The 2024 legislative session has come to an end. Although we have seen some victories, our advocacy continues. This is especially true regarding the State Fiscal Year 2025 budget that passed in April. IHA has been working diligently to push for bills we support and defend against those that would be harmful to our Upstate and rural hospital membership.
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IHA’s newsletter features highlights and updates on our advocacy efforts, programs & initiatives, United Iroquois Shared Services (UISS) group purchasing updates, what’s happening inside IHA and a new series sharing insights from our CEOs. We hope you enjoy this edition!
Advocacy Update
Kevin Kerwin
Executive Vice President and
Legislative Counsel
Grace Rust
Senior Associate for Advocacy
and Government Relations
The budget was finalized nearly three weeks past the March 31 deadline, however IHA’s budget advocacy continued with a persistent voicing of the critical need for equity in the distribution of Medicaid and supportive funding appropriated in the budget. This advocacy will continue throughout the summer as the Hochul administration finalizes crucial details regarding Medicaid funding allocations and the newly authorized application for an NYS Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax. As part of this advocacy, IHA has carried this message in meetings with both the Director of the Division of the Budget and the Commissioner of Health. In addition, we were joined in these meetings with leaders of the Upstate Assembly Delegation to echo the need for clarity and equitable distribution of funds.
UISS has made several important announcements recently. The organization has welcomed Kevin Randall as a new board member, renewed contracts for energy procurement and consultation with Sunser Energy Consulting and Zenith Energy, is embarking on a Regional Aggregation Energy Initiative, has extended the timeline for the IHA/UISS Supply Chain Recognition Award, and partnered with Ntracts for contract lifecycle management.
Additionally, UISS has highlighted its collaboration with NYSID for janitorial services, emphasizing its commitment to corporate and social responsibility.
These initiatives aim to provide members with cost-saving opportunities and support in various aspects of healthcare management.
Over the next several issues of the IHA quarterly newsletter, we will feature CEOs from each of the five Regions that make up our membership (i.e., Capital District, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and Central New York).
This quarter, we introduce you to CEOs from the Mohawk Valley:
Sean Fadale, FACHE - President & CEO, Nathan Littauer Hospital (IHA Board Chair)
AnneMarie Czyz, Ed.D., RN - President & CEO, Rome Health
Darlene Stromstad - CEO, Mohawk Valley Health System
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Please direct all inquiries to Andrew Nault at (518) 348-7433, or golf@iroquois.org
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