HANYS News
September 5, 2008
(view stories as digest)- HANYS Participates in FMAP Summit
- Trustees Convene for 28th Annual Conference
- Marketing, Politics, Quality Reporting to be Discussed at HANYS’ 2008 Communications Conference
September 3, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
August 29, 2008
(view stories as digest)August 27, 2008
(view stories as digest)August 25, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
August 20, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
August 15, 2008
(view stories as digest)- HANYS Advocates for Greater Federal Medicaid Support
- Governor Signs Mandatory Overtime Legislation Into Law
- DEC Launches Campaign to Discourage Flushing of Unused Drugs
August 13, 2008
(view stories as digest)August 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Governor Proposes $505 Million in Cuts and Taxes to Health Care
- CMS to Launch Personal Health Record Pilot
August 8, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
August 1, 2008
(view stories as digest)July 30, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 28, 2008
(view stories as digest)July 25, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 23, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 18, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 16, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 14, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Registration Underway for Program on Supervisory Training for Nurses
- Best Practices Sought for Aging Communities Conference
July 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 9, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
July 7, 2008
(view stories as digest)June 30, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 27, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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"
June 25, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 23, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 20, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 18, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 16, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 13, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Legislature Passes Clinical Laboratory Professionals Bill
- Future of IDA Financing Still Uncertain
- Bipartisan Negotiations Needed to Restart Senate Medicare Bill
June 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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 9, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 6, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
June 4, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Assembly and Senate Act on HANYS-Backed Health Care Bills
- DOH Issues Draft Belt-Tightening Plan
- DOH Approves 40% Increase in Assisted Living Beds
June 2, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 30, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 28, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 23, 2008
(view stories as digest)- DOH Seeks More Transparency in CON Process
- Commissioner Appoints Lefebvre to Medicaid Financing Position
- Senate Passes Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations
May 21, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 19, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 16, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 14, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 12, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Continuing Care Policy Committee Discusses Long-Term Care Reform with DOH
- Nassau County Red Cross to Honor Long Island Hospitals for Preparedness
May 9, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 7, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 5, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
May 2, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 30, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 28, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 25, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Senate Majority Leadership Keeps Momentum on Effort to Block Harmful Medicaid Regulations
- HANYS Hosts Emergency Preparedness Session on Aligning DOH and Joint Commission Requirements
April 23, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 21, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 18, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 16, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 14, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 9, 2008
(view stories as digest)- HANYS’ Members Advocate in Washington at Annual HANYS/AHA Activities
- Final State Budget Worth Waiting For
April 7, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
April 4, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 31, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 28, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 26, 2008
(view stories as digest)- State Legislature Returns to Albany
- DOH Announces Community Service Plan Requirement Changes
- Critical Access Hospital Reimbursement Legislation Wins New Senate Sponsor
March 24, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 21, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 19, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 17, 2008
(view stories as digest)- DOH Calls for Major CON, Health Planning Reform
- Budget Process Enters Next Phase
- HANYS Participates on Point of Entry Advisory Council
March 14, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 12, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 10, 2008
(view stories as digest)March 7, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 5, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
March 3, 2008
(view stories as digest)- Major Advocacy Push This Week: Leadership Advocacy Day
- HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
February 29, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 27, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 25, 2008
(view stories as digest)- State Legislature Sets Budget Schedule
- Bush Administration Releases Another Round of Damaging Medicaid Regulations
- HANYS Provides Legislators Hospital Community Service Examples
February 22, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 20, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 15, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 13, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
- Correction
February 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 8, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 6, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 4, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
February 1, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
January 30, 2008
(view stories as digest)- 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
January 11, 2008
(view stories as digest)January 9, 2008
(view stories as digest)- State Updates Hospital Quality Data Online
- New York City Death Rate Reaches Historic Low
- Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition Applications Still Being Accepted
