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1. CEO of New York's St. Joseph's Hospital Resigns
(Matching tags: New York,CEO,Theodore Pasinski) Theodore Pasinski, CEO of St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., will resign at the end of the year, according to a report by WSYR.
2. Upstate New York Hospital Targets Surgery Center for Takeover
(Matching tags: acquisition,New York,hospital,Syracuse,surgery center,Upstate University Hospital) Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is in discussions with Harrison Outpatient Surgery Center, located in downtown Syracuse, for a possible takeover, according to The Post-Standard.
3. Lenox Hill Deal Will Bring North Shore-LIJ System Into Manhattan, Expand Reach in Queens
(Matching tags: New York,affiliation,Lenox Hill Hospital,NS-LIJ Health System) An affiliation between Lenox Hill Hospital will not only bring North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System into Manhattan, but will also expand the system's reach in Queens, according to a report in The ...
4. New York's Cohen Children's Medical Center Begins $120M Expansion
(Matching tags: New York,construction,pediatrics,hospital,surgery center,Cohen Childrens Medical Center,New Hyde Park) Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park has announced it broke ground on a new $120 million pavilion. ...
5. New York's New Island Hospital Changes Name to St. Joseph Hospital
(Matching tags: New York,St. Joseph Hospital,New Island Hospital) New Island Hospital in Bethpage, N.Y., has changed its name to St. Joseph Hospital as part of its transition in becoming a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island, according to Newsday and the ...
6. Medicare Disparity Payments to Hospitals by State for FY 2011
(Matching tags: CMS,hospitals,New York,Medicare,disparity) Hospitals will get $150 million in extra federal payments in fiscal year 2011 to account for regional disparities in Medicare payments. Here is how CMS proposes to split up the money, showing the percentage ...
7. New York's Hospitals Show 40-Percent Improvement in Mortality Rates Since 2002
(Matching tags: New York,mortality,quality,hospital acquired infections) New York hospitals have improved their mortality rates more than 40 percent since 2002, according to the Niagara Health Quality Coalition, an independent organization that publishes an annual report card ...
8. New York's Mount Sinai Refinances $331M Debt at Low Rate
(Matching tags: New York,hospital,debt,Mount Sinai,Standard and Poors) New York's 1,171-bed Mount Sinai Hospital refinanced some $331 million at a discounted rate compared to those of its peers, spurred by an improved credit rating and borrowing costs on tax-exempt debt that ...
9. CMS Unfairly Links Medicare Cuts to Upcoding, New York Hospitals Say
(Matching tags: CMS,hospitals,New York,reimbursements,upcoding) New York hospitals said CMS' proposal to cut reimbursements nationwide to reflect alleged upcoding of services is unfair and would cause $250 million a year in losses in New York alone, according to a ...
10. New York's WCA Hospital Reports $2.2M in Profits
(Matching tags: New York,profits,WCA Hospital) WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., has reported $2.2 million in profits for 2009, according to The Post-Journal.
11. VA Western New York Completes $4.2M Surgical Upgrade
(Matching tags: New York,VA WNY Healthcare,surgical unit,upgrade) The VA Western New York Healthcare System has finished a $4.2 million upgrade of its surgical unit at its location in Buffalo, N.Y., according to a report from Business First of Buffalo. ...
12. New York City's Health & Hospitals Corp. to Cut 500 Jobs, End Physician Contracts
(Matching tags: New York,layoffs) New York City's public Health & Hospitals Corp. announced it will cut 500 additional jobs and end contracts with a "significant" number of physicians, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. ...
13. Long Island System Launches Online Pricing Tool to Increase Financial Transparency
(Matching tags: New York,billing,finance,North Shore-LIJ Health System,medical costs) North Shore-LIJ Health System, a 14-hospital system in New York, has launched an online tool to help patients determine the cost of medical services in advance and find out whether they are eligible for ...
14. St. Vincent's Former Medical Staff Asks Hospital for Assistance in Paying Malpractice Insurance Premiums
(Matching tags: New York,malpractice,St. Vincent) Nearly 80 former members of the medical staff at the now-shuttered St. Vincent's Hospital in New York are asking the hospital for financial assistance with medical malpractice premiums, which can reach ...
15. Hospital Destroyed in Flood Will be Rebuilt for $18M
(Matching tags: New York,replacement,Tri-County Memorial Hospital,flood) Tri-County Memorial Hospital in Gowanda, N.Y., destroyed in a 2009 flood, will be rebuilt at another location at a cost of $18.5 million, according to a report by the Healthcare Association of New York ...
16. Two New York-Presbyterian Hospital Officials Charges With Fraud
(Matching tags: New York,New York-Presbyterian,fraud charge) Santo Saglimbeni and Emilio Figueroa, both maintenance and facility services officials at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, have been charged with fraud for accepting payments and gifts in exchange for contracts ...
17. New York's Lenox Hill Hospital Granted $9.4M to Handle Patients From Closing St. Vincent's
(Matching tags: New York,Lenox Hill Hospital,grant,St. Vincents Medical Center,urgent care center) Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has been awarded a $9.4 million grant to set up an urgent care facility to treat some patients displaced by the closing of St. Vincent's Medical Center, according to ...
18. Q&A With Dr. Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery
(Matching tags: New York,Hospital for Special Surgery,orthopedic surgeon,Alejandro Gonzalez Dalla Valle) Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. ...
19. St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattam Selling Real Estate in Wake of Bankruptcy
(Matching tags: New York,bankruptcy,real estate,St. Vincent Hospital Manhattan) ... a report in The New York Times. ...
20. St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan Files Bankruptcy Petition
(Matching tags: New York,bankruptcy,Chapter 11) After months of financial uncertainty, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Federal District Court in Manhattan, according to a report in The New York ...
21. Without a Suitor, New York's St. Vincent's to Close
(Matching tags: New York,Mount Sinai Medical Center) After a long battle to turn around its sinking finances, 400-bed St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan has begun the process of closing down, according to a report in The New York Times. ...
22. Trial Begins in Anesthesia Case Against New York Hospital
(Matching tags: New York,anesthesia,Supreme Court,trial,North Westchester Hospital,AAMK) Proceedings began in New York State Supreme Court to settle a seven-year long dispute between Anesthesia Associates of Mount Kisco and North Westchester Hospital, according to a report in The Journal News. ...
23. Buffalo-Area Hospital Building $19.5M Expansion of Surgery Facilities
(Matching tags: New York,expansion,United Memorial Medical Center) United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia, N.Y., is in the middle of a $19.5 million expansion of its surgery facilities, according to a report by Business First of Buffalo.
24. New York Health System Explores Affiliation with Pennsylvania's Guthrie Health
(Matching tags: New York,affiliation,Guthrie Health,St. James Mercy) St. James Mercy Health System, based in Hornell, N.Y., is exploring an affiliation with Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Health, according to a report by the Evening Tribune.
25. New York's Public Hospital System to Cut Workforce 10% Over 2 Years
(Matching tags: New York,uninsured,consolidation,Health and Hospitals Corp.,public hospitals) New York City's Health and Hospitals Corp., the largest public hospital system in the nation, plans to cut its workforce by 10 percent over the next two years, according to a report in the Wall Street ...
26. Schneider Children's Hospital in New York Changing Name
(Matching tags: New York,Steven and Alexandra Cohen) Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, N.Y., is changing its name to the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, after the Cohen family's foundation donated $50 million ...
27. Bon Secours Charity in New York Names New CEO
(Matching tags: New York,CEO,Philip Patterson,Bon Secours Charity Health) Bon Secours Health System has named Philip A. Patterson as CEO of Suffern, N.Y.-based Bon Secours Charity Health System, according to a BSCHS news release. ...
28. Deal Reached Between New York' Continuum Health Partners and UnitedHealthcare
(Matching tags: New York,Continuum Health Partners,United Health Care) After weeks of contentious negotiations, UnitedHealthcare and New York City's Continuum Health Partners reached an agreement that will keep care for tens of thousands of New York patients from being disrupted, ...
29. New York Hospital VP Brendan McGrath Killed in Storm
(Matching tags: New York,vice president,Auburn Memorial Hospital) Brendan McGrath, vice president of Community General Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., was killed when a tree fell on his car during a storm this weekend in the New York City area, according to a report by WSYR ...
30. Case Study: NYU Langone Medical Center Opens Advanced, Streamlined Surgery Center Dedicated to Orthopedics
(Matching tags: NYU Langone Medical Center,surgery center,orthopedics,New York) ... in order to provide patients with a new option for orthopedic surgery: a hospital-affiliated, free-standing ASC — right in the heart of Manhattan. ...
31. Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York Plans New ASC Construction
(Matching tags: New York,surgery center,expansion,Vassar Brothers Medical Center) Plans by Vassar Brothers Medical Center, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to build a new ASC as part of a larger $66 million expansion are moving forward, according to a story in the Poughkeepsie Journal. ...
32. VA Medical Center in Upstate New York to Start $370M Renovation
(Matching tags: New York,medical center,renovation,Canandaiqua Veterans Affairs) The Canandaigua (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center is planning a $370 million renovation, according to a report by the Democrat & Chronicle.
33. New York's Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Agrees to $2.92 Million Medicare Fraud Settlement
(Matching tags: New York,Medicare,inflated claims,Brookhaven Memorial Hospital) Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, on Long Island, N.Y., has agreed to pay $2.92 million plus interest to settle allegations that the hospital inflated charges to obtain supplemental outlier ...
34. Six New York Healthcare Providers Reimburse State $2.4M for Inflated Claims
(Matching tags: New York,inflated claims,waiving out-of-pocket fees,NYSHIP) Six healthcare providers in New York have reimbursed state officials more than $2.4 million in restitution and paid a combined $39,107 in fines for inflated billings submitted to the New York State Health ...
35. New York's Lakeside Health System Adds Gastroenterologist
(Matching tags: New York,gastroenterologist,Lakeside Health System) Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., has added gastroenterologist Ceffrey Goldstein, MD, to its medical staff, according to a report in the Democrat and Chronicle.
36. New York City's Public Hospitals Threatened With Funding Cuts
(Matching tags: New York,hospital funding,David Paterson,budget) At a time when the number of uninsured in New York City is rising, the state is considering cutting funding for the city's public hospitals by up to $370 million, according to a story in The New York Times. ...
37. New York Governor Drops Plan to Reform of Charity Care Payments
(Matching tags: hospitals,charity care,New York,David Paterson) New York Gov. David Paterson has agreed to drop plans to reform the state's program that pays hospitals for providing charity care, according to a report by Crain's New York Business. ...
38. New York's Oneida Healthcare Center Receives $123K Donation for Renovation Projects
(Matching tags: New York,surgery center,renovation,Oneida Healthcare Center,donation) Oneida (N.Y.) Healthcare Center received a $123,000 donation from the hospital's auxiliary, which will go towards $3 million the hospital is trying raise to help with an $18 million capital project, according ...
39. New York's St. Vincent's Hospital Lays Off 300
(Matching tags: New York,lay offs,St. Vincents Hospital) ... according to a report in the New York Times. ...
40. Minnesota, New York Propose Bans on Industry Gifts
(Matching tags: New York,Minnesota,legislation,industry gifts) Minnesota and New York are looking to join Massachusetts and Vermont in restricting industry gifts to physicians and enacting other measures to limit the influence pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers ...
41. New York Academic Centers Face More Financial Challenges Than Facilities Elsewhere
(Matching tags: New York,operating margins,financial performance,academic hospitals) Academic medical centers in New York City have had significantly lower margins than their counterparts in other parts of the country, due to problems such as a higher Medicaid mix and more competition, ...
42. Continuum Rescinds Offer for St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
(Matching tags: acquisition,New York,Continuum Health Partners,St. Vincents Manhattan) The future of St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan was thrown further into doubt when the one system that had made an offer to take it over formally withdrew it, according to a report in The New York Times. ...
43. St. Vincent’s Manhattan Receives One-Month Reprieve From Closing
(Matching tags: New York,Manhattan) ... of state loans and help from creditors, according to a report in The New York Times. ...
44. New York's Mercy Hospital Receives State Approval for Ambulatory Center
(Matching tags: New York,Mercy Hospital,Catholic Health System,expansion) Catholic Health System's Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., has received approval from the state to begin construction on a $3.2 million ambulatory care center, according to a report in Business First of ...
45. Physician and Staff Member Sentenced in New York Healthcare Fraud Scheme
(Matching tags: New York,healthcare fraud,sentencing,Avenue K Medical Clinic,Romilla Anwar,Anatoly Sunik) Romilla Anwar, MD, of New Providence, N.J., and Anatoly Sunik of Rego Park, N.Y., were sentenced on Jan. 29, 2010, to 30 months and 12 months in prison, respectively, in a Manhattan Federal Court after ...
46. New York's Vassar Brothers Medical Center Plans Expansion
(Matching tags: New York,surgery center,expansion,Vassar Brothers Medical Center) Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has proposed a $66 million expansion project that includes the construction of an ambulatory surgery center, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. ...
47. Hospitals Contest New UnitedHealthcare Penalty for Late Reporting of Admissions
(Matching tags: New York,Florida,Tennessee,UnitedHealthcare,WellPoint,admissions) Hospitals in several states are contesting a new policy from UnitedHealthcare that would cut payments in half if the insurer isn't notified of an admission within 24 hours, according to a report by the ...
48. Hospitals Forced to Shift IT Priorities to Meet Federal Requirements
(Matching tags: hospitals,New York,HITECH,health IT) Hospital officials in New York State are concerned that federal health IT requirements are set too high, forcing them to shift some IT spending priorities to meet federal deadlines, according to a report ...
49. N.Y. Governor Proposes Ban on Industry Gifts to Physicians
(Matching tags: New York,medical devices,pharmaceuticals,industry gifts,restrictions) New York Governor David Paterson is hoping to add tighter restrictions on medical device and pharmaceutical industry sales representatives' relationships with physicians to his proposed 2010-2011 budget, ...
50. Continuum Health Partners Proposes Takeover of New York City Hospital
(Matching tags: acquisition,New York,Continuum Health Partners,St. Vincents Hospital) Continuum Health Partners, which operates four New York City-area hospitals, is proposing to acquire financially troubled St. Vincent's Hospital Medical Center and turn it into a walk-in healthcare center, ...

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