Schumer announces legislation securing $4.2 million in funding for UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital
NORWICH – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced Wednesday he successfully included legislation that will secure $4,217,300 in funding for UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital (CMH) through the year 2022 by extending the Low-Volume Program.
The announcement comes after Schumer visited UHS CMH in April 2017 when he unveiled the Rural Hospital Act of 2017, which aimed to protect and extend the Low-Volume Hospital and Medicare-Dependent Hospital Programs.
The Low-Volume Hospital Program had expired for UHS CMH on September 30, 2017, but the five-year extension included in the budget deal will offer the hospital much needed financial stability, according to Schumer.
UHS CMH Director of Community Relations Garry Root said, "UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital thanks U.S. Senator Schumer for his continued dedication to rural health care and we also praise him for his awareness of the financial pressures placed on rural hospitals like UHS Chenango Memorial."
Schumer said, "The inclusion of five-year extensions of two at-risk federal health care programs – both of which are critical to the financial stability of rural hospitals across the state – is great news for New Yorkers."
"These hospitals serve a vital public need, employ several thousand New Yorkers across the state, and they deserve our support and long-term certainty in their continuous efforts to provide the highest level of care to residents,” continued Schumer.
Schumer noted in April 2017 that UHS CMH depends on roughly $1.8 million a year in funding from the Low-Volume Hospital Program––a program that provides funding to rural hospitals that don't necessarily serve a high volume of patients.
Root said the funds will be delivered over the next five years and will be used, along with other hospital revenue, for hospital and equipment updates, renovations, continued training, and everyday operations.
"UHS Chenango Memorial is grateful for all local patients who rely on us for primary and urgent care," said Root. "The number of patients who come through our door is much less than those of a larger metropolitan New York facilities, but the care is no less important or critical.
"It is no secret that the hospital's income is related to our patient volume and severity of illness. Rural hospitals like ours depend on subsidies like these Low-Volume Program funds to offset the fewer number of patients seen by larger healthcare organizations."
Pictured: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital in April 2017. Schumer visited UHS CMH last year to announce legislation that would extend the Low-Volume Program––a program UHS CMH depends on to receive over $1 million a year in funding. The Low-Volume Program expired on September 30, 2017, but Schumer announced Wednesday legislation that extends the program through 2022. (Grady Thompson photo)
The announcement comes after Schumer visited UHS CMH in April 2017 when he unveiled the Rural Hospital Act of 2017, which aimed to protect and extend the Low-Volume Hospital and Medicare-Dependent Hospital Programs.
The Low-Volume Hospital Program had expired for UHS CMH on September 30, 2017, but the five-year extension included in the budget deal will offer the hospital much needed financial stability, according to Schumer.
UHS CMH Director of Community Relations Garry Root said, "UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital thanks U.S. Senator Schumer for his continued dedication to rural health care and we also praise him for his awareness of the financial pressures placed on rural hospitals like UHS Chenango Memorial."
Schumer said, "The inclusion of five-year extensions of two at-risk federal health care programs – both of which are critical to the financial stability of rural hospitals across the state – is great news for New Yorkers."
"These hospitals serve a vital public need, employ several thousand New Yorkers across the state, and they deserve our support and long-term certainty in their continuous efforts to provide the highest level of care to residents,” continued Schumer.
Schumer noted in April 2017 that UHS CMH depends on roughly $1.8 million a year in funding from the Low-Volume Hospital Program––a program that provides funding to rural hospitals that don't necessarily serve a high volume of patients.
Root said the funds will be delivered over the next five years and will be used, along with other hospital revenue, for hospital and equipment updates, renovations, continued training, and everyday operations.
"UHS Chenango Memorial is grateful for all local patients who rely on us for primary and urgent care," said Root. "The number of patients who come through our door is much less than those of a larger metropolitan New York facilities, but the care is no less important or critical.
"It is no secret that the hospital's income is related to our patient volume and severity of illness. Rural hospitals like ours depend on subsidies like these Low-Volume Program funds to offset the fewer number of patients seen by larger healthcare organizations."
Pictured: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital in April 2017. Schumer visited UHS CMH last year to announce legislation that would extend the Low-Volume Program––a program UHS CMH depends on to receive over $1 million a year in funding. The Low-Volume Program expired on September 30, 2017, but Schumer announced Wednesday legislation that extends the program through 2022. (Grady Thompson photo)
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