2022 : Healthcare
Regional Hospital Goes Bankrupt
The economics of rural health care have not improved and at least one more of the hospitals in the region has gone bankrupt or been shut down by the State.
Influenced Scenarios
Evidence
NYS Sends $18m to North Country Health Care
$18 million is coming to a couple of North Country health care facilities.
Read the news story here.
Adirondack Health Breaks Ground for New Surgical Wing
The Hospital in Saranac Lake has begun construction of a new surgical wing at it's main location. This is the first part of a major capital spending plan.
Elizabethtown Hospital to Rebuild In-patient Area
The main patient rooms and related areas will see a $10m remodeling project.
Read the news story here.
Malone Hospital Approves Ties to Vermont Health Network
The Alice Hyde Hospital will be joining the Burlington VT health system. The hospitals in Plattsburgh and Elizabethtown are part of the same system.
Read the news story here.
Elizabethtown Community Hospital Begins $10M Expansion
The $10M expansion and improvement to the ECH's inpatient nursing unit will include larger rooms for patients, greater physical therapy space, a new kitchen, larger pharmacy and waiting areas, and improved nurse and physician work areas. The expansion will add 7,500 square feet to the facility.
Read the news story here.
NYS Gets $8b Medicaid Waiver, Help for Hospitals
The program aims to reduce hospital stays while helping hospitals covert to primary and outpatient care. $1b may come to the North Country to help implement the NC Health System Design plan.
Read the news item here.
Read the news item here.
North Cty Health System Redesign Commission Report
The Commission suggests a comprehensive set of recommendations ranging from increasing home care, the Medical Home model and paid EMTs.
Read the report here. The recommendations begin on page 38.
Read the report here. The recommendations begin on page 38.
$1.4m Grant Comes to ADK Health to Help Long Term Care
NY State has granted $1.4m to Adirondack Health to help it deal with the financial issues at it's nursing home in Lake Placid
Read the news story here.
Read the news story here.
$7.89m Coming to Regional Health Care Operations
Nearly $8m has been awarded to a several area hospitals. Adirondack Health and the Clifton-Fine Hospital get $3.5 and $1.2m respectively.
Read the details in the new story here.
Read the details in the new story here.
Regional Health Care Redesign Commission Appointed
It is pretty clear that the region's health care system is not stable. The North Country Heath Systems Redesign Commission is expected to address these complex issues.
Read the NYS Health Commissioner's Announcement here.
Read the NYS Health Commissioner's Announcement here.
CVPH and ADK Health announce big losses
The success of the Adirondack Region Medical Home Pilot is driving people away from high cost hospital services (e.g. emergency rooms) and nursing homes. The hope is that hospitals start more primary care clinics to serve new patients that come into the systems after the New York Health Insurance Exchange opens.
More layoffs at Adk Health
CVPH and Elizabethtown sign agreement with Fletcher Allen in Burlington
This agreement supports lots of sharing and maybe an eventual merger. For example, new docs in-training at Fletcher Allen will have residency periods at CVPH in Plattsburgh at their new expanded primary care clinic.
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