Kenneth E. Raske is the President of Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), which represents more than 220 not-for-profit hospitals and continuing care facilities, both voluntary and public, in the New York City area. An expert on health care policy and finance, Mr. Raske plays a key role in shaping the New York health care delivery system.

Through his advocacy efforts in Washington, Albany, and the New York metropolitan area, he has helped guide GNYHA’s hospital and continuing care members through a decade of dramatic change in the health care marketplace. Under Mr. Raske’s leadership, the trade association 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. In 2001, GNYHA played a key role in coordinating the health care community’s response to the September 11 World Trade Center attack and bioterrorism threats and GNYHA has established an Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council, which brings together GNYHA members with State, and Federal public health officials and emergency management agencies to encourage regional collaboration and communication and to ensure an integrated response to any future attacks or events. 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 and commentator on health care topics. Before becoming GNYHA’s President in 1984, Mr. Raske 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.