State has $4M for rural hospitals in CNY and Finger Lakes
Nearly $4 million in grants has been earmarked by the state for Central New York rural hospitals.
The state has $9.2 million in grant funding for New York's 51 rural hospitals to further strengthen access. to health care for more than 3.2 million New Yorkers living in rural and sparsely populated
Under the Health Care Reform Act, the Rural Health Care Access Development Program (RHCADP) provides funds to the state's rural hospitals to support initiatives and programs that will help reduce duplication of services, enhance operational efficiencies, and strengthen affiliations with community-based providers.
Since 1996, including the $9.2 million recently announced, the state has awarded $60 million to enhance access to quality health care in rural areas of New York State under the RHCADP grants.
The Governor's rural health grants will assist hospitals with:
* Planning for and implementing the conversion or diversification of underutilized acute care beds;
* Developing and implementing projects that diversify hospital services;
* Implementing policies to improve cost efficiencies;
* Creating long-term finance or resource plans; and
* Integrating services with other hospitals and local health care providers.
The following hospitals were awarded grant funding under the RHCADP initiative:
Central New York
Albert Lindley Lee Memorial Hospital: $194,361.00
Canton-Potsdam Hospital: $120,065.00
Carthage Area Hospital: $155,876.00
Chenango Memorial Hospital: $214,086.00
Claxton Hepburn Medical Center: $197,575.00
Clifton-Fine Hospital: $130,364.00
Community Memorial Hospital: $133,470.00
Cortland Memorial Hospital: $142,722.00
Edward John Noble Hospital of Gouverneur: $293,420.00
Lewis County General Hospital: $121,279.00
Little Falls Hospital: $168,118.00
Massena Memorial Hospital: $142,100.00
Oneida Healthcare Center: $112,833.00
River Hospital: $215,155.00
Samaritan Medical Center: $190,390.00
Regional Total: $2,531,814.00
Finger Lakes Cayuga Medical Center of Ithaca: $222,459.00
Corning Hospital: $136,723.00
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital: $204,499.00
Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital: $204,494.00
Schuyler Hospital: $123,108.00
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital: $93,805.00
St. James Mercy Hospital: $127,060.00
Regional Total: $1,112,148.00
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