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…
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Bassett Names Scott Bonderoff President Of O’Connor Hospital COOPERTOWN – The Bassett Healthcare Network trustees today named Scott Bonderoff president of O’Connor Hospital in Delhi, effective Monday. He succeeds Dr. Carlton Rule, who is leaving the Bassett system at month’s end. Bonderoff has been with Bassett Healthcare since 2001 – since 2010 as vice president of patient services & ancillary support at Bassett Hospital. He was chosen from among a dozen internal and external candidates the selection committee considered during…
BASSETT, ONEIDA STUDY UNIFYING 2-Year ‘Memorandum Of Understanding’ Signed, After Which Decision Will Be Made By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare is looking to bring Oneida Healthcare into the Cooperstown-based network as a “full member” at the end of a two-year agreement reached this month, Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown reported today in a letter to employees. “Under the terms of the two-year agreement (signed Dec. 9), OHC will remain an independent organization governed by its current board,”…
Husband-Wife Physician Team Retires After 30 Years In Oneonta ONEONTA – After more than 30 years of providing patient care and serving the greater Oneonta community, Drs. Michael Levenstein and Deanna Palumbo have retired from primary care practice. The husband and wife team established Bassett’s first Oneonta-based health center in 1988 on Dietz Street, moving to 125 Main St. in 1994. Over the years, the practice Levenstein and Palumbo started grew from four providers to 19. Levenstein and Palumbo completed…
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TRUSTEES, 4-1, SIGNAL ‘NAY’ TO VILLAGE HOSPITAL ZONE By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – It was only a procedural vote, but the 4-1 tally made it clear: The village’s proposed hospital zone, in preparation since April 2013, is going nowhere. The vote, on Part One of a related SEQR application, was called tonight during the Village Board’s monthly, and turned out to be the only vote related to the Bassett Hospital neighborhood as trustees grappled with regulatory complexities. Only Trustee Cindy Falk,…
