports Organ and Tissue Donation
• Member News

• Hospitals, Physicians Ask Super Committee to Protect GME Funding
• Institute of Medicine to Release Essential Health Benefits Report on October 7

• CMMI Announces Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
• HANYS Hosts Medicaid EHR "Meaningful Use" Incentive Program Call with DOH
• New Panel Featuring Jeffrey Ruggiero and Dr. James Satterfield Announced for SWAT V
• Nationally-Recognized Social Media Expert to Share Strategies at HANYS’ Conference
• Winthrop-University Hospital’s Perinatal Mood Disorders Initiative Provides a Safety Net for New Mothers

• MRT Payment Reform and Quality Measurement Work Group Meets
• HANYS to Host Social Media: Strategies to Evolve, Engage, and Excel
• First Statewide Palliative Care Conference on October 27 in Saratoga Springs
• SWAT Offers Two Days of Focus on Managing New Payment Model Risk

• Full House Delegation Signs Letter Urging Super Committee to Protect Providers
• Healthcare Trustees Annual Conference Begins

• Congressional Delegation Letter Urges Super Committee to Protect Providers

• Medicare, Medicaid at Risk as Congress, President, Super Committee Hit the Ground Running
• U.S. Senate HELP Committee Approves Measure to Preserve Pediatric Training
• After Long Wait, Court Invalidates New York Union Neutrality Law a Second Time
• Medicare Hospital Revenue Forecaster Helps Providers Budget for Medicare

• Congressional Delegation Letter Urges Super Committee to Protect Providers

• CMS Providing $500 Million in Grants to Test Community-Based Care Transition Models
• HANYS Urges Congressional Appropriators to Protect Funding for Health Programs
• CMS Innovation Center Announces Voluntary Bundled Payment Program

• Medicare and Medicaid EHR "Meaningful Use" Incentive Payouts Lower than Expected
• HANYS Supports Legislation to Augment First Responder Access to Broadband Spectrum

• Congressional Leaders Appoint New Deficit Reduction Panel
• HHS Awards New York $10.8 Million for Health Insurance Exchanges
• Federal Agencies Release Three New Proposed Exchange Rules
• DOH Exploring New Rules to Improve Access to Capital

• IPPS Final Rule Provides Some Relief in 2012

• Budget Control Act Implementation Begins: Joint Committee Members to be Appointed by August 16
• CMS Adopts an Efficiency Measure for Use in the FFY 2014 VBP Program
• DOH Receives CMS Approval on 1115 Waiver Renewal, Includes Two Demonstration Projects
• CMS Posts Review Dates for Community-Based Care Transitions Program Applications
• HHS Awards $4.8 Million to Strengthen New York’s Nursing Workforce
• Only a few Slots Remain for the 2011 Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement

• Statement by Healthcare Association of New York State President Daniel Sisto on the Federal Debt Ceiling/Deficit Reduction Deal
• Debt Ceiling Deal Will Harm Care for Patients: HANYS

• HANYS Supports Federal Legislation to Extend 340B Prescription Drug Discount to Inpatient Setting

• House Plans to Vote on Debt Ceiling/Deficit Reduction; Senate Majority Releases Plan
• HANYS Endorses Meaningful Use "Multi-Campus" Bill

• HANYS/GNYHA Pursue Joint CMS Partnership for Patients Application
• Governor Signs HANYS-Crafted CON Reform; Acts on Other Bills
• More Than 200 Representatives and 45 Senators Urging CMS to Lower Medicare Inpatient Coding Offset

• HANYS’ Federal Advocacy Proceeds as Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue
• Presentations Available from New York’s "Meaningful Use" Session with CMS and ONC

• Second Report Shows Spending 1.1% Over Medicaid Global Cap

• Debt Ceiling Talks Are Increasingly Strained: Medicare and Medicaid at Risk
• HANYS to Help Train Hospitals for Collaborative Disaster Planning

• Representative Crowley Leads House Effort Against Regulatory Cuts to Hospitals

• HANYS’ 43rd Annual Membership Conference Focuses on Reform
• HANYS Presents Community Health Improvement Award
• HANYS Presents Pinnacle Awards to Recognize Quality Excellence

• North Bronx Healthcare Network, Bassett Medical Center, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo/Catholic Health System Win HANYS’ Pinnacle Award
• Catholic Health Services of Long Island Wins HANYS’ 2011 Community Health Improvement Award

• HANYS’ 43rd Annual Membership Conference Begins
• New Health Council Okays TCUs; Addresses Backlog of CON Projects
• HANYS Endorses Bill to Increase Residency Slots
• CMS Innovation Center Releases Proposals for "Hospital Engagement Contractors"
• HANYS’ Member Presents in Joint Commission Pressure Ulcer Prevention Webinar

• HANYS Supports ACO Advance Payment Initiative

• Republican Governors Urge Medicaid Flexibility; Democratic Senators Reject Block Grants
• AHA to Host July 13 Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Senators Send Bipartisan Letter to Support NIH Funding
• HANYS Provides Input on Community Health Worker Initiative

• Reports Offer Alternatives for Medicare Wage Index Reform
• HTNYS Board Member Honored for Leadership in Quality and Safety Improvement

• HANYS Urges CMS to Modify ACO Shared Savings Program to Enable Provider Participation
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Funding Decreases

• HANYS-Endorsed "Meaningful Use" Multi-Campus Bill Introduced
• Health Commissioner Bans Sale of Dangerous "Bath Salts"

• State Senate Confirms New Public Health and Health Planning Council Members
• Talks Continue Behind Closed Doors on Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction
• Wyoming Hospital Association Signs on With DataGen
• Obstetric Safety Initiative Releases EFM e-Toolkit

• Update on State Legislative Activity on Health Care-Related Bills
• Assembly Labor Committee Approves Wage Deduction Bill; Senate Labor Committee to Consider Next Week
• DOH Releases Updated Guidance on Transfusion Services

• HANYS Testifies on New York’s Health Insurance Exchange
• Governor Makes Appointments to New Public Health and Health Planning Council
• CMS Innovation Center Announces New Pioneer ACO Model
• Melissa Feck Leads Human Resources at HANYS

• HANYS-Backed CON Bill Advances in State Senate; Introduced in Assembly
• HANYS Continues Advocacy as Federal Debt Ceiling and Budget Negotiations Proceed in Washington
• New York Delegation Members Urge House Leaders to Protect DSH and GME

• HANYS Highlights Opportunities for Hospitals to Advance Physician Meaningful Use
• $7.2 Million Available for Physician Recruitment

• New York State Formally Accepts CMS Extension of F-SHRP Medicaid Waiver
• National Hospital Preparedness Program Report Highlights State-by-State Accomplishments

• Amid Federal Budget Debate, Republicans Continue Efforts to Defund ACA
• HANYS’ ACO Advisory Group to Meet Next Week

• Congress Returns Next Week; HANYS Urges Delegation to Protect Hospitals and Health Systems
• CMS’ Final Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Rule Keeps HCAHPS Weighting at 30%
• HRSA Announces HIT Grant Program for Rural Providers

• Message from CMS about the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)
• Proposed Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Rule

• President Issues Deficit Reduction Framework
• New York State to Receive Funds for Coordination of Care
• HANYS Plans April 28 ACO Webconference; Invites Members to Join Advisory Group
• HANYS Announces Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Recipients

• U.S. House Budget Resolution Would Reduce Entitlements, Cut Deficit by $5.8 Trillion
• Governor Cuomo Urges Congressional Leaders to Reject Medicaid Block Grants

• State Budget Completed; Implementation Begins
• Federal Budget Talks Coming Down to the Wire
• CMS Releases ACO/Medicare Shared Savings Proposed Rule
• F-SHRP Waiver Extension Enables Health Care Projects to Move Forward
• New Two-Day Format for HANYS’ Membership Conference in June

• HANYS Urges Members to Show Support for NIH Funding
• HANYS’ Member Achievements Recognized Nationally

• State Budget Negotiations Ongoing; HANYS Continues Advocacy
• National Strategy for Quality Improvement Report Issued to Congress
• IRS Makes Further Revisions to Tax Form 990 Schedule H

• Legislative Conference Committees Continue State Budget Work
• U.S. Senate Passes Three-Week Spending Measure; Deficit Reduction Remains Key Focus
• CMMI Revamps Web Site; Project RFPs Forthcoming
• HANYS Solutions and RelayHealth Expand Partnership
• Crew Resource Management/Aviation Approach Contributes to Health Care Quality

• Legislative Conference Committees Begin State Budget Work
• House Passes Three-Week Stopgap FFY 2011 Spending Measure

• HANYS Offers Specific Comments and Recommendations on CMS VBP Proposal
• CMS to Hold May 17 "Meaningful Use" Session for Hospitals in New York City
• One Month Until HANYS’ Federal Briefing in Washington, D.C.: Register Now!
• AIMS Sepsis Collaborative Goes Tri-State
• HTNYS Accepting Nominations for Trustee Awards

• Federal Budget Spending Stalemate Persists
• CMS Data Affirm Medicare Spending in All Areas of New York State is Below National Average
• HANYS Participates in Emergency Preparedness Deliverables Development Meeting

• HANYS Testifies at Joint Legislative Hearing on State Budget
• Congress Narrowly Avoids Government Shutdown With Stopgap Spending Measure
• Online Registration Now Open for HANYS’ Federal Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

• State Legislature Returns to Albany; HANYS to Testify at Budget Hearing
• Congress Returns to Washington; Budget Agreement Must Be Reached to Avoid Shutdown
• HANYS Comments on Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements
• DataGen Now Serves 41 State Hospital and Health Care Associations

• IRS Grants Three-Month Filing Extension for Certain Tax-Exempt Hospitals
• State Health Information Exchange: DOH and NYeC Launch Statewide Collaboration Process
• Gold STAMP Pressure Ulcer Program Can Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Exposure to Risk

• House Judiciary Committee Approves Medical Malpractice Liability Reform Bill
• House Poised to Pass FFY 2011 Spending Bill with Deep Discretionary Cuts
• Electronic CON Resources Available Online

• President’s Budget Calls for Limited Cuts; HANYS Advocates to Protect Providers as Deficit Negotiations Proceed
• Governor’s Medicaid Redesign Team Evaluating Reform Proposals
• Gold STAMP Offers Evidence-Based Approach to Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Care
• Posters Help Raise Awareness About Violence Against Nurses Law

• HANYS Conducts Regional Briefings on Governor’s Budget
• House Judiciary Committee to Consider Medical Malpractice Legislation
• HANYS Announces 2011 Journey to Leadership Success Series

• Governor Proposes Largest Medicaid Cuts in History
• HANYS Weighs in With HHS on Medical Loss Ratios

• HANYS’ Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Budget Proposal

• Long Island Hospital Leaders Testify on the Future of Medicaid

• President Says Medicare and Medicaid Must Be Cut to Reduce the Deficit
• Statement by HANYS President Daniel Sisto on the Confirmation of Dr. Nirav Shah as Health Commissioner

• Regional Public Hearings on Medicaid Redesign Begin; Hospital Leaders Participate
• At HANYS’ Request, Congressional Delegation Urges F-SHRP Waiver Extension
• U.S. House of Representatives Approves Repeal of the Affordable Care Act

• Medicaid Redesign Team Holds First Public Meeting
• DOH Encourages Facilities to Use Electronic CON System

• Study Finds Physician Shortage Worsening in New York State

• At HANYS’ Request, Congressional Delegation Presses for F-SHRP Extension
• Hospital Medicare Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Proposal Released
• Regional Trustee Programs Scheduled for February

• Healthcare Association of New York State Announces 2011 Board Chair and Officers
• Healthcare Trustees of New York State Elects 2011 Officers and New Board Members
• Recent Hospital Layoffs Result From State Medicaid Cuts

• Governor Outlines Agenda; HANYS and Members to Serve on Medicaid Redesign Team
• HANYS Teams Up With Press Ganey to Improve Patient Satisfaction
• HANYS’ Survey Shows Worsening Physician Shortage
• HANYS Seeks 2011 Community Health Award Nominations
• Prepare for the New SPARCS Outpatient Data Collection Requirements

• Audio: Statement by HANYS’ President Daniel Sisto on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address
• Statement by Healthcare Association of New York State President Daniel Sisto on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address

• HANYS Comments on DOH’s Proposed Readmission Payment Regulations
• CMS Issues Final Rule on Permanent EHR Certification Program
• HANYS Announces 2011 Board Chair and Officers
• HTNYS Elects 2011 Officers and New Board Members
• HTNYS Releases New Trustee DVD Series With Jamie Orlikoff
• 2010-2011 Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Federal Agency Says "Possession" of Certified EHR Is Key to Meaningful Use
• State Adopts New Health Facility Structure/Standards and Post-Anesthesia Evaluation Rules
• Palliative Care Mentoring Program Gets Results

• HANYS’ Board Weighs in with Incoming 112th Congress: Protect New York Hospitals and Health Systems
• 111th Congress Adjourns Lame Duck Session; Health Care Priorities Carry Over Into 112th
• HANYS Announces NIH-AHRQ Collaborative and Research Project on Sepsis

• HANYS’ Members Discuss Reform Opportunities and Challenges with CMMI and CMS
• HANYS Urges HHS to Limit Group Health Plan Changes That Impact Provider Networks
• 2010-2011 Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Cuomo Selects Commissioner of Health
• Statewide Nursing Coalition Discusses RWJF Nursing Report
• 2010-2011 Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Statement by HANYS’ President Daniel Sisto on the Appointment of Dr. Nirav Shah as New York State’s Next Commissioner of Health

• HANYS Urges Meaningful Use Certification Flexibility
• HANYS Responds to Siena Poll Showing New Yorkers Oppose Health Care Cuts
• NorMet and NSHC Hospital Trustees Celebrate Quality Initiatives

• "Doc Fix" Bill Heads to President
• DOH Issues Plan for State Takeover of Medicaid Administration
• New York State Hospital Presentations Highlighted at Annual IHI Conference
• In Memoriam

• U.S. Senate Passes One-Year "Doc Fix"
• OMIG Details Plans for 2011

• Report Finds Hospitals Are Economic Anchors of New York State

• President’s Deficit Commission Acts on Proposed $400 Billion Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
• CMS to Hold Listening Session on Health Care Delivery System Reform
• AHA Issues New Trustee Reform Resource

• Legislature Takes No Action on Medicaid Cuts
• House Passes One-Month Reprieve From Physician Fee Cut

• Governor Officially Calls Legislative Session for Monday

• U.S. Senate Passes One-Month Physician Fix; House Still to Act

• Governor to Call Legislature Into Extraordinary Session November 29
• Congress Returns for Lame Duck Session; Effort to Address Physician Fix, Budget, and Tax Cuts Underway
• CMS and ONC Release Increased Certification Requirements for EHR Meaningful Use
• CMS Administrator Berwick Appears Before Committee; Recognizes New York Hospital
• UHF Receives a $2.8 Million from Bristol Myers to Improve Diabetes Outcomes for Seniors

• Lt. Governor Ravitch Attends HANYS’ Board Meeting; Paints Bleak Fiscal Picture for State
• State Budget "Quick Start" Report Issued
• $10 Billion Available for Care Delivery Innovation
• HANYS Responds to Poll Showing New Yorkers Prefer a Tax Increase Over Health Cuts
• HANYS Comments to CMS on Medicare Compliance Reform Rule

• HANYS Responds to Siena Poll That Found a Majority of New Yorkers Prefer a Tax Increase Over Cuts to Education and Health Care

• HANYS Issues Recommendations to CMS on Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
• Alternative EHR Certification for Hospitals Announced
• HANYS Hosts First Gold STAMP Regional Conference
• Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Launches New Web Site
• HANYS Hosts Continuous Service Readiness Program

• HANYS Leads Diabetes Initiative to Improve Public Health, Tackle Rising Health Care Costs

• Federal Fiscal Commission Chairs Release Proposals; Vote Lacking for Commission Approval
• HANYS Discusses Emergency Preparedness With RRCs, DOH, and Allied Associations
• HHS Recognizes New York Hospitals for Improving Organ Transplantation

• HANYS Urges House and Senate Leaders to Adopt Highest Health Agency Funding
• HANYS Honors Arnot Ogden and Jones Memorial Auxiliaries

• Governor Announces Special Legislative Session
• HANYS Hosts Webconference on Latest EHR Incentive Payment Developments
• Members Learn What HANYS Has to Offer at Executive Dialogue and Orientation

• HANYS Emphasizes Need for Standardized Quality Reporting in Comments to HHS
• HANYS’ Rural Conference Focuses on New Models for Providing Care
• HANYS Names Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Recipients
• HTNYS to Host Trustee Briefing in Geneva

• HANYS and GNYHA Comment on State’s HIT Operational Plan
• Updated EHR Incentive Program/Meaningful Use Webconference Set for Wednesday

• HHS Secretary Sebelius Convenes Summit on Geographic Variation
• HANYS Urges CMS to Reject New York’s FMAP Contingency Cuts
• DOH to Hold Stakeholder Meetings on New HIV Testing Law

• First EHR Vendor Products Certified for "Meaningful Use"
• Newsletter Highlights Latest HANYS’ Diabetes Campaign Collaborative Activities

• HANYS’ SWAT IV: Strategies, Weapons, and Tactics for Dealing with Payers in the Federal Health Care Reform Environment

• Governor Signs Last of Health Care-Related Bills
• HHS Office of the Inspector General Releases FFY 2011 Workplan

• Congress Adjourns on Wednesday to Allow Members to Campaign
• HANYS-Backed Regulatory Reform Published in State Register
• Geisinger Health System Expert to Speak at HANYS’ Rural Program
• 2010 Leadership Academy Opens at Cornell University
• Save the Dates for Upcoming Trustee Regional Programs

• Healthcare Trustees of New York State Holds 30th Annual Conference

• Governor Acts on Health Care-Related Legislation
• The Joint Commission Annual Report Shows Quality Improvement

• Lt. Governor Calls for Medicaid Overhaul; HANYS Opposes Shift in Rate-Setting Authority
• HANYS Comments on New Preventive Services Regulations

• HANYS Advocates on Medicare IPPS Coding Relief and Equitable EHR Incentive Payments
• HANYS Participates in National Stakeholder Meeting on HAI Reporting

• State Issues Plan for FMAP Contingency Plan Cuts
• Primary Election Results
• Save the Date: SWAT Returns in October

• HANYS Urges State Legislators to Act to Avert Medicaid Cuts
• OMIG Compliance Webconference on Self-Disclosure Set for Tuesday
• Medicare Hospital Revenue Forecaster Helps Providers Budget for Medicare

• HANYS to Advise Governor’s Health Care Reform Cabinet
• FMAP Contingency Law Repealer Introduced
• New York Announces $50 Million for Medicaid Transition Grants
• Statewide Summits to Plan and Coordinate Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments

• William Allison Joins HANYS as Vice President of Fiscal Policy
• President Obama Proposes Amendments to Increase HRSA Account for Health Care Workforce Training Enhancements
• HANYS to Help Train Hospitals for Collaborative Disaster Planning
• HANYS Hosts Webconference on DNV Accreditation Program

• University of Rochester Medical Center Patient Safety Program
• Rochester RHIO Expanding to Medina Memorial and St. James Mercy
• Metropolitan Jewish Health System First in U.S. to Earn Certification for its Home Care Heart Failure Disease Management Program
• DOH Completes Health Commerce System Redesign
• HTNYS Seeks Nominations for 2011 Board

• HANYS and the Allied Associations Urge Flexibility in HIT Design
• HANYS Works With SED to Speed Physician Licensure Applications

• HANYS and Coalition Share Medical Loss Ratio Concerns
• HANYS Weighs in With DOH on State Plans to Implement Federal HIT Requirements
• Member News

• U.S. Senate Adopts FMAP Extension; House Expected to Pass it Tomorrow
• HANYS Raises Concerns About Reserved Bed Day Policy
• HTNYS’ Annual Conference to Inform Trustees About Health Care Reform

• State Includes Provider Cuts in FMAP Plan; HANYS Continues Advocacy as Congress is Set to Act
• Governor Acts on Health Care-Related Bills
• 2010 HANYS-Cornell Leadership Academy Class Filling Up

• EHR Incentive Program "Multi-Campus" Legislation Introduced in U.S. House
• Dahill Assumes Dual Executive Leadership of NorMet and Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council
• HANYS Hosts EHR Meaningful Use Educational Webconference

• Whalen Appointed to NYeC Board
• Deadline for HEAL-Funded Behavioral Health Initiatives Extended

• Governor Calls Legislature to Albany Wednesday for Budget
• HANYS Co-Hosts Program on Strategies for Successful Hospital-Physician Alignment
• DOH Cancels July 27 APG Webconference

• Legislature Delivers Bills to the Governor for Action
• Hospitals Finance HIT Using DASNY’s TELP Program

• HANYS’ Members Advocate in Washington on FMAP, Meaningful Use, and IPPS Offset
• HANYS Supports HHS Rules for Insurer Definition of "Dependent"
• FCC Permits Employees to Use Amateur Radios in Disaster Drills

• Final Meaningful Use Rule Allows Limited Flexibility; Overall Bar Still Set Too High
• House Members Send Letter Urging CMS to Stop Inpatient Hospital Cuts

• Governor Signs Health Budget Bill, Vetoes Education Bill
• Registration for Trustee Conference Set for July 21

• Governor Issues Vetoes Worth $500 Million
• New CON Regulations Change Cost Thresholds for Review
• Diabetes Campaign Expanding; Webinars with Dennis Whalen and James Knickman Next Week

• Funding Available for Primary Care Residency Expansion
• CDC Proposes Revised Guidance for Seasonal, H1N1 Influenza
• HealthGrades Releases Emergency Medicine Analysis

• HANYS’ 42nd Annual Membership Conference Focuses on Navigating Health Care Reform
• HANYS Presents Distinguished Service Award to Raymond Sweeney
• HANYS Presents 2010 Pinnacle Quality Awards
• Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Receives HANYS’ 2010 Community Health Improvement Award
• Sisto Offers Leadership Guidance Amid Tumult of Reform

• Legislature and Governor Continue Work on Budget, Other Priorities
• FMAP Scaled Back in Latest U.S. Senate Leadership Extenders Package
• Temporary Reprieve Seen in Allied Health Professionals Survey Results

• Legislature Moving Toward Budget/Session Finish Line
• PACeR Collaborative to Provide Next Generation of Clinical Research for New Medicines

• HANYS’ BHTF Discusses Children’s Mental Health Issues and Federal Health Reform
• New York State to Conduct Medical Liability Reform Demonstration with $3 Million Federal Grant

• Legislators Continue Talks on Budget Extender
• Federal Extenders Bill Has FMAP Increase: Votes Needed for Passage
• SHRPC Hears Update on Berger Commission Actions
• HTNYS Unveils Health Reform Glossary for Trustees

• SHRPC Approves New CON Regulations; HANYS Presses for Further Reform
• HANYS’ Quality Steering Committee Outlines Focus Areas

• Every Hospital in New York State Loses Funding to Massive Cuts in State Budget Extender
• U.S. Senate Works on Bill With FMAP Increase; Schumer Predicts Passage Next Week

• Governor Proposes $775 Million in Health Care Cuts
• HANYS and AHA Press Congress and CMS to Reject Coding Cut
• HANYS Participates in Emergency Medical Services for Children Stakeholders Meeting

• Legislative Leaders Meet on Budget: Governor Warns of Cuts in Spending Bill
• Bill Would Make Changes to NYPORTS
• DOH Informs Providers About Family Health Care Decisions Act Responsibilities

• State Budget Negotiations Continue
• CMS Seeks to Ease Rules for Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging
• AMSNY Hosts Roundtable on Economic Impact of the Academic Medical Centers

• DataGen Users Gather at HANYS to Discuss Reform, Quality, and Reimbursement

• Federal "Extenders" Bill Released
• Telemedicine Grants Available

• State Withholds HEAL NY Payments, Pending Budget
• Western New York Trustee Program Focuses on Health Reform
• Governor Establishes Cabinet to Implement Federal Health Care Reform
• Little Falls Trustee Receives Regional Honor

• HANYS Comments on Insurer Medical Loss Ratio Regulations

• 215 Members of the U.S. House Call for Extension of FMAP Increase
• Legislature Passes Another Emergency Spending Bill
• Patient Advocates and Providers Talk Patient Safety
• Today is Health Care Auxilian Day

• Without Budget, State Continues Spending Extenders
• House Democrats Urge Stronger Mental Health Parity Regulations
• HANYS’ June 11 Webconference to Discuss Medical Home Model
• NYeC to Lead EHR "Meaningful Use" Summits for Physicians
• HTNYS Offers Federal Reform Resources for Trustees

• New York to Take Part in High Risk Pool Under Federal Health Care Reform
• HANYS Participates in DOH Prevention Agenda Workshop
• HANYS Provides Input at AHA Committee on Volunteers Meeting

• HANYS Holds Federal Briefing and Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
• Governor Proposes Additional $620 Million in Budget Savings
• Applications Due April 30 for Pioneer Hospital Study of Frontline Workers
• HTNYS and WNYHA to Offer Trustee Program on Health Reform
• Tri-County Memorial Hospital to Be Relocated

• Fewer Heart Surgeries in New York, Continued Excellent Results
• On Earth Day, NS-LIJ and EPA Sign Agreement Green Initiatives
• St. Elizabeth Medical Center Installs Energy Efficient Co-Generation System

• CMS Proposal Would Reduce FFY 2011 Medicare Inpatient Payments
• HANYS Discusses Infection Prevention Reporting and Projects With Workgroup
• HANYS Plans Member Webconferences on Federal Health Care Reform
• Western New York Trustee Regional Briefing Set for May 12

• Physician Eligibility for EHR Incentive Program Expanded; Obama Signs Bill into Law
• State Awards $18.5 Million for Health Care Workforce Retraining

• HANYS Begins Preparing Members for Federal Health Care Reform Implementation
• SUNY Strategic Plan Includes a Focus on Health Care
• DOH Clarifies HEAL NY-15 Eligibility
• HR Certification Institute Approves Conference
• Grants Help Fund Transportation for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
• Grant Applications Sought for Virtual Health Care Career Projects
• Nominations Sought for Public Relations Excellence Award
• HTNYS Accepting Nominations for Trustee Awards

• Legislature to Return Monday; Budget Negotiations Continue
• HEAL Funds Available to Replace St. Vincent’s Outpatient Services
• Keynote to Focus on Preparing for Generational Impacts
• AHA and HANYS Honor Betsy Wright as Grassroots Champion

• Legislature Returns to Albany; Budget Negotiations Continue
• National Payer Survey Results Consistent With New York’s Experience
• Follow-up Care Requirement Included in Serious Adverse Event Policy FAQs

• HANYS Urges Legislature to Address Shortfalls, Protect Jobs, and Improve Health Status
• HANYS’ Federal Briefing/Advocacy Day One Month Away
• Emergency Preparedness Focus Turns From H1N1 to "Dirty Bomb" Attacks
• HTNYS Plans Federal Health Care Reform Update

• HANYS Offers Obstetric Care Improvement Recommendations
• HANYS’ Quality Committee Addressing Key Policy Issues
• DOH Sends Letters on Medical Records and Shaken Baby Syndrome Education

• HTNYS Delivers Board Resolutions to Legislators
• Mayo Clinic Social Media Manager to Present at HANYS’ Human Resources Conference

• State Budget Negotiations Continue
• U.S. Senate Stalls "Extenders" Bill with HANYS-Backed HIT Physician Fix; Reprieve from Medicare Physician Cut
• UnitedHealthcare Abandons Advance Admission Notification Policy

• State Assembly Issues Budget Proposal
• Health Care Reform Becomes Law; Modifications Pending
• Proposal to Increase CON Thresholds Published in State Register

• President to Sign Health Reform Bill; Reconciliation Vote in Senate This Week
• HANYS Offers Support for Health Care Reform/Reconciliation Bills
• State Senate Issues Budget Resolution; HANYS Continues Advocacy
• Western New York Trustees Criticize Governor’s Health Care Cuts and Taxes

• Congress to Vote on Final Health Care Reform Package
• Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Advocate in Albany
• Senate Task Force on Medicaid Fraud Releases Preliminary Report
• HANYS’ Human Resource Leaders Conference Set for April

• Governor Signs Family Health Care Decisions Act
• Long Island Hospital Leaders Meet With Legislators on State Budget

• HANYS Weighs in on HIT Meaningful Use Proposed Rule
• House Leadership Prepares to Vote This Week on Health Care Reform/Reconciliation Bills
• CMS to Examine Geographic Variation in Health and Health Care

• HANYS’ "Cutzilla" Focuses on Dangerous Health Care Taxes and Cuts in Budget
• Lt. Governor Unveils Five-Year Budget Deficit Plan

• HANYS Plans Annual Federal Briefing and Congressional Advocacy Day
• Governor and Commissioner Urge Legislature to Pass Sweetened Beverage Tax
• HANYS’ Members Urge DOH to Improve Doctors Across New York
• Healthcare Trustees of New York State Launches Blog

• HANYS Urges Sensible Approach to Reducing Hospital Readmissions
• HANYS’ President Takes Advocacy Message to Fox Business
• Obama Presses Congress to Pass Reform; Democrats Prepare for Reconciliation

• Health Care Providers Urge Legislators to Protect Health Care for All New Yorkers
• State Budget Deficit Growing
• Deadlines Approaching for HANYS’ Quality and Community Health Awards
• Additional Funding Available for Energy Efficiency Projects

• Health Reform Summit Yields No Clear Path Forward
• Congressional Letter Urges CMS to Make "Meaningful Use" Flexible
• Senate Jobs Bill Includes FMAP Extension, Other Provider-Related Provisions
• Congress Working to Stop 21.2% Medicare Physician Cut
• DOB Says State May Withhold Payments in March
• New Program Takes Closer Look at APR-DRG System

• State Fiscal Committees Release Dismal Economic Forecast Reports
• Family Health Care Decisions Act Clears Senate

• President’s Health Plan Based on Senate Bill; Bipartisan Summit Thursday
• HANYS and HTNYS: Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Will Lead to Better Health Care Outcomes and Savings
• Reports Highlight Health Insurer Profits

• State Legislature Returns Next Week
• DASNY Expands Access to Capital Markets
• Report Calls for Federal Guidance to Prepare for Catastrophic Health Events
• New County Health Rankings Highlight Health Factors

• Governor Eliminates IME, Indigent Care Redistributions; Damaging Cuts and Taxes Remain
• Business Council Tells Legislature to Reject Health Care Provider Taxes
• Oregon Is DataGen’s 36th State Association Client
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Receives 2010 NQF Award

• HANYS to Testify at Budget Hearing Tuesday

• Senate Task Force on Medicaid Fraud Created
• 105 Infection Free: Nine in New York State

• Governor Announces Additional $750 Million Projected Budget Deficit
• Federal Mental Health Parity Interim Rule Issued
• National Home Health Improvement Campaign in Full Swing

• HANYS’ Members Provide Support for Haiti Disaster Relief
• Hospitals Across the State Provide Relief, Aid, and Hope to Haiti

• President’s Budget Assumes Passage of Health Care Reform
• HHS Takes Steps to Help Hospitals Treat Survivors of Haiti Earthquake
• HANYS Extends Deadline for Nursing and Allied Health Survey

• HANYS Shows Impact of the Governor’s Budget on Every Hospital

• HANYS Continues State Budget Advocacy; Briefs Members
• House and Senate Leaders Continue to Weigh Health Reform Options

• HANYS Rallying Members for State Budget Advocacy
• HANYS News to Highlight Haiti Relief Efforts

• HANYS: $1 Billion Budget Hit Undermines Health Care and Economic Recovery
• HANYS’ HIT Strategy Group Urges Flexibility in Application of New HIT Rules

• HANYS: Governor’s Executive Budget Plan Is "Anti-Public Policy"

• Federal Relief Underway in Haiti; No Deployment of New York Volunteers at This Point
• MedPAC Makes 2011 Medicare Rate Recommendations
• Dates Set for 2010 HANYS/Cornell Leadership Academy
• Joint Commission Annual Report Shows Gains in Patient Care Quality

• HANYS’ Advocacy Focuses on Key Provisions as House and Senate Merge Reform Bills
• HANYS Advocates for Family Health Care Decisions Act
• HANYS Welcomes Pinnacle Award Nominations

• HANYS Testifies on OMIG Overreach
• HANYS Seeks Community Health Award Nominations
• IRS Posts Examiner Governance Checklist

• Governor’s Focus is Ethics and Finance in State of the State Address
• HANYS’ Board Names 2010 Officers and Executive Committee

• HANYS: CMS Oversteps with HIT "Meaningful Use" Rule
• Governor to Deliver Second State of the State Wednesday
• Joseph Quagliata to Chair HANYS’ Board in 2010
• Healthcare Trustees of New York State Elects 2010 Officers and New Board Members

• New York House Democrats Press for Reform Bill that Protects Providers and the State
• New Managed Care Law Provisions Begin January 1
• St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Doctor Featured in Fox "Near Miss" Coverage

• Funding Available for Special Health Care Initiatives
• The Joint Commission Conducts Field Review for Medical Staff Standard
• New York Scores Among Top States in Health Emergency Preparedness

• State Agrees to HANYS/HTNYS Request on Retired CPA Role on Governing Boards
• HANYS’ Statewide Emergency Preparedness Committee Discusses H1N1 Challenges
• Qualified Nursing Students Continue to Be Turned Away

• MedPAC Draft Recommendations Call for 1.5% Medicare Payment Update
• H1N1 Vaccine Extended Beyond Priority Groups
• Governor Signs Public Authorities Reform Legislation

• HANYS Releases 2009 Physician Advocacy Survey Results
• Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg Ask New York’s Senators to Address Disproportionate Burden
• State Education Department Seeks Changes in Physician Licensure Requirements

• U.S. Senate Continues Debate Over Health Reform; Amendment Votes Begin
• New York Below Average on Medicare Service Use: MedPAC

• Final Budget DRP Averts Major Health Care Cuts and Taxes
• HANYS Testifies at Medical Malpractice Reform Hearing

• HANYS Opposes Governor’s New Deficit Reduction Proposals
• Commissioner Delays New NICU Law Related to Immunization of Parents
• HANYS Presents its 2009 Public Relations Excellence Award

• Governor Paterson’s Deficit Reduction Proposal Is Untenable

• State Deficit Plan Negotiations Continue
• U.S. Senate to Begin Formal Debate on Health Reform Week of November 30
• HTNYS and HANYS Comment on State Education Proposal for Governing Boards
• HANYS Posts Videos With Latest H1N1 Information

• State Deficit Plan Negotiations Continue; Legislators to Return Monday
• U.S. Senate Majority Leader Releases Health Care Bill
• House Approves Permanent Physician Medicare Fix; Senate’s is Short-Term
• HANYS Lodges Objections to OMIG Actions

• Deficit Reduction Plan Negotiations Ongoing; HANYS Continues Advocacy
• U.S. Senate Health Care Reform Bill Set for Release Tomorrow
• HANYS/Cornell Leadership Academy Concludes 2009 Program

• Rally Against Health Care Cuts Held at State Capitol
• State Budget "Quick Start" Report Issued Today
• Sisto Presses Business Council on Medicaid Issues

• Proposed Health Care Cuts Would Yield Job Losses and Severely Curtail Needed Health Care Services

• HANYS Continues Advocacy Against State Health Care Cuts
• HANYS’ Members Meet With CMS on HIT Incentive Payments
• New York Medicaid Reimbursement Guide Available

• Governor Urges Legislature to Act Now on State Deficit
• House Passes Health Reform Bill; Hospital and Health System Provisions Unchanged
• Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center Prevails in OMIG Dispute Over Bed Holds

• HANYS Advocates to Delay Implementation of Nursing Home Regional Pricing; Quality Pool Would Be Implemented in 2010
• Senator Gillibrand Leads U.S. Senate Efforts to Protect DSH Payments
• Mid Year Revenue Reports Released; "Quick Start" Budget Discussions to Begin Monday
• HANYS Solutions Product and Partner Showcase Kicks Off November 18
• Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center Complete Integration As Upper Allegheny Health System

• National Analysis Shows Insurers May Underreport Medical Loss Ratios
• HANYS Secures Extension and Re-appropriation of Doctors Across NY
• House To Vote As Early As Saturday on Health Reform
• HANYS-KLAS Health Information Technology Assessment Now Available to Members at Discounted Rate
• CMS Releases Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 for Nursing Homes

• State Budget Deficit Gets More Grim; No Consensus on Solution at Leaders’ Meeting
• House Speaker Releases Reform Bill; HANYS Continues Advocacy

• New York’s Hospitals are Facing a Catastrophic Financial Collapse

• U.S. House to Release Final Health Reform Bill Tomorrow; Senate to Follow
• Attorney General Announces New Reimbursement Database
• HANYS Appointed to AHA Committee on Volunteers

• HANYS Urges State Senate Finance Committee to Reject Health Care Cuts
• President Obama Declares H1N1 Outbreak a National Emergency
• HANYS’ Rural Members Discuss Reform and Cuts at Annual Gathering
• HANYS Engages Auxiliaries in Organ Donation Promotion
• The Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset Receives Award

• Commissioner Daines Suspends Flu Vaccine Requirement for Health Care Workers
• U.S. Senate and House Continue Work to Develop Single Health Reform Bills
• HANYS Participates on Health Care Innovation Panel
• Still Time to Register for HTNYS’ Strategic Planning for Boards Webcast

• HANYS Testifies Against Health Care Cuts at Legislative Hearing
• HANYS and KLAS Offer Hospital HIT Assessment for Members

• HANYS Presses for Action on Regulatory Relief Priorities
• HANYS Testifies on NYPORTS at Legislative Hearing

• HANYS on Governor’s Cuts: Expect Loss of Needed Health Care Services and Jobs
• Congress to Consider Permanent Fix to Physician Medicare Payments
• HTNYS Offers Two Regional Trustee Programs on Health Reform

• This is not reform: this is placing our health care in jeopardy

• Health Reform Moves Forward in U.S. Senate
• HANYS Says Community Benefit and Uncompensated Care Justify Hospital Tax-Exemption
• HANYS Participates in Nursing Home Reimbursement Discussions
• IPRO Joins H2H for Re-Hospitalization Initiative

• HANYS’ Board Takes Stand on Health Care Reform in Letter to Congressional Delegation
• HANYS Supports Eliminating Barriers to Coverage for Legal Immigrants Under Health Reform

• House Leaders to Unveil Key Health Reform Proposals; Senate Awaits CBO Score
• DOH Extends Recruitment Deadline for Doctors Across New York
• DataGen Academy to Offer Introduction to Medicare
• HTNYS Offers Two Regional Trustee Programs on Health Reform

• Senate Finance Committee Concludes Health Reform Markup; Committee to Vote on Package Next Week
• Study: Surgical Masks Nearly as Effective as N95 Respirators Against Flu
• Webconference to Outline IHI’s New Quality Services

• Statewide Survey Finds New York Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Home Health Care Providers Forced to Eliminate Critical Services and Thousands of Jobs

• HANYS Releases Compound Fractures to Media; Budget Impacts on helpyourhospital.org
• U.S. Senate Finance Committee Continues Work on Health Reform
• HANYS Joins Associations to Brief Congressional Staff on Geographic Variation in Health Spending

• Senate Finance Committee to Resume Health Reform Mark-up Next Week
• $436 Million in HEAL NY Awards Announced
• Daines Tells Health Care Workers Flu Vaccination Is Right Thing to Do

• State Legislative Leaders Meet on Budget Deficit
• U.S. Senate Finance Committee Begins Consideration of Health Reform Bill

• Governor Urges Providers to Register Now for H1N1 Vaccine

• Governor Paterson Signs Staffing Ratio Reporting Bill
• SHRPC Committee Favors More Practitioners in Flu Vaccine Decisions
• Maternity Leaflet Must Include Additional Reporting Next Year

• Senate Finance Committee Releases Health Care Reform Details
• Compound Fractures Shows Damage of Budget Cuts

• HANYS, DOH, and The Joint Commission Discuss Concurrent Survey for Hospital Laboratories
• Trustees Hold Successful Annual Conference, Present Awards
• Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement Begins This Week at Cornell
• Hospital Community Service Plans Due Tuesday

• Senate Returns for Late Night Session, Confirms Wrynn as Insurance Superintendent
• HANYS Hosts Briefing on H1N1 Flu Preparedness
• DOH to Provide Webconference Friday on Serious Adverse Event Policy

• Baucus to Release Details of Health Reform Bill Next Week; President to Address Congress Tonight
• Datagen Signs Agreement to Provide Information Products and Services to Montana Hospitals

• President to Address Congress on Health Reform Next Week in Washington
• HTNYS Conference Begins September 11

• New Law Seeks to Increase Organ Donation; HANYS/HTNYS Continue Effort to Boost Donations
• HANYS Attends Home Health Care Reimbursement Workgroup Meeting

• DOH Briefs Providers on H1N1 Planning as Flu Season Approaches
• Hospitals With NICUs Must Offer Flu Vaccine to Parents
• DataGen Academy℠ Fall Programs Kick Off on September 23

• Despite Flood, Tri-County Memorial Continues Serving Community’s Health Care Needs
• Commissioner of Health Announces Administrative Appointments

• Montana Brings DataGen State Total to 35

• HANYS Releases 2009 Community Health Initiatives Profiles
• Representatives Bishop and Israel Discuss Health Care Reform with Hospital Leaders
• $1.2 Billion in HIT Stimulus Funds Announced

• CMS Awards $750,000 to NS-LIJ in Pay-For-Performance Project
• HANYS to Host DOH Webconferences on ED Overcrowding and H1N1 Planning

• Governor Orders Effort to Eliminate Outdated or Onerous Regulations
• State Seeks Health Care Professionals, Others to Volunteer for Public Health Emergencies
• HANYS Solutions Partnership Integrates Applicant Management and Background Screening

• HANYS Emphasizes Need for National, Integrated Approach to Reporting Infections
• Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Hospital Personnel Set to Take Effect
• CDC Committee Recommends Who Should Get H1N1 Vaccination
• Center for Health Workforce Studies Releases New Physician Reports

• Health Reform Negotiations to Continue Over Congressional Recess
• CMS Issues Flurry of Medicare Rules Affecting Hospitals, Nursing Homes, IRFs, and Home Care
• DOH Extends DSH Self-Assessment Deadline

• IPPS Rule Spares New York Hospitals $219 Million in Cuts
• State Sees $2.1 Billion Deficit; Senate to Return Next Week

• Governor Signs Managed Care Bill; Acts on Other Health Bills
• ARRA Funds for Energy Efficiency Available Through NYSERDA
• $220 Million in Health Care and High Growth Grants Available

• Dennis Whalen to Join HANYS
• SHRPC Committee Approves Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Hospital Personnel
• DOH Reports Low Mortality in Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and Angioplasty

• HANYS: Medicare Rate-Setting Authority Belongs With Congress, Not the White House
• HANYS’ Maryjane Wurth to Lead Illinois Hospital Association
• Governor Paterson Outlines Health Care Reform Principles to Congressional Delegation
• Member News

• State Senate Passes Important Managed Care Market Conduct Reform; Takes Action on Other Health Bills
• Criteria to Define HIT "Meaningful Use" Adopted by Federal HIT Policy Committee
• Commissioner Daines and Public Health Council Discuss Ambulatory Surgery Approvals
• Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Hospital Workers Moving as Emergency Rule

• House Health Reform Bill Would Expand Coverage, Reduce Medicare and Medicaid Spending
• New York Delegation Stands Firm Behind DSH
• AHA Offers Weekly Interactive Health Reform Updates
• Register Now for Healthcare Trustees Conference

• CMS Plans Second "Dry Run" of Quality Measures to Address Hospital Issues
• HHS to Release H1N1 Preparedness Grants
• HANYS’ Public Relations Excellence Award Deadline Is July 22

• DOH Releases Draft Update of the Nursing Home Bed Need Regulation
• DOH Hosts First Home Health Care Reimbursement Workgroup
• HANYS to Co-sponsor Obstetric Patient Safety Conference
• HANYS’ Public Relations Excellence Award Deadline Is July 22

• Congress Returns This Week to Continue Health Reform Quest
• Physicians Sought for Focus Group on Thursday
• Health Department Advises New York City Doctors to Be on the Lookout for Measles

• Harmful Medicaid Regulations Rescinded
• OMIG Adopts New Compliance Regulations
• The Joint Commission Releases Guide on Flu Vaccination for Health Care Workers
• Use of Ingenix and Faulty Data Widespread: U.S. Senate Committee Report

• HANYS Comments on Draft Definition of HIT "Meaningful Use"
• General Electric and HANYS Announce Landmark Partnership
• McKenna Receives ACHE Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award

• HANYS Holds 41st Annual Membership Conference
• Sisto Says HANYS and Members Together on Journey to the "New Normal"
• Physicians Tackle Quality Reform Proposals in Panel Discussion
• Federal Proposals Call for Reform and Cuts
• Wal-Mart Sets Sights on Being Major Player in Health Care
• HANYS Presents 2009 Distinguished Service Award to Auxilians
• HANYS Presents Community Health Improvement Award to University of Rochester Medical Center
• HANYS Presents 2009 Pinnacle Awards

• HANYS’ 41st Annual Conference Starts Wednesday
• Additional Information Posted Online For HEAL 12 Grants

• U.S. House Committees Release Health Reform Draft
• HANYS’ Managed Care Reform Efforts Yield Consensus Package
• Health Net Drops Ingenix; Governor’s Office Announces Related Regulation
• California Health Care Expert Joins Academy Faculty
• Hospitals, State Discuss Emergency Preparedness

• HIT Policy Committee Considers "Meaningful Use" Definition
• MedPAC Weighs in on Health System Reform
• HANYS-Cornell Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement Accepting Students

• Business Group and Hospitals Protest Empire’s Payment Policies
• Obama Administration Approves New York’s Expansion of Child Health Plus
• Proposal to Mandate Flu Vaccines for Health Care Personnel Moving Quickly
• DOH Provides Clarification on Rural Stroke Center Designation

• HANYS Testifies Against Prior Approval at Assembly Hearing
• Hospital Field Review of Proposed Joint Commission Standards Announced
• DOH to Launch Electronic Fingerprinting of Post-Acute Health Care Workers

• Breaking News! State Senate Leader Faces Coup D’etat—Outcome Unclear
• UHF Pays Tribute to 39 Trustees From Metro-Area Hospitals

• President Outlines Reform; Expresses Willingness to Cut Medicare and Medicaid to Pay for It
• HANYS Meets With DOH on Doctors Across New York Implementation
• HTNYS’ Board Discusses Key Issues in Canandaigua, Tours Thompson Health
• HANYS Solutions Partners with Cain & Associates to Help Hospitals Recover Lost Medicaid Revenue

• Health Care Cost-Containment Details Issued to White House
• Senate Health Committee Releases Outline of Health Care Reform Priorities
• DOH and CMS Provide Guidance to Manage Influx of Patients During H1N1 Outbreak

• Members Advocate in Albany on Workforce Issues
• HANYS Acts on Member Concerns About Doctors Across New York Program
• Federal Government Outlines Regional Centers to Spur HIT Adoption
• HANYS and Excelsior College Partner to Offer Webconference on Life Long Learning

• SHRPC Committees Address Emerging Issues
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Funding Decreases
• Bidder’s Conference Offers Insight Into HEAL Alternative Long-Term Care Grants

• State Senate Codes Committee Poised to Act on Legislation Affecting Malpractice Lawsuits
• HANYS Comments to U.S. Senate Committee on Coverage Proposals
• Departments of Health and ACOG Issue Updated Guidance on Maternal Hemorrhage

• State Legislative Update
• Senate Panel Considers Policy Options to Finance Health Reform
• HHS Issues Plans to Implement HIT Provisions of ARRA
• 299 Cases of Swine Flu Confirmed in New York State
• Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Health Care Personnel on Agenda for SHRPC Committee

• HANYS Urges Lawmakers to Seek Savings Through Quality Improvement, Not Reimbursement Discounts
• Applicants’ Conference Held for HEAL Phase 11
• HANYS Continues Quest to Fill Doctors Across New York Positions
• Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute Dedicated

• HIMSS Hosts its Second Legislative Advocacy Day
• HANYS and Excelsior College Partner to Offer Webconference on Life Long Learning
• UHF Issues Report on Medicaid Long-Term Care
• Opportunity to Comment on The Joint Commission Standards

• Schumer Leads Effort to Reverse Pending Medicare Cut to Teaching Hospitals
• Senate Panel Continues Health Reform Dialogue, Releases Coverage Options Paper
• Nursing and Allied Health Survey Shows Continuing Shortages
• $175 Million in HEAL Announced for Long-Term Care Alternatives
• State Senate Convenes BSN Roundtable Discussion
• Reserve Your Place in Cornell/HANYS Leadership Academy
• Swine Flu Outbreak Mostly Has Mild Symptoms in New York

• Health Care Groups Commit to Health Care Reform and Cost Control
• DOH Announces Patients’ Bill of Rights Amendment
• UHF Pays Tribute to 39 Trustees From Metro-Area Hospitals

• Staffing Ratio Bills Are No Solution: HANYS
• State Offers $175 Million for Health Care Restructuring
• Swine Flu Outbreak Mostly Has Mild Symptoms in New York
• OASAS Announces Nursing Advisory Panel

• Schumer and Crowley Lead Effort to Increase Medical Resident Training Support
• HANYS Updates Members on the State’s Latest HIT Activities
• DOH Announces ED Overcrowding Surveys to Begin
• HHS Releases Report on Rural Health Challenges

• Obama Administration Takes Steps to Eliminate Several Harmful Medicaid Regulations
• CMS Proposes Significant Inpatient Medicare Rate Reductions
• HANYS Revamps Web Site to Better Meet Members’ Needs
• FTC Delays "Red Flags Rule" Enforcement Until August 1
• HANYS’ Doctors Across New York Web Page Aims to Help Recruitment

• HANYS’ Members Advocate in Washington, D.C. on Health Reform Proposals
• HANYS Advocates for Family Health Care Decisions Act
• HANYS Recognized for Outstanding Health Care Marketing and Advertising
• HANYS’ Doctors Across New York Web Page Aims to Help Recruitment

• Swine Flu Outbreak: State and Federal Agencies Ramp Up Efforts
• DOH Posts Additional Information About HEAL NY-10 Grants Online

• Swine Flu Outbreak Continues to Spread
• Economic Crisis Taking Toll on Hospitals: AHA
• The View From the Bronx: AHA Includes St. Barnabas Among Real-World Videos of Recession Impacts
• New CON Fees Effective With Passage of State Budget

• Health Care-Related Bills Moving in State Legislative Committees
• AHA and HANYS Honor Ventresca-Ecroyd as Grassroots Champion
• Irene Jankowski of Beth Israel Medical Center Is First Nurse-Safety Scholar in Residence
• AAMC Briefs Congressional Staff on Medicare GME Issues

• HANYS Updates Members on Federal Quality-Related Medicare Reimbursement Reform
• HANYS’ Campaign Seeks to Enhance Diabetes Care in Ambulatory Settings
• HTNYS Accepting Trustee Award Nominations

• HANYS Releases 2009 Federal Issues Book in Advance of Next Week’s Federal Advocacy Events
• HANYS and HTNYS Lead Effort to Protect Tax Deductibility of Charitable Contributions
• New York Facilities Picked for Pilot to Improve Quality Across Care Settings
• April 27 Webconference on Mass Fatality Annex Development

• Major Quality-Related Payment Reform Being Considered on Capitol Hill
• Two CON Changes Take Effect This Week
• DOH Offers Web-Based Sessions on Hospital Evacuation
• Two-Thirds of Primary Care Physicians are Unable to Acquire Mental Health Services for Patients
• HANYS Plans Webconference on Denials Management Strategies for Behavioral Health
• Applicants’ Conference for HIT Grants Held This Week
• The Joint Commission Releases Document on Hand Hygiene

• $60 Million in Health Information Technology Grants Announced
• DOH Provides $17.8 Million for Lee Memorial Transition
• CMS Recognizes The Joint Commission for Continued Hospice Deeming Authority
• Member News

• DOH Reacts Favorably to HANYS’ Request on Laboratory and Radiology Ancillary Service Billing
• Federal Briefing/Advocacy Day in Washington Just a Few Weeks Away
• Insurance Department Says $14.2 Million Recovered From Insurers
• Governor Paterson Announces Stimulus Funds for Health and Human Services

• Approved Budget Resolutions Preserve Obama’s Health Reform Framework
• Coordination of Benefits Regulation Adopted—Will Reduce Claims Denials
• Ingenix Scrutinized at the National Level

• Budget Still on Track for Passage
• 90 Hospitals Participate in Obstetric Safety Initiative for Hospitals
• HANYS Hosts Session to Explain What to Expect in RAC Expansion
• Employee Benefits, Retirement Services Feel Impacts of Economic Climate
• AHA Releases New Checklist for Hospitals Preparing for IRS Schedule H

• HANYS: Budget Outcome Will Cause Health Care Closures and Layoffs
• DOH Posts New CON Application Information Online
• HANYS Partners with GNYHA on HIT Activities

• Governor on Budget: Admits "Life-Threatening" Aspects
• Hospital Employees Protest Governor’s Budget Proposal
• U.S. Senate and House Panels Approve Budget Resolutions
• The Joint Commission Reduces New Requirements

• HANYS’ Advocacy in High Gear as State Budget Takes Shape
• IOM Seeks Input on Comparative Effectiveness Research

• Doctors Across New York Awards Announced
• Senator Gillibrand to Meet with Members at HANYS’ Annual Federal Briefing and Congressional Advocacy Day
• NQF Updates Safe Practices Guide

• Budget Discussions Heat Up; HANYS Continues Advocacy
• HANYS Backs Congressional Efforts to Make Capital IME Payments Permanent
• CON Reform and HIT Discussed at SHRPC Committees
• Federal Comparative Effectiveness Council Named
• David Blumenthal Named New National HIT Coordinator

• HANYS Ratchets Up Advocacy as State Budget Talks Continue
• Congress Extends J-1 Visa Program

• Upstate Associations Testify on Budget
• HANYS’ Quality Committee Members Offer Comments to OPMC on Physician Investigation Process
• HANYS Briefs Members on HIT Provisions of Federal Stimulus
• DataGen Academy℠ Expands 2009 Course Offerings
• New Report Shows Physician Supply Gap Through 2030

• HANYS Continues State Budget Advocacy to Protect Health Care
• HANYS Provides More Examples of Impact of Governor’s Cuts
• Public Health Council Approves St. Mary’s Hospital Takeover of Amsterdam Memorial
• NAMI Report Grades Nation’s Mental Health System a D; New York Receives a B

• Governor and Lawmakers Use Medicaid Money to Nix "Fun Taxes"
• HANYS Provides Legislators More Examples of Impact of Governor’s Cuts
• Senate Approves Omnibus Bill; President Obama Expected to Sign Today

• New Report Shows HANYS’ Strong Support for Primary Care
• HANYS Provides Legislators Examples of Impact of Governor’s Cuts
• HANYS Plans Annual Federal Briefing and Congressional Advocacy Day in April
• As Providers Feel Financial Pinch, Statewide GPO Negotiates Savings for Hospitals

• President Obama Hosts White House Health Reform Summit
• Joint Survey Shows Negative New York Hospital Margins for 2008
• U.S. Senate Panel Approves Anti-Fraud Bill That Could Expose Hospitals to Undue Liability
• Excellus and CDPHP Settle with Attorney General
• The Joint Commission Requests Eisenberg Award Submissions

• Trustees Converge in Albany to Oppose Health Care Cuts and Taxes
• HANYS Calls on Lawmakers to Re-instate Access to IDA Financing
• HANYS Responds to Commissioner’s "Just the Facts We Want to Discuss" Tour
• Attorney General Cuomo Supports Hospitals Suing UnitedHealth Group

• HANYS’ Report Debunks Medicaid Myths, Suggests Improvements
• President’s Budget Establishes $630 Billion Health Reform Pool with Universal Coverage Goal
• HANYS’ Online Advocacy Sites Mobilize New Yorkers

• Obama Says Health Care Reform Must Be Done This Year
• State Revenue Consensus Reached; Leaders Meet on Economic Stimulus
• State Legislators and Hospital Leaders Discuss Federal Stimulus
• New York City Ambulatory Surgery Center Fails at PHC Committee
• New Reimbursement System Delayed for D&TCs

• HANYS Joins Lab Fees Lawsuit
• Cigna and Wellpoint Settle with Attorney General
• Medicare RAC Protest Settled; HANYS to Introduce New Officials at March 31 Session
• AHA Seeks Patient Safety Leadership Fellows

• President Signs Economic Stimulus Legislation
• Mark Your Calendar for HANYS’ Annual Federal Briefing and Congressional Advocacy Day in April
• IRS Issues Final Report on Hospital Community Benefit and Executive Compensation
• HANYS Executives to Speak at Annual HFMA Event
• DOH Issues RFP for Bariatric Surgery in NYC
• Healthcare Trustees of New York State 2009 Governing Board Profiles Available on the Web

• House Approves Economic Stimulus Conference Agreement; Senate to Vote Later Today
• HANYS Partners With State Rural Health Association for Legislative Advocacy
• HBS Announces a New Executive Disability Insurance Program
• Applications are Now Being Accepted for ASHP Excellence in Medication-Use Safety Award

• House and Senate Reaching Agreement on Final Economic Stimulus Legislation
• Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Go on the Record
• Criminal History Record Checks Converting to Electronic Fingerprints
• NYSHealth Announces New Request for Proposals: Strategies to Contain Health Care Costs in New York State

• Senate to Begin Voting Tonight on Economic Stimulus Package
• Medicare RAC Protest Settled; Program to Proceed

• HANYS’ Advocacy Helps Achieve Grant Extensions for HEAL NY Projects
• President Signs SCHIP Legislation; Rescinds Coverage Limitations
• HANYS Seeks Nominations for 2009 Community Health Improvement Award

• HANYS Braces for Next Round of State Budget Battle
• Contentious Debate on Stimulus Package Continues in U.S. Senate
• GME Advocacy Day Set for February 10
• Representatives Bishop and McCarthy Meet with Long Island Hospital Leaders
• Attorney General Announces More Ingenix News

• Sisto Challenges Administration on Health Care Cuts, Reform, and GME
• Commissioners Testify at Mental Hygiene Budget Hearing

• U.S. Senate Approves SCHIP Legislation; Bill Moves Back to U.S. House for Final Approval
• HANYS Posts Video Highlights of Leadership Advocacy Day
• HANYS Backs Coordination of Benefits Regulation
• OMH and DOH Partner to Improve the Quality and Safety of Psychotropic Treatment
• Walsh to Chair AHA Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation
• NYSHealth Issues First Study Contrasting Health Insurance Expansion Proposals

• HANYS’ Members Meet With Legislators on Leadership Advocacy Day
• Legislative Leaders Say Rough Road Ahead; Most Back "Medicaid for Medicaid"
• House Expected to Pass Stimulus Today; Senate Package Continues to Develop
• CON Reform Regulation Adopted

• Hundreds of Health Care Leaders to Converge in Albany for Leadership Advocacy Day
• Senate Committee Assignments Are Now Available
• Mass Fatality Planning Guidance Document Discussed

• Further Congressional Action on Stimulus with FMAP; SCHIP Planned for Next Week
• HANYS Begins ECHO Collaborative

• HANYS Launches TV Advertising Blitz to Fight Budget Cuts
• House Stimulus FMAP Increase Would Provide $7.6 to $9.75 Billion to New York State
• CMS to Stop Medicare Payment for Certain Surgical Errors
• HANYS Still Accepting Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Applications

• House Outlines Stimulus With FMAP Increase
• Ominous Week for Health Care Providers and Jobs as Pain Spreads
• Paterson 30-Day Amendments Do Not Alter Proposed Cuts
• OMIG Seeks to Expand Compliance Mandate to More Providers
• United Announces $350 Million Ingenix Class Action Settlement; Cuomo Settles with Aetna
• HANYS Seeks Nominations for 2009 Community Health Award

• HANYS and Coalition Unite to Ensure Federal Medicaid Dollars Are Used for Health Care
• Cuomo Calls Ingenix on Low-Balling Usual and Customary Rates
• U.S. House Approves Legislation to Reauthorize SCHIP
• Health Foundation Begins Center of Excellence for Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

• HANYS’ Board Adopts "Medicaid for Medicaid" Resolution
• HANYS to Testify at February 2 Health Budget Hearing
• MedPAC Recommends Full Hospital Update; Significant Cuts to IME and Post-Acute Care Provider Payments
• AHA Offers Pilot Test of Schedule H
• Commissioner Announces OASAS Nursing Advisory Panel

• Governor Delivers Grim State of the State; HANYS Urges Member Boards to Pass "Medicaid for Medicaid" Resolution
• Trustees Board Approves "Medicaid for Medicaid" Resolution
• U.S. House Eliminates Medicare "Trigger"

• Governor to Deliver First State of the State Wednesday
• DOH Announces Chronic Illness Demonstration Project Awardees

• HANYS’ Poll Shows Public Strongly Opposes Health Care Cuts
• Study Shows Gaps in Diabetes Care in New York City

• HANYS Launches New Web Site That Gives Public a Powerful Voice in the State Budget Process
• Nursing Homes Face Severe Cuts in State Budget Proposal
• Vital Signs Fading Shows a Health System in Peril
• HANYS Participates in DOH Press Conference for Launching of Prevention Quality Web Site
• New Regulations Allow Pharmacists to Administer Certain Immunizations

• Nearly Every Hospital in the State to Lose Critical Funding Under State Budget Plan

• Governor Hammers Health Care Providers With $2.5 Billion in Cuts and Taxes
• HANYS Urges Delegation to Support FMAP Increase and Other Priorities in Stimulus Package

• Governor to Release Budget Proposal Tomorrow; Massive Health Care Cuts Expected
• IRS Notice Offers Relief to 403(b) Plan Sponsors
• Resources Available From HANYS’ CSP Audioconferences

• Congress Passes Pension Relief
• HANYS Provides Input to DOH Regarding CON Reform Options
• HANYS Helps Task Force Develop Insurance Simplification Recommendations

• IHI President Outlines Future Quality Efforts, Highlights Claxton-Hepburn in Recent Successes
• Progress Toward Public Health Readiness at Risk
• AACN Report Confirms Nurse Educational Enrollment May Be at Capacity

• Hudson Valley Hospitals Take Important Step for Quality With NorMet PSO
• AAMC Predicts Physician Shortage Through 2025

• MedPAC Draft Recommendations: Full Hospital Update; Significant Cuts to IME and Post-Acute Care Providers
• 2009 Healthcare Leadership Advocacy Day Set for January 27
• IOM Report Confirms Standards on Medical Resident Hours; Offers Recommendations
• HANYS Presents at National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Conference
• CMS Proposes No Medicare Payment for Certain Surgical Errors

• Overpayments to Medicare Advantage Plans in Spotlight; Scrutiny Expected in 2009
• DOH Seeks Comment on CON Reform
• CMS Posts MDS 3.0 Resident Assessment Form Details for Nursing Homes
• Governor Announces Enforcement of Asthma Initiative; Reimbursement for Patient Education

• HANYS’ Committee Discusses Emergency Preparedness Funding, HERDS, and Integration
• Insurers Must Treat All Married Couples Equally
• CMS Publishes New Information on Quality of Care at Dialysis Facilities

• HANYS Continues to Press for Health Care Priorities as Congressional Lame Duck Session Ends
• Senator Clinton Introduces Bill to Address Shortage of Health Care Professionals
• SHRPC Committees Address Emerging Issues, CON Reform
• Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Hosts Emergency Lock-Down Briefing

• HANYS Meets With Congressional Delegation and State Leaders on FMAP Increase
• HANYS’ Survey Shows Need for Physicians Is Growing
• HANYS/Cornell Leadership Academy Wraps Up a Successful Inaugural Program
• HANYS Plans Encore of Culture of Accountability Session

• Special State Legislative Session Scheduled for Tuesday
• DOH Posts Questions and Answers on Doctors Across New York
• Public Health Council Approves Two Berger Commission Projects
• North Country Diabetes Program Featured at Public Health Council

• State Leaders Hold "Quick Start" Budget Meeting
• HANYS Hosts Two-Day Workshop on Improving Patient Safety and Satisfaction
• Regional Mass Fatality Seminars Scheduled
• Western and Central New York Grants Promote Caregiver Partnerships in Care

• Governor Proposes Deep Health Care Cuts; HANYS Urges Comprehensive Approach to Deficit
• HANYS’ Session Highlights State’s Health Information Exchange Infrastructure Progress
• AHA Ad Campaign to Press Congress to Pass Hospital Relief Provisions in Stimulus
• Proposed Change to CON Published Today in State Register

• 2009 Community Service Plan Requirements Include Positive Changes
• State Budget Activities Gather Momentum This Week
• Members Receive Recognition for Quality Initiatives

• Final Medicaid Outpatient and Clinic Rule Includes Improvements; Concerns Remain
• Governor Launches New Web Site on New York Spending
• Laino Named Deputy Director of State Health Emergency Preparedness Program
• HANYS Holds Training Program on Inpatient Detoxification Reform
• DOH Announces 2008 ECRIP Award Recipients

• National and State Elections Bring Major Changes
• Whalen, Baker Appointments Become Official
• DOH Cardiac Advisory Committee Reviews Pilot Program Progress

• CMS Cancels Wednesday’s RAC Briefing at HANYS
• New Hospital Accreditation Organization Hosts Webconferences
• Medicare Physician Payment Rule Includes Details on E-prescribing Bonus Payments

• HTNYS Joins Other Advocates in Call to Protect Essential Health Services
• HANYS Holds Rural Health Care Conference in Lake Placid

• Governor Paterson Asks U.S. House Panel for FMAP Increase
• HANYS Participates in NY Connects Advisory Council Meeting

• North Country Providers Tell Commissioner About Severe Workforce Shortages
• DOH Hosts Bidders’ Conference on Doctors Across New York
• Saratoga Hospital Volunteer Guild Receives HANYS’ Auxiliary of the Year Award
• HANYS’ Behavioral Health Task Force Updated on Licensure Issues

• Daines Says State Moving Forward With Reform, Despite Economic Downturn
• CMS Releases Report on Heightening Future Medicaid Expenditures
• Member News

• Daines to Present DOH Budget Request Wednesday
• HANYS Offers Training on Medicaid Inpatient Detoxification Reform
• This Is National Healthcare Quality Week

• DOH Seeking Applications for Doctors Across New York Initiative
• HANYS Hosts Three-Day Haz-Mat Training
• Still Time to Register for HANYS’ Rural Health Care Conference
• HTNYS Offers Two Audio Programs for Trustees
• New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Receives Prestigious Eisenberg Award

• Comptroller Report Shows Medicaid Spending Decrease
• Commissioner Addresses Rural Health Council; Expresses Interest in Clinical Integration Concept and Regulatory Reform

• HANYS Offers Concerns and Solutions at State Balance Billing Hearing
• New RAC Announced; HANYS Continues Advocacy for Fairness
• HANYS Concludes 2008 Journey to Success Series

• In the Midst of Economic Crisis, Governor Asks Legislators to Prepare for Cuts
• Congress Adjourns Without Addressing Hospital Issues; Lame Duck SessionPossible
• Mental Health Parity Clears Congress, President Expected to Sign

• As Bailout Negotiations Continue, Senators Schumer and Clinton Launch Eleventh-Hour Effort to Pass Hospital Priorities
• HANYS Hosts Regional Preparedness Meeting
• HEAL NY Phase 6, 7, and 8 Awards Announced

• Hospital Priorities in Limbo on Capitol Hill
• HANYS Challenges Inpatient Overpayment Assertion
• DOH Notifies HANYS of Assisted Living Application Extension

• Legislative Leaders to Return to Albany to Meet with Governor on Economic Meltdown
• Governor Acts on Health Care Bills; Vetoes Trustee Training Legislation
• HANYS Holds Successful Communications Conference

• HANYS Continues Aggressive Advocacy on Hospital Priorities in Waning Days of Congressional Session
• CMS Seeks Input From HANYS’ Members on Heart Failure Measure
• HANYS Co-Sponsors Conference on Transitions of Care
• The Joint Commission Issues Alert on Blood Thinner Errors
• "Ask Medicare" Initiative Aims to Assist People Who Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
• Workers’ Compensation Board Implements New Process for Indexing Cases

• DOH Recommendations Reveal Evolving Regional Health Planning and CON Reform Approach
• HANYS/Cornell Leadership Academy Opens in Ithaca
• HANYS to Co-Sponsor Physician Job Fair

• Daines Discusses State Efforts, Financial Crisis at HANYS’ Board Meeting
• Comments Sought on How Patient Consent Will Work in Electronic Exchange
• Register for HANYS’ Auxiliary Institute By October 6

• HANYS Convenes Stakeholders on Physician Workforce Planning
• Bill Would Encourage IT Adoption Using Medicare Payment Add-ons
• Trustee Training Legislation Delivered to Governor

• Public Health Council Approves Controversial Long Island Ambulatory Surgery Project
• HMO Net Income in New York More Than Three Times Higher Than Neighboring States
• Sisto to Be a Panelist at HFMA Region 2 Institute

• New York Delegation Leads Way in Pushing for Hospital Priorities
• HANYS Provides Nursing Home Budget Impacts

• HANYS’ President Meets with Schumer, Rangel, and King on Key Priorities
• HANYS Joins GNYHA and Iroquois to Sponsor Physician Job Fair
• HANYS/Cornell 2008 Leadership Academy Sold Out

• Eighty Percent of Nation’s Hospitals Use DataGen Analyses
• U.S. Senate Panel to Continue Hearings on Health Reform

• HANYS Participates in FMAP Summit
• Trustees Convene for 28th Annual Conference
• Marketing, Politics, Quality Reporting to be Discussed at HANYS’ 2008 Communications Conference

• HANYS Ratchets Up Advocacy on Priorities in Washington
• DOB Approves January 2008 Medicaid Inpatient Rates
• "People First" Forums Yield State Action
• DOH Begins Data Review for 2009 Indigent Care Pool Distribution

• DOH Reports to Federal Government on Berger Commission Implementation

• HANYS Reviews Draft Immunization Registry Regulations

• Federal Medicaid Rule Would Slash Outpatient Clinic Support
• DOH Answers Questions on Local Health Planning Grants; HANYS Remains Concerned About Link With CON
• HANYS to Testify at Insurance and Health Department Hearing on Out-of-Network Insurance Coverage

• Difficult State Budget Process Concludes
• Proposal to Streamline CON Review of Non-Clinical Projects Published in State Register
• CMS Issues Proposed Rules for Adoption of ICD-10 Code Sets and Updated Electronic Transaction Standards

• HANYS Advocates for Greater Federal Medicaid Support
• Governor Signs Mandatory Overtime Legislation Into Law
• DEC Launches Campaign to Discourage Flushing of Unused Drugs

• HANYS Advocates to Stop Health Care Cuts
• HANYS Urges No Payment Link to Primary Care Standards

• Governor Proposes $505 Million in Cuts and Taxes to Health Care
• CMS to Launch Personal Health Record Pilot

• DOH Looking at Ambulatory Surgery Policies
• Governor Acts on Health Care Bills
• Hospital Quality Reporting, Health Care Marketing, and Social Media Will Be Focus at HANYS’ 2008 Communications Conference
• Medicare Law Changes How Accrediting Organizations Receive Medicare Deeming Status

• House Panel Approves Bill to Provide More Foreign Nurse Visas
• CMS Issues IPPS Final Rule for 2009

• Governor Reopens State Budget; Calls for $1.2 Billion in Additional Savings
• New York State Delegation Presses CMS to Preserve Medicare Capital Payments to Teaching Hospitals
• Trinity Health Signs with DataGen

• Health Care Legislation Delivered to Governor
• HEAL Funds Available for Community Health Centers

• U.S. House Approves Measure to Avoid Medicare "Trigger"
• Governor Acts on Health Care Bills
• HRSA to Re-Write Regulations for Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Shared Jurisdiction Over Medicare Program Likely to Slow Progress of Health IT Bill

• HANYS Offers Testimony on CON, Health Planning
• HANYS Provides Comments on Partnership for Coverage Initiative
• U.S. House Panel Approves HIT Bill; Concerns Over Patient Consent Provision Remain

• False Claims Correction Act Is Troublesome for Providers
• $5.2 Billion in Additional NIH Funding Sought for 2008
• HANYS Continues Advocacy for Capital IME Payments

• New York State Congressional Delegation Joins Two-Thirds of Congress in Override of Medicare Bill Veto
• Trustee Briefing on Form 990 Planned for Western New York on July 29
• Five Hospitals from New York Receive 2008 Most Wired Awards

• Registration Underway for Program on Supervisory Training for Nurses
• Best Practices Sought for Aging Communities Conference

• New York’s Nursing Homes to Receive Long-Overdue Reimbursement
• White House Threatens to Veto Medicare Bill; Congress Prepares to Override
• DOH Seeks Proposals for Local Health Planning Grants
• Birkhead Named to National Vaccine Advisory Committee

• Senate Joins House in Passing Medicare Bill by Veto-Proof Majority
• HANYS Joins the Associated Medical Schools of New York for Federal Advocacy
• Representatives King and Marshall Circulating Medicare Capital IME Letter in House
• HANYS Urges Proper Reimbursement in Disaster Situations
• Governor Approves Clinical Laboratory Practitioners Legislation and Other Bills

• Governor to Act on Health Care Legislation
• DOH Releases Berger Commission Progress Report

• Blue Angels Leader "Glad to Be Here" as HANYS’ Keynote Speaker
• Leading Cultural Change and Renewal: A Business Case
• Alternative Solution to Paying for On-Call Coverage Discussed at Rural Session
• Session Explores the Challenge of Achieving Sustainable Results in Health Care
• Medicaid Compliance is Major Government Focus
• New Trends Are Driving Changes in Health Care
• Workforce Experts Share Their Perspectives on Physician Shortage Crisis

• HANYS’ 40th Annual Membership Conference Looks to the Future of Health Care
• HANYS Presents Distinguished Service Award to 466th New York Army National Guard Area Medical Support Company and Physician Colonel Joan Sullivan
• Panel Discussion Provides Business Perspective on Health Care
• HANYS’ President Says "Healing Is the Heart of the Matter"

• HANYS’ Annual Membership Conference Begins
• CMS Finally Approves the Three Remaining 2007-2008 Inpatient State Plan Amendments
• State Legislative Session Ends; Senate Leadership Changes
• House Overwhelmingly Passes Narrow Medicare Bill; Provides Payment Relief to Physicians, No Cuts to Hospitals

• State Legislative Action Ramps Up As Session Nears End
• HANYS Participates in First TAC Meeting on Inpatient Reimbursement Rebasing and Reform
• HANYS Invited to Testify on CON and Health Planning

• House Approves Medicaid Moratorium Bill That President Says He Would Sign
• False Claims Act Amendments Could Expose Health Care Providers to Liability for Retaining Overpayments
• U.S. Supreme Court Overturns California Union Neutrality Law
• Senate and Assembly Pass Bill to Require Trustee Training
• OMH and Psychiatric Institute Establish Center for Best Practices in Mental Health Services

• Mandatory Overtime Agreement Announced
• MedPAC Calls for Fundamental Change in How the Government Pays for Care
• The Joint Commission Explains Accreditation Changes to 300 HANYS Members
• The Joint Commission Releases 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
• HANYS to Offer Program on Supervisory Training for Nurses
• Member News

• Home Care Worker Training Registry Bill Introduced
• FEMA Releases 14 Emergency Preparedness Objectives for Health Care Organizations
• Rural Conference Sessions at Annual Conference Open to All Members
• New Yorker to Lead AMA

• Legislature Passes Clinical Laboratory Professionals Bill
• Future of IDA Financing Still Uncertain
• Bipartisan Negotiations Needed to Restart Senate Medicare Bill

• Discussion on Mandatory Overtime Legislation Continues
• HANYS’ Advocacy Continues on Medicare Bill and Medicaid Moratorium
• HHS Plans to Reward Doctors Who Go Electronic
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Funding Decreases
• HANYS Holds APG Educational Sessions

• June Is Key Month for HANYS’ Quality Reports and Member Education
• HANYS’ Annual Conference HIT Session to Include Speaker from Google Health
• Red Cross Honors Long Island Hospitals

• Senate Finance Medicare Package Funds Physician Relief With Medicare Advantage Cuts
• SHRPC Committee Makes Recommendations on Dialysis Services
• Federal Health IT Bill Being Developed in Key Committee; Administration Releases IT Adoption Plan
• HANYS Seeks Nominations for Public Relations Excellence Award

• Assembly and Senate Act on HANYS-Backed Health Care Bills
• DOH Issues Draft Belt-Tightening Plan
• DOH Approves 40% Increase in Assisted Living Beds

• HANYS Plans "Virtual Lobby Day" Thursday to Seek LTHHCP Improvements
• Partnership for Coverage Initiative Moves Forward
• CMS Releases Final Hospice Conditions of Participation
• CMS Advisory Opinion Allows for Greater Electronic Health Information Exchange

• HANYS Opposes Proposal to Merge Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Under-served Areas
• Legislative Action on Health Care Bills Continues in Albany
• Bush Administration Says No Cuts to MA Plans in Medicare Physician Fix Bill

• Legislative Activities Heating Up in Albany
• Federal Court Sides with Hospitals, Requires Administration to Reissue Public Hospital Medicaid Regulation
• $6.4 Million Grant Awarded to Test New Payment Model for Health Care Services

• DOH Seeks More Transparency in CON Process
• Commissioner Appoints Lefebvre to Medicaid Financing Position
• Senate Passes Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations

• Members Advocate in Albany on Workforce Issues
• Assembly Health Committee Moves Managed Care Bills
• Debates Cast Uncertainty Over Movement of Medicaid Moratorium Provisions
• CBO Reports Health IT Will Save Money Only If Financial Incentives are Reformed

• Filing Deadline for the 2007 ICR Extended to June 30
• HANYS Supports Effort to Enhance the Long Term Home Health Care Program
• Hurricane Drill Will Test Hospital/Health System Readiness

• Medicaid Moratorium Continues to Move in Congress
• HANYS Plans Regional APG Training Sessions
• Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Honors "Nurse of Excellence"
• Governor Paterson Proposes Legislation to Improve Patient Safety
• HANYS Benefit Services Symposium Filling Up; Alternative Lodging Available

• State Senate Health Committee Acts on Nursing Home Reimbursement Legislation
• HANYS Partners With Cornell to Offer Health Care Leaders Certificate Program
• Health IT Bill Progressing in the U.S. Senate

• Continuing Care Policy Committee Discusses Long-Term Care Reform with DOH
• Nassau County Red Cross to Honor Long Island Hospitals for Preparedness

• HANYS’ Members Offer Input on DOH, OMH, and OASAS Reform Initiatives
• U.S. House Vote Expected Next Week on Medicaid Measures
• DOH Plans Retrospective Utilization Review of Medicaid Services
• Finger Lakes Health Opens of New College of Nursing

• Senate Finance Committee Lays Groundwork for ’09 Health Care Reform Debate
• HANYS/DOH Meeting Covers Medicaid APG Implementation
• HANYS Issues "Report Card" on Hospital Report Cards

• HANYS-Backed Foreign Nurse Visa Legislation Introduced
• Quality Leaders Discuss Patient Safety in a Pay-for-Performance Environment
• Public Health Council Acts on Berger Commission Recommendations
• OASAS Announces RFPs for Long Island and Upstate Beds

• HANYS Recommends to DOH a Flexible Approach to Obstetric Care Improvement
• Senate Introduces Legislation to Establish Care Coordination Pilot Programs
• Rep. Slaughter’s Genetic Non-Discrimination Bill Clears Congress, President to Sign

• HANYS Files "Friend of the Court" Brief in Child Health Plus Lawsuit
• Kaiser Report Urges Federal Medicaid Funding Increase to Assist States
• Joint Commission Approves Grace Period for Emergency Preparedness Standards

• Senate Finance Committee Considers Value-Based Purchasing
• New York City Health Department Covers Mental Health Care for New Yorkers Still Struggling With the Events of 9/11
• HANYS Announces Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Recipients

• Senate Majority Leadership Keeps Momentum on Effort to Block Harmful Medicaid Regulations
• HANYS Hosts Emergency Preparedness Session on Aligning DOH and Joint Commission Requirements

• Members Highlight Crisis in Hospital Behavioral Health Programs with OMH
• Medicaid Inspector General Issues First Annual Work Plan
• Medicare Offers Incentives for Physician and Professional Quality Reporting

• U.S. House Vote Expected Tomorrow Night to Block Harmful Medicaid Regulations
• Outpatient Dialysis Center Medicare Rule Includes Significant New Requirements
• HANYS Receives Record Number of Nominations for Pinnacle Award

• Panel Focusing on End-of-Life Care Meets
• House Committee Vote Unanimous to Block Medicaid Regulations
• Former Senate Leaders to Offer Health Reform Proposals
• GAO Releases Report on Healthcare-associated Infections
• HRSA Allows 30-day Extension on Comments for HPSA/MUA Designation
• HANYS’ Workforce Survey Shows RN Vacancy Rate Above National Average
• AG Cuomo to Address Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Annual Meeting
• NYAHQ to Host Patient Safety Initiatives Conference
• HANYS Provides Legislators Community Service Examples
• Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Improve in New York State Hospitals

• New York Joins Other States in Litigation to Block CMS Rule
• Comments on Niagara Data Due April 23
• AHA to Sponsor Calls on No-Charge Policy for Serious Adverse Events
• HANYS’ Federal Issues Book is Now Available Online
• HANYS Provides Legislators Community Service Examples

• CMS Issues Inpatient Rule: No Overhaul of Wage Index System Proposed
• Health Commissioner Visits Hospitals as Part of Public Health Week
• HANYS Provides Legislators Community Service Examples
• HANYS, Quality Association Plan Patient Safety Conference for May 2
• Still Time to Register for Community Benefit Webcast

• Congressional Panel Approves HANYS-Backed Legislation on Medicaid Regulations
• Advisory Panel Recommends Improvements to Hospital-based SNF Reimbursement
• Bundle Hospital and Physician Payments: MedPAC
• IRS Seeks Comments on Draft Form 990 Instructions
• DOH Awards $4 Million Grant to Help OASAS Treatment Sites Go Tobacco-Free

• HANYS’ Members Advocate in Washington at Annual HANYS/AHA Activities
• Final State Budget Worth Waiting For

• Members Converge in Washington for Advocacy
• HANYS Is Partner in DOH’s New Preventive Health Effort
• State Budget Update
• OMH to Hold Forums on Children’s Mental Health

• Harmful Medicaid Rules Are Focus of Capitol Hill Hearing and Legislation
• DOH Cardiac Angioplasty Report Shows Decrease in Mortality
• HANYS, Quality Association Plan Patient Safety Conference for May 2

• State Budget Nears Completion; HANYS Continues Advocacy
• HANYS to Offer Webcast on What to Count for Quantifying Community Benefit
• Web-Based Tool Records Regulatory Compliance and Manages Quality Improvement Effort
• Rule Would Change Designation of Under-served Populations and Health Professional Service Areas

• AHRQ Releases 2007 State Snapshots Report
• Governor Paterson Announces Health Information Technology Grants
• New York’s Official Prescription Forms Meet Federal Tamper-Resistant Prescription Requirements
• HANYS Provides Legislators Community Service Examples

• State Legislature Returns to Albany
• DOH Announces Community Service Plan Requirement Changes
• Critical Access Hospital Reimbursement Legislation Wins New Senate Sponsor

• Schumer to Speak at HANYS’ Federal Program on April 9
• Study Finds Physicians More Likely to Refer Well Insured Patients to Physician-Owned Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• NGS Will Process Medicare A and B in New York
• DOH Adopts Final Assisted Living Regulations

• State Budget 2008-2009 Update
• HANYS Participates in Crossing Borders Emergency Preparedness Conference
• HANYS Obstetric Quality Improvement Web Site Now Available
• DOH Extends Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Grant Deadlines
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Five Honored for Outstanding Work in Breast Cancer Research and Education

• State Budget Negotiations Continue; Governor Calls for Spending Cuts in Weak Economy
• Long Island Hospitals Support Patient-Centered Cancer Legislation
• Arnold Cogswell, an HTNYS Founder, Dies

• DOH Calls for Major CON, Health Planning Reform
• Budget Process Enters Next Phase
• HANYS Participates on Point of Entry Advisory Council

• Ahead Next Week in Albany: Governor to Be Sworn in; Conference Committees Begin Work
• State’s Top Court Issues Significant Property Tax Exemption Decision
• Register Now for HANYS’ Activities at the AHA Annual Meeting
• Medicaid Regulatory Moratorium Bill Introduced
• HANYS’ Survey Shows Hospital Behavioral Health Programs in Precarious Financial Condition

• Senate, Assembly Set to Vote Today on Budget Plans
• Advocates Come to Albany as Voice for Teaching Hospitals
• Videos From HANYS’ Leadership Advocacy Day Online
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Lawsuit Filed Over Medicaid Public Provider Rule
• MedPAC Chair to Congress: MA Plans are Overpaid, Threatening Long-term Viability of Program

• HANYS to Host Albany Advocacy Day for Teaching Hospitals Tomorrow

• House and Senate Budget Resolutions Reject $200 Billion in Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; Other Needed Items Subject to "Paygo"
• U.S. House Passes Mental Health Parity Bill
• HTNYS Board Meets With MIG on Hospital Compliance

• Bruno, Silver Tell Advocacy Day Attendees: We Must Take the Time Necessary to Get Health Care Reform Right
• More Than 100 Board Chairs and CEOs Attend Trustee Chair’s Council Event

• Major Advocacy Push This Week: Leadership Advocacy Day
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples

• Countdown to HANYS’ Leadership Advocacy Day -- See You in Albany Wednesday
• HANYS’ Emergency Preparedness Committee Provides HERDS Redesign Recommendations
• HANYS Opposes Staffing Ratio Bills; Supports Measures to Address Workforce Shortage

• HANYS to Host Annual Federal Briefing and Congressional Advocacy Day in April
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• DOH Describes Chronic Illness Demonstration Program at Bidder’s Conference

• State Legislature Sets Budget Schedule
• Bush Administration Releases Another Round of Damaging Medicaid Regulations
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples

• Federal Agency Reverses Quality Checklist Decision; HANYS Presses for Clarification
• HANYS Participates in DOH Briefing on Clinical Laboratory Provisions in Governor’s Budget
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Report Sees Thinning Ranks in Local Health Departments

• Trustees Brought Up to Speed on State and Federal Budget Proposals
• HANYS’ President Addresses Health Care Leaders in Video
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Health Department Awards $555,391 for Alternate Care Demonstration Projects

• Associations Brief Congressional Staff on Bush Cuts
• HANYS Recommends Long Term Home Health Care Program Reforms
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• DOH Awards Grants to Support Mental Health Services for People Living with HIV

• Attorney General Says Insurers Defraud Consumers and Providers Via Rigged Rates
• Behavioral Health Members Advocate Against Cuts in Albany
• SHRPC Looks to Streamline CON, Address Ambulatory Surgery Issues
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
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• Providers Get Hit Again in Governor’s Budget Amendments
• Mandatory Overtime Legislation on Assembly Codes Committee Agenda
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Metro HFMA Plans 49th Annual Institute

• HANYS Pushes Congress to Oppose Medicare, Medicaid Cuts
• Rep. King Joins Committee Leadership in Introducing Bill to Increase FMAP
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• Teaching Hospital DPP Applications Due February 20

• HANYS’ Testimony: Reform Goals Not Enough; Impacts and Investments Required
• HANYS Weighs In on Union Neutrality and SCHIP Court Cases
• HANYS Offers More Community Service Stories
• HEAL NY Applicants’ Conferences Held in Albany
• DOH Announces Grant for Transitioning from Nursing Homes to Communities

• Bush Budget Hammers Hospitals and Health Systems Again
• HANYS Presses for Elimination of Steep Capital Financing Fee
• HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
• David Seay to Lead HANYS’ Education and Research Division
• Nursing Home Advancing Excellence Campaign Extended
• HANYS Offers Office-Based Surgery Informational Seminar

• Member Leadership Teams Register for March 5 Advocacy Day
• HANYS and Allied Associations Provide Comprehensive Overview of Governor’s 2008-2009 Budget Proposal
• HTNYS to Hold Chair’s Council Event on March 4
• HANYS Calls for Managed Care Reform in Testimony on GHI/HIP Conversion
• HANYS Participates in Rural Health Policy Institute

• CMS Turns Focus to Rural Providers; Collects Quality Data from CAHs
• UnitedHealth Under Fire By California Regulators
• The Joint Commission President to Hold Conference Call
• $250 Million Available for Primary Care and Health Care Restructuring
• IDA Financing to Sunset; HANYS Continues Advocacy to Regain Access to IDA Funds
• HANYS Presses Congress to Increase Appropriations for Health-Related Programs

• Alliance of Kingston Hospitals Clears Another Hurdle

• State Updates Hospital Quality Data Online
• New York City Death Rate Reaches Historic Low
• Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Applications Still Being Accepted

• HANYS Provides Input on Emergency Preparedness at National Conference

• Governor to Deliver State-of-the-State Next Week
• State Task Force Unveils Recommendations for Improving Care for Co-occurring Disorder Patients

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