April 7, 2023 News Headlines

HANYS’ Community Health Improvement Award recognizes member hospitals and health systems’ innovative work with community partners to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Make sure your organization’s work is recognized — submit your nomination by June 5.

HANYS’ 54th Annual Membership Conference on June 22 will tackle workforce challenges, AI in healthcare, DEI, complex case discharge delays, high-reliability and the impact of politics on healthcare. Register your team for this virtual conference today!

Recently published in The American Journal of Managed Care, the study explores cost and utilization changes for sepsis and pneumonia in non-COVID-19 episodes before and during the pandemic, as well as during the pandemic for patients with and without COVID-19. Alyssa Dahl, senior director of advanced analytics, DataGen, and John Kalamaras, director of business intelligence analytics, DataGen, co-authored the report with experts from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Working with local EMS and government agencies, they developed a suicide prevention and crisis response center. The Westchester-based response center connects New Yorkers to trained, local crisis counselors to help with behavioral health crises and suicide prevention and community services for support and recovery. Learn more in our Member Spotlight.

This week the following bill passed both houses:

• Dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives (A.1060-A/S.1043-A)

See our summary chart for a complete list of bills of interest that have passed both houses during the 2023 legislative session.

SECURE 2.0: The first three months
April 11

DataGen and NYSAASC: Staying SPARCS compliant as an ASC
April 11

HANYS standing membership call
April 18

Fiscal policy update call
April 20

HANYS’ events during AHA’s annual meeting
April 24

Antibiotic stewardship update: The CDC perspective
April 27

Government relations update
April 28