GOAL: REDUCE COSTS, KEEP PATIENTS AT HOME As Helios, Catskill Hospice To Match Bassett Footprint By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Changing Catskills Area Hospice & Palliative Care to Helios is about opening up a conversation. “We found that the word ‘hospice’ was a barrier to conversation,” said CEO Dan Ayres. “When patients hear ‘hospice,’ they think they’re in their last days, not last month or year. They don’t want to have the conversation. “Now, we’re more likely…
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$2.7M To Bolster Training Nurses In Primary Care Bassett Grant One Of Only 8 In U.S.; Pilot Program Will Start At FoxCare COOPERSTOWN – A $2.7 million start-up grant – one of only eight nationally – has been awarded to Bassett Hospital to train nurse practitioners to handle primary-care responsibilities in the eight-county network. Bassett was one of eight institutions nationwide to receive the Health Resources and Services Administration grant. The grant from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration…
PREPARING FOR STORM HARPER At Bassett Hospital, ‘Virtual Command’ Center Activated Dialysis Patients Brought In Today, MDs, Staff On Alert, Generators Tested COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network has established a “virtual command” that will be on alert throughout Storm Harper to minimize impact on patient care in all five of its hospitals – Cooperstown, Oneonta, O’Connor in Delhi, Cobleskill and Little Falls. “We have been working to assure we are fully staffed throughout the storm’s duration,” said Brinton Muller, Bassett…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 ‘Renaissance Men’ Vocal Ensemble Performance CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Boston’s premier vocal chamber ensemble “Renaissance Men” perform vocal music from all periods, by many composers. Tickets, $25 general admission. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St.,Oneonta. 607-433-7252 or visit oneontaconcertassociation.org SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 p.m. Dance with friends at Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Clubs Fall All Plus Dance. Features Keith Harter as Plus caller, Jeanne Harter as Cuer. Admission, $5/person. Cooperstown Elementary School. 607-264-8128.…
For 4th Year, Fox Hospital ‘LGBTQ’ Equality Leader ONEONTA – Fox Hospital has been designated an “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in its 11th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index. A record 626 health care facilities actively participated in the HEI 2018 survey, with HRC Foundation proactively researching key policies at more than 900 additional non-participating hospitals. Of those included in the HEI, 418 earned a “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation.…
State Honors Dr. Gadomski For Tending Transgender Youth COOPERSTOWN – Pediatrician Anne Gadomski, Bassett Research Institute director, was given the World AIDS Day New York Commissioner’s Special Recognition for establishing the first rural pediatric registry for transgender and gender nonconforming youth in New York State. “There is not a lot of evidence to help inform clinical care of transgender and gender non-conforming youth, particularly for rural areas,” she said.…
IN MEMORIAM Mary Ann Vunk, 71, of Edmeston; Dr. Streck’s Assistant For 30 Years EDMESTON – Mary Ann Vunk, 71, assistant to former Bassett Healthcare CEO/President Bill Streck for many years, passed away peacefully Thursday July 6, 2017, at her home following an extended illness. Mary Ann was born on Nov. 16, 1945 in Utica, the daughter of the late Donald F. and Kathryn Burns Vunk. In addition to her parents, Mary Ann was also pre-deceased by a brother Daniel…
Faso, Healthcare Advocates Differ On Course Of Reform By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, heard concerns of key local players in the national healthcare debate this afternoon, and the two sides appeared to politely disagree on a future course of action. “We have fundamental concerns that it” – the Obamacare revision being revived in Congress – “will not be an improvement over the current ACA.” said Bill Streck, retired Bassett Healthcare president,…
BASSETT CEO SEES $5M CUTS IN AHCA Patients, Economy Will Suffer, He Says COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare could lose $5 million a year in funding under the American Health Care Act that Congress is scheduled to act on this evening, according to Dr. Vance Brown, the system’s president/CEO. Referring to a state Health Department analysis released yesterday, Dr. Brown said “that loss may be understated, as the analysis … was limited to hospital-based inpatient and outpatient services. It does not…
Review Bill Streck’s Powerpoint On ‘Healthcare Landscape of ’17’ CLICK HERE TO REVIEW HANYS POWERPOINT…
