June 10, 2022 News Headlines

Nominations for HANYS' Community Health Improvement Award will now be accepted through June 13. Your innovative work with local partners to improve the health and well-being of your communities deserves recognition — submit your nomination today!

Upcoming sessions in the virtual series will address advanced strategies for a coordinated response, partnering with law enforcement and streamlining investigations. Recordings from prior sessions are available to watch anytime online.

In a letter to the New York congressional delegation, HANYS urged Congress to intervene to prevent deepening Medicare sequestration cuts from taking full effect. We encourage hospitals and health systems to use our Federal Legislative Tracker and weigh in with their members of Congress to keep this issue top of mind for lawmakers as full implementation of the sequestration cuts looms.

The 2022 New York state legislative session has drawn to a close. Since the start of this year’s session, 1,007 bills passed both houses; 214 have been signed into law and 793 remain to be delivered and acted upon by the governor by Dec. 31. Please see our summary chart for a complete list of bills of interest that have passed both houses during the 2022 legislative session. HANYS members will soon receive a more comprehensive summary of bills, including the status of legislation that did not pass both houses.

In a recent letter, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer asked CMS to revise problematic sub-regulatory guidance issued in 2015 to protect Critical Access Hospitals across the country, including nine in New York state. HANYS has worked closely with Leader Schumer, Rep. Stefanik, former Rep. Delgado and others in the New York delegation and continues to push to correct this damaging policy.

Engage in discussions on the pressing issues of workforce, health equity, complex case discharge delays and the 2022 political landscape at our not-to-be-missed virtual conference June 16 – 17.

To address language barriers among their diverse patient population, they promoted the use of a video-assisted interpreter tool which allows nurses and other staff to communicate in real-time with patients in their native language. Learn more in our Member Spotlight.

Understanding the economic and community benefit impact of a hospital or health system helps trustees to be able to better speak on behalf of and advocate for their healthcare facility. The June edition of Trends offers key fiscal data points and access to reports and facility-specific information.

HANYS’ 53rd Annual Membership Conference
June 16 – 17

Standing membership call
June 21

Getting the most out of the CARES Act Employee Retention Credit
June 22

Using AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to address healthcare disparities
June 23

Complex case discharge delay learning series
June 23

Digital maturity: Why it matters, how to assess it and how to transform your enterprise
June 28