ctions will focus on State Senate and Assembly’s refusal to fund vital hospitals, which would result in lack of medical access for over 2 million NY’ers from Brooklyn to Buffalo

New York - Nurses and caregivers are sounding the alarm to let patients and the public know that 28 hospitals from Brooklyn to Buffalo could face imminent closure if the State Senate and Assembly do not include $290 million in crucial funding in the budget. The wave of closures would result in lack of access to critical care, including emergency medical services, for over 2 million New Yorkers and the loss of 25,000 jobs.

Statewide Actions

Wednesday, March 18, 11:30 am

Caregivers prepare for lobbying blitz at State Capitol today

155 Washington Ave., Albany



Thursday, March 19, 6 pm

Hundreds of caregivers from distressed hospitals hold emergency rally and roll out action plan

1199SEIU HQ, 310 W. 43rd St., Manhattan



Other actions across the state to be announced soon

Background

Twenty-eight severely financially distressed hospitals in all parts of the State are currently receiving Interim Access Assurance Funds through a Federal Medicaid waiver. These funds are helping to “keep the lights on” in distressed hospitals while they transition to health care delivery models that are more sustainable in the changing Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement landscape, including the expansion of less costly outpatient care.

In order to qualify for the funds, the hospitals had to document that they had less than 15 days cash and equivalents, no assets that could be monetized other than those vital to the operation and that they had exhausted all efforts to obtain resources from corporate parents and affiliated entities to sustain operations.

Interim Access Assurance Funding is ending on March 31st, 2015. The 2015-16 state Executive budget bill has proposed replacing it with $290 million in Vital Access Provider program funding. These are state dollars that are also matched by federal money. The Assembly budget slashes this funding by $80 million and the Senate budget eliminates the funding entirely. Without full funding of the Vital Access Provider program, the 28 distressed hospitals will face imminent closure. Given how little cash on hand the hospitals have, the closings will be chaotic, sudden and dangerous, putting the health and lives of New Yorkers at risk. Communities will be without vital emergency services for heart attacks, strokes, car accidents and other urgent crises. Patients with life-threatening illnesses will be left to find other providers in the middle of treatment.

Hospital

Auburn Community Hospital

Bon Secours Charity Health System

Bon Secours Community Hospital

Good Samaritan Regional Medical

Center

St. Anthony

Brookdale Hospital

Brookhaven Memorial Medical Center

Carthage Area Hospital

Cuba Memorial

Eastern Niagara Hospital

Lockport Site

Newfane Site

Gouverneur Hospital (Edward J Noble)

Health Alliance (Benedictine - Mary's Ave.)

Interfaith Medical Center

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Lewis County General Hospital

Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital (Mt. Vernon)

Moses Ludington Hospital (Inter-Lakes)

Nyack Hospital

Orleans Community Health (Medina Memorial)

River Hospital

Rome Memorial Hospital

St. James Mercy Hospital

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

St. Joseph's Yonkers

St. Luke’s-Cornwall Hospital

Cornwall Campus

Newburgh Campus

TLC Health Network (Irving)

Woman's Christian Association

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

Wyoming County Comm. Health System

Address

17 Lansing St



160 East Main St.

255 Lafayette Avenue

15 Maple Avenue

555 Rockaway Parkway

101 Hospital Road

1001 West Street

140 West Main Street



521 East Avenue

2600 William Street

77 West Barney Street

105 Mary's Avenue

1545 Atlantic Avenue

585 Schenectady Avenue

7785 N. State Street

12 N. 7th Avenue

1019 Wicker Street

160 North Midland Avenue

14789 State Highway 31

4 Fuller Street

1500 North James St.

411 Canisteo Street

327 Beach 19th Street

127 South Broadway



19 Laurel Avene

70 Dubois Street

845 NY-5

207 Foote Avenue

347 Stockholm Street

407 North Main Street

City

Auburn



Port Jervis

Suffern

Warwick

New York

Patchogue

Carthage

Cuba



Lockport

Newfane

Gouverneur

Kingston

Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Lowville

Mt. Vernon

Ticonderoga

Nyack

Albion

Alexandria Bay

Rome

Hornell

Far Rockaway

Yonkers



Cornwall

Newburgh

Irving

Jamestown

Brooklyn

Warsaw

Zip

13021



12771

10901

10990

11212

11772

13619

14727



14094

14108

13642

12401

11213

11203

13367

10550

12883

10960

14411

13607

13440

14843

11691

10701



12518

12550

14081

14701

11237

14569

Assembly

Assembly member Finch



Assembly member Brabenec

Assembly member Jaffee

Assembly member Brabenec

Assembly member Perry

Assembly member Murray

Assembly member Blankenbush

Assembly member Giglio



Assembly member Corwin

Assembly member Corwin

Assembly member Blankenbush

Assembly member Cahill

Assembly member Robinson

Vacant - 43rd

Assembly member Blankenbush

Assembly member Pretlow

Assembly member Stec

Assembly member Jaffee

Assembly member Hawley

Assembly member Russell

Assembly member Brindisi

Assembly member Nojay

Assembly member Goldfeder

Assembly member Mayer



Assembly member Skoufis

Assembly member Skardatos

Assembly member Goodell

Assembly member Goodell

Assembly member Davila

Assembly member DiPietro

Senate

Senator De Francisco



Senator Bonacic

Senator Carlucci

Senator Bonacic

Senator Parker

Senator Croci

Senator Ritchie

Senator Young



Senator Ortt

Senator Ortt

Senator Ritchie

Senator Amedore

Senator Montgomery

Senator Hamilton

Senator Griffo

Senator Hassell-Thompson

Senator Little

Senator Carlucci

Senator Ortt

Senator Ritchie

Senator Griffo

Senator O'Mara

Senator Sanders

Senator Stewart-Cousins



Senator Larkin

Senator Larkin

Senator Young

Senator Young

Senator Dilan

Senator Gallivan

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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest union in New York and the largest healthcare union in the nation. We represent over 400,000 total members throughout New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Our mission is to achieve quality care and good jobs for all.