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Louis L. Levine, President and CEO of NYCPM, has announced that Kenneth E. Raske (at right), President of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), will deliver the Keynote Speech at the NYCPM Commencement on May 27, 2009.
Mr. Raske, a national expert on health care policy and finance, recently celebrated his 25th anniversary as President of the Greater New York Hospital Association. Since arriving at GNYHA in 1984, Mr. Raske has been instrumental in growing the Association’s membership to nearly 250 hospitals and continuing care facilities, both voluntary and public, in the metropolitan
Under Mr. Raske’s leadership, GNYHA has played a critical role at the State level opposing health care funding cutbacks and advocating for the passage of legislation that will help protect funding for teaching hospitals and charity care programs, expand health insurance coverage for low-income, uninsured adults, and recruit and retain a qualified health care workforce.
On the Federal front, GNYHA has been a leading advocate for relief from the deep Medicare and Medicaid cuts—particularly to teaching hospitals—that threaten the health care community almost every year. GNYHA is also a strong advocate, on both the State and Federal levels, for fair payment practices by private insurers and HMOs, and has been a staunch and vocal supporter of tort reform, among other issues.
GNYHA, under Mr. Raske’s direction, has developed expertise in the areas of government affairs; health finance; managed care; long-term care; and numerous legal, regulatory, and professional affairs, including workforce shortage issues and quality-of-care issues. Mr. Raske also created The Health Economics and Outcomes Research Institute (THEORI), which analyzes and interprets fiscal data and economic trends affecting health care providers.
Mr. Raske is a frequent lecturer on health care topics. Before becoming GNYHA’s President, he held positions as Senior Vice President and Deputy Director at the Michigan Hospital Association, Study Director at the American Hospital Association, and Research Associate at the American Medical Association.
