New York awards millions in grant funding to regional health-care facilities

New York has awarded millions in grant funding for Upstate University Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, and for Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH) in Rome.

Upstate University Hospital will use more than $70 million in funding to integrate ambulatory care, while St. Joseph’s will allocate its $20 million award for “debt restructuring and program reinvestment.”

That’s according to a news release that Assemblymen William Magnarelli (D–Syracuse) and Al Stirpe (D–Cicero) and Assembly member Pamela J. Hunter (D–Syracuse) issued.

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New York is also awarding Rome Memorial Hospital a grant of $16.5 million to retire debt incurred for “necessary” capital investments in the emergency department, diagnostic center, and information technology, RMH said in a release.

The funding is part of a total of $1.55 billion that New York has allocated to two capital programs that seek to improve health-care facilities statewide.

The funding includes $1.2 billion for the capital-restructuring financing program (CRFP) and $355 million for the essential health-care provider support program (EHCPSP). Together, the programs help “strengthen and promote access to vital health services by improving infrastructure and supporting financially sustainable systems of care,” according to the lawmakers’ release.

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The St. Joseph’s EHCPSP grant is the “largest grant that St. Joseph’s has ever received,” the organization said.

RMH’s grant is also from the EHCPSP, David Lundquist, president and CEO of RMH, said.

“The funding will facilitate the hospital’s transformation plan to strengthen financial, clinical and operational performance by providing $16.5 million in debt relief. As a result, we will be a stronger partner in a collaborative affiliation,” Lundquist said.

In addition to Upstate University Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital, the lawmakers’ release also indicated that Liberty Resources in Syracuse will use $625,000 to expand its “integrated” services

In addition, St. Camillus Residential Health Care Facility in Geddes will use more than $342,000 to improve its information-technology infrastructure, the lawmakers said.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com

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