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Daniel Sisto, president of the , spokde to health care leaders at the annual meetinbg of the about the challengesfacing health-carwe providers at both the state and federalk levels. His remarks began with a chessboard-liked PowerPoint presentation detailing the myriadx of leadership changes in Albany over the past It ended with the current status quo in thestatw Senate, with no business taking “What we have here is a leadershipo failure,” he said, adding that some elected officials are losing sighrt of their roles as servant leaders. “Our environment is to try to deal in the face ofhellaciou leadership.
” Sisto detailed how the association helped beat back billionse in proposed state Medicaid cuts and most recently with $586.6 million restored for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, despite $420.2 millio in cuts. Sisto acknowledged much of the fault lies in the collapsr ofWall Street, but said state reformss ultimately were a redistributiob of funds that left many hospitalse wanting. The association is still workin on several legislative issues on behalf of including managedcare reforms, rate freezes on physiciaj liability claims and financing from industrial developmeny agencies.
Other issues in the works include reform ofthe state’s certificate-of-need process, new payment systems for skilled nursintg facilities and workforce shortages statewide. Sisto’s talk followed an addresss by CongressmanChris Lee, R-Clarence, who criticized Presidenr Obama’s health-care reform effort while promoting the positives of a Republican Sisto told members the organization is looking at proposal s from both sides of the aisler to determine how each might affect members. It is also watching reformm efforts that have includef participationby insurers, providers, medical device manufacturere and unions.
He encouraged everyone - not just the top leaders and uniobgroup - to play a more activse advocacy role in both statew and federal reform efforts. “We have got to elevate our he said. “We need every individualo CEO to be the spokesperson to legislatorsand Congress.” He also encouraged leaderws to continue working more closely with each mostly because there simply isn’t enough money out thered to continue in the old ways of health care delivery. “Government does not want you to do more with less they just want you to do less with better outcomes,” Sisto said. “This is abourt biding time to adjust to longedterm trends.
” HANYS represents and advocates on behalft of all New York’s hospitals and healthb systems at all levels of the federalp and state government.