Membership

The Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York, Inc. (AHRMNY) is the official New York Chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), a division of the American Hospital Association (AHA). AHRMNY is a non-profit, educational organization incorporated in New York State and governed by its elected officers and directors.

Membership is comprised of those individuals who are either regularly involved in or who are interested in the risk management and/or patient safety areas of a healthcare organization. Our members include persons with interest in healthcare risk management from the following areas:

Hospitals
Long Term Care Facilities
Law Firms
Insurance Professionals, Third Party Administrators, Brokers and Consultants
Other health care settings

This diversity makes a variety of viewpoints available to members and contributes to the vitality of the organization.

AHRMNY membership is currently the highest it has been in recent history with 276 active members. Many of our members are also members of the national organization, ASHRM. We provide an excellent opportunity for keeping up to date on current risk management topics and networking with your peers. Membership dues are currently $100 a year. We offer an organizational discount of $250 for three members all from the same company. Please feel free to contact Alvin Safran at (718) 670-1854 or axsafran@nyp.org with any questions pertaining to membership.

Benefits of Joining

Each year we hold at least four educational sessions, most are complimentary to members. The full-day session and annual meeting is held each June for which members pay a modest fee to attend. Some of the many topics we have covered during our seminars and conferences include: risk retention groups, developments in medical malpractice case law, CMS regulations, discoverability of risk management data, physician credentialing, regulatory and statutory requirements, Joint Commission risk management standards, long term care liability exposure, emergency treatment liability issues, discharge planning, homecare, liability issues related to staffing, child abuse, state incident reporting and contract review.

Our journal, AHRMNY Risk Management Quarterly, is published regularly. It contains scholarly articles, reviews of lectures and other presentations on a wide variety of subjects related to risk management, insurance, patient safety, law and governmental regulations as well as event notices and other information of interest to members. The articles are usually written by AHRMNY members, so the newsletter also serves as an opportunity for members to exercise their writing talents.

Another important benefit of belonging to AHRMNY is the satisfaction of working on the Association's committees. Many members have learned new skills and become acquainted with new colleagues through their work on the Fundraising, Publications, Education, Public Relations, Nominating, Membership, By-laws and Finance Committees.

Objectives

To inform health care risk managers and others involved in patient safety, risk financing and performance improvement activities about current issues and trends in risk management.
To promote a clearer understanding of medical-legal issues and relevant legislation and case law.
To share ideas about risk management, including problems, solutions, innovative procedures and new techniques.
To provide formal and informal opportunities to strengthen the professional risk management network.
To support the health care risk management profession's commitment to high quality patient care in New York.

Joining AHRMNY

The membership year begins July 1 and dues are $100.00 for individuals. Membership is in effect through June 30th. You can pay the full year membership at the time of the June all-day conference in order to be eligible for the reduced conference fee.

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