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The MTA showcased a full-scale mock-up of its next-generation subway cars, which include open-gangway trains allowing passengers to walk between cars and wider doors for faster boarding.
For healthcare professionals commuting across the five boroughs, these redesigned cars could mean more reliable and less crowded trips to hospitals and clinics, reducing daily transit stress.
The Health Facilities Information System offers a dataset mapping Article 28, 36, 40, and 7 healthcare facilities in NY, currently including hospitals and extension clinics with more types to follow.
This resource allows NY healthcare professionals to access precise location data for a wide range of regulated health programs and facilities.
The Health Facilities Information System dataset currently provides locations for Article 28 hospitals and hospital extension clinics in New York, with future updates planned for home health and hospice facilities.
Healthcare professionals in New York can use this data to identify the geographic presence of major hospital infrastructure and extension clinics.
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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 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.
Three application defects routinely delay payor enrollment: incomplete work-history explanations for any gap over 30 days, a malpractice carrier-history that does not reconcile with the explanation, and CAQH attestation that has lapsed. Each forces a back-and-forth with the credentialing committee.
A new clinician without active payor enrollment cannot bill for covered services for most plans. Each month of delay is foregone revenue that does not retroactively recover.
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