Albany, NY - January 27, 2014 - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $56 million in funding to ensure healthier communities across the State through the Vital Access/Safety Net Provider Program (VAP), which supports healthcare services for New York State’s fragile, elderly, and low-income populations. This round of funding brings the program’s total to $157 million, and will be used primarily to improve community care, including expanding access to ambulatory services, opening urgent care centers, expanding services in rural areas, and providing more effective services that meet community needs. These awards support multi-year projects submitted by hospitals, nursing homes, free standing clinics, and home health providers.
“Creating healthier communities is one of my administration’s highest priorities, and ensuring that New York’s most vulnerable populations have access to quality medical services is vital to fulfilling that goal,” said Governor Cuomo. “This funding will improve health care in communities across the state by providing the necessary support to these facilities, and allow them to continue delivering much-needed services to New Yorkers.”
The Department of Health works with all of the awarded facilities to establish goals to measure the program’s success and to identify financial, operational, and quality metrics to track progress toward these goals. In addition, the Department is working closely with the Federal Government to secure additional VAP funding from the MRT Waiver to help support more than 150 applications totaling $1.2 billion received to date.
A breakdown of facilities receiving funding for 2013-14 for their multi-year projects is below (note: CAH is Care At Home, CHHA is a Certified Home Health Agency, D&TC is a Diagnostic & Treatment Center, and RHC is a Residential Health Care Facility).
|
Provider |
Type |
2013-14 |
|---|---|---|
|
Carthage Area Hospital, Inc. |
Hospital |
$ 250,000 |
|
Field Home – Holy Comforter |
RHCF |
$ 1,069,000 |
|
Hudson River Health Care, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 1,391,400 |
|
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center |
Hospital |
$ 1,927,374 |
|
Medalliance Medical Health Services, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 4,281,340 |
|
Niagara Falls Memorial Center |
Hospital |
$ 456,635 |
|
Northeast Center for Special Care |
RHCF |
$ 14,796,402 |
|
Nassau University Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 10,500,000 |
|
Oswego Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 300,000 |
|
Richmond University Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 11,253,122 |
|
River Hospital, Inc (Lead) |
Hospital |
$ 1,470,020 |
|
St. Barnabas Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 4,465,037 |
|
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center |
Hospital |
$ 3,429,873 |
|
Total (Announced September 2012) |
$ 55,590,203 |
|
|
AHRC Health Care, Inc. dba ACCESS Community Health Center |
D&TC |
$ 213,535 |
|
Anthony L. Jordan Health Center |
D&TC |
$ 856,220 |
|
AO Fox Memorial Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 3,031,209 |
|
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Inc. d/b/a APICHA Community Health Center |
D&TC |
$ 1,682,405 |
|
Blue Line Group |
RHCF |
$ 3,500,000 |
|
Canton – Potsdam Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 2,000,000 |
|
Catskill Regional Medical Center – CAH |
CAH |
$ 889,105 |
|
Clifton Fine Hospital |
CAH |
$ 1,225,000 |
|
Cortland Regional Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 577,633 |
|
Critical Access Hospitals |
CAH |
$ 5,000,000 |
|
Crouse Community Center |
RHCF |
$ 645,000 |
|
Delaware Valley Hospital |
CAH |
$ 221,650 |
|
East Hill Family Medical Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 216,440 |
|
Ellenville Hospital |
CAH |
$ 219,780 |
|
Elmwood Health Center |
D&TC |
$ 369,980 |
|
Finger Lakes Migrant Health Care Project, dba Finger Lakes Community Health |
D&TC |
$ 796,794 |
|
Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 505,540 |
|
Jefferson County Public Health Service |
CHHA |
$ 382,862 |
|
Kings County Hospital Center |
Hospital |
$ 1,000,000 |
|
Lewis County General Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 788,798 |
|
Little Falls Hospital |
CAH |
$ 431,946 |
|
Montefiore |
Hospital |
$ 6,000,000 |
|
Morris Heights Health Center Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 443,722 |
|
Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center Network |
D&TC |
$ 236,152 |
|
Niagara Falls Memorial Center |
Hospital |
$ 261,676 |
|
New York Methodist Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 3,005,000 |
|
Oswego Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 750,000 |
|
Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 645,327 |
|
Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 1,396,150 |
|
Rochester Primary Care Network Inc./Rushville Health Center, Inc.; Finger Lakes Region |
D&TC |
$ 402,187 |
|
Rome Memorial Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 855,125 |
|
Schuyler Hospital |
CAH |
$ 216,113 |
|
The Floating Hospital, Inc. |
D&TC |
$ 222,517 |
|
The Institute for Family Health |
D&TC |
$ 1,808,571 |
|
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood |
D&TC |
$ 200,000 |
|
Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island, Inc. |
CHHA |
$ 3,204,920 |
|
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 1,321,800 |
|
Total (Announced December 3, 2013) |
$ 45,523,157 |
|
|
Adirondack Medical Center-Uihlein |
RHCF |
$ 1,422,649 |
|
Benedictine / Kingston |
Hospital |
$ 2,500,000 |
|
Brookdale Hospital |
Hospital |
$ 14,000,000 |
|
Brooklyn Hospital Center |
Hospital |
$ 5,000,000 |
|
Interfaith Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 12,900,000 |
|
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center |
Hospital |
$ 10,400,000 |
|
Mercy – Samaritan |
Hospital |
$ 6,000,000 |
|
Premier HealthCare |
D&TC |
$ 1,681,159 |
|
River Hospital (EJ Noble-Alexandria Bay) |
CAH |
$ 1,444,695 |
|
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital |
CAH |
$ 487,950 |
|
Total (Announced Today) |
$ 55,836,453 |
|
|
Grand Total |
$ 156,949,813 |
|