Welcome to your daily briefing on healthcare developments in New York. Today we're covering 6 key stories including updates on new york healthcare headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
3 stories
The NY Health Facilities Information System dataset now includes locations for hospitals and hospital extension clinics, with future updates planned for nursing homes, home health agencies, hospices, and adult care facilities.
NY healthcare professionals can use this resource to identify and locate key regulated facilities across the state.
The Health Facilities Information System now provides a visualization of Article 28, 36, and 40 facility locations, currently limited to hospitals and hospital extension clinics in New York.
Healthcare professionals in New York can use this dataset to track the geographic distribution of key care providers, with additional facility types like nursing homes and hospices planned for future inclusion.
The New York State data portal provides a dataset listing Community Habilitation Service Provider Agencies.
Healthcare professionals in NY can use this registry to identify authorized agencies offering community habilitation services within the state.
Reach healthcare professionals
3 stories
The MIPS cost performance category is calculated retrospectively by CMS using attributed Medicare claims; clinicians cannot directly affect what is attributed. The two attribution methods (TPCC and MSPB) capture different beneficiary cohorts. Practices that try to "manage" cost without understanding which patients are attributed to which clinician typically waste effort.
Cost is now 30% of the MIPS final score — the largest single category. Misunderstanding attribution is the leading cause of unfavorable payment adjustments in the next cycle.
OSHA inspections of healthcare facilities most commonly find three violations: an Exposure Control Plan that has not been reviewed annually (date-stamped review required), engineering controls that have not been re-evaluated when new devices are introduced, and post-exposure protocols that do not match the actual reporting workflow.
Each citation carries per-violation penalties, and willful or repeat designations multiply them. Re-evaluation paperwork is the cheapest control to maintain.
The No Surprises Act good-faith-estimate requirement applies to all licensed providers offering services to self-pay or uninsured patients — not just hospitals or large groups. The estimate must be provided within timeframes that vary by how far in advance the appointment is scheduled.
Patient-provider dispute resolution under NSA typically defaults to the patient when the practice cannot produce a timely good-faith estimate. The penalty is the full disputed amount being struck.
Get New York healthcare intelligence delivered to your inbox every morning.
Subscribe FreeView all past issues
Feature your brand across the U.S., Canada, and select international markets and 10 industry verticals.
Become a National Partner