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• 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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