The New York State Department of Health (the Department) adopted amendments to its Certificate of Need (CON) regulations at Part 710 of Title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) to update, modernize and...more
The 2025 New York State legislative session has concluded. For the 2025-2026 session, all bills not passed this year will remain live, and session is scheduled to begin again in January. We anticipate that the Governor will...more
In our February 14, 2025 blog post, we detailed a proposed expansion of Article 45-A of New York’s Public Health Law (hereinafter, the Disclosure of Material Transactions Law) included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 New...more
On May 15, 2025, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) announced the launch of the electronic Material Transaction Reporting Form for health care transactions (“Electronic Form”). To assist reporting entities in...more
The first quarter of 2025 has been eventful for New York’s Disclosure of Material Transactions Law. As discussed in our recent blog post, the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 New York State Executive Budget (FY 26 Executive Budget)...more
In November 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced proposed regulations that would be the first state regulations for hospitals in New York. The governor described the proposed regulation as a “nation-leading...more
As previously discussed, New York’s State Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 includes legislation that significantly changes the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPA Program). The CDPA Program, funded...more
On April 20, 2024, Governor Hochul signed the New York State Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 into law. The Budget includes legislation that significantly changes the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance...more
The New York Department of Health (DOH) recently announced it is accepting applications for New York Health Equity Reform: Social Care Networks regional grants. The nine regional grants will distribute a total of $500 million...more
The New York Department of Health (DOH) recently announced it is accepting applications for the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV. The grants will distribute $250 million to support capital projects and...more
The New York Department of Health (DOH) is seeking public comment on its revised rulemaking that seeks to establish procedures for review and approval of applications from not-for-profit corporations to be certified as a...more
On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to regulate cybersecurity for New York general hospitals regulated under Article 28 of the Public Health Law. As proposed, the regulations will provide an additional...more
On June 22, 2023, New York State Public Health Law § 2802-b, added a Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) to the Certificate of Need (CON) process for certain health care facilities. The new requirement comes as part of...more
Mayor Adams and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser released the “New York City Artificial Intelligence Action Plan.” The plan will develop a framework for city agencies to evaluate AI tools and risks and support the...more
The New York Department of Health (DOH) adopted regulations effective on September 13, 2023, that revised Medicaid Utilization Review for Medicaid fee-for-service benefits. The regulations were initially published on April...more
The New York State Department of Health has published a webpage regarding Public Health Law (PHL) Article 45-A. In our prior post, we discussed how PHL Article 45-A requires health care entities involved in material...more
Following New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal in February of this year (see our previous alert), the New York legislature passed and Governor Hochul signed a law on May 3, 2023, which significantly increases the...more
Please join us for the July Lunch and Learn where we will discuss compliance issues and trends in Healthcare transaction laws. The presentation will focus on: - An analysis of the recently enacted New York Public Health Law...more
On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the New York Public Health Law, effective on or about August 1, 2023, that will require certain Healthcare Entities to provide...more
On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Public Health Law that will require certain healthcare entities to provide the State Department of Health (DOH) with written notice...more
The 2023-2024 New York State budget has enacted significant new mandatory disclosure and notice laws for certain transactions involving physician practices and other health care organizations. This new law – Article 45-A of...more
Following extended New York State budget negotiations, lawmakers have enacted a significantly modified version of Governor Hochul’s proposed health care transaction review bill. The bill, as originally proposed, included a...more
On April 25, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a Dear Adult Care Facility Administrator Letter (DACF #23-15) after it came to the DOH’s attention that some ACF operators have interpreted recent regulatory...more
On April 1, 2023, Medicaid members enrolled in mainstream Managed Care (MC) plans, Health and Recovery Plans (HARPs) and HIV-Special Needs Plans (SNPs) began receiving pharmacy benefits from NYRx, the pharmacy program under...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued Dear Adult Care Facility Administrator Letter (DACF) #23-02 on March 29 announcing that adult homes, enriched housing programs, and assisted living residences will have a...more