February 18, 2022 News Headlines

Our latest blog post highlights the nation’s severe blood shortage, emphasizing why New York hospitals need more eligible New Yorkers to roll up their sleeves as soon, and as often, as possible. We’re sharing this blog post and video to help people understand the urgent need, and we encourage you to do the same.

SpendMend’s profit recovery service provides an in-depth review of accounts payable transactions, reverses financial leakage, improves process visibility and builds stronger relationships with suppliers. SpendMend illuminates the dark data in hospital systems while receiving industry-leading recoveries and gaining crucial insights and visibility. Learn more about our newest HANYS Marketplace™ partner.

Through improvements driven by a sepsis core team, they reduced mortality and improved compliance with sepsis bundles. Their clinical staff are now champions for early, comprehensive care for patients with sepsis. Learn more in our Member Spotlight.

This week, the following chapter amendments passed both houses of the Legislature and are now awaiting delivery to Gov. Hochul:

• Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act amendment (A.8852-A/S.7882-A)
• Health equity impact assessment / CON application (A.8834/S.7885)
• Medicaid coverage for mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists (A.8702/S.7761)
• Opioid settlement fund (A.8757/S.7870)

Please see our summary chart for a complete list of bills of interest that have passed both houses during the 2022 legislative session.

As community anchors dedicated to achieving health equity, healthcare organizations and their governing board members must focus on how to maintain and grow trust with their patients and communities. HTNYS’ February edition of Trends explores guidelines and actions for organizations to show they are worthy of their community’s trust.

Event registration will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance this weekend starting Friday at 3 p.m. We apologize for this inconvenience.

HANYS complex case discharge delay data pilot
March 1

HANYS Quality Residency Program
March – May

Standing membership call
March 1

Healthcare Advocacy Day
March 2

Environmental cleaning and disinfection
March 3

Professional liability trends: Where we were, where we are, where we’re going
March 9

Maximizing 340B savings at contract pharmacies: How hospitals are recovering $2.5M a year from 'non-eligible' prescriptions
March 10

Innovations in care and management through Hospital-Home Care Collaboration
March 10

HANYS government relations update call
March 11