CVPH reports $7.6 million in losses during first half of fiscal year
Hospital cites fewer patient visits as driving force behind deficit Share Updated: 4:34 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Jake Cookson
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Hospital cites fewer patient visits as driving force behind deficit Share Updated: 4:34 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Jake Cookson Digital Media Manager The Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital reported $7.6 million in losses during the first half of the current fiscal year, citing a low number of patient visits as a driving force behind the steep deficit. In a press release delivered Tuesday, spokesperson Chris Blake noted revenue from patient services fell far short of projections set by the hospital. The facility brought in $165.5 million from those services between October and the end of March nearly $16 million less than was expected. The mark puts CVPH behind pace
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Second Quarter of FY 2021: One-time state and federal provider relief funding, cost control measures and patients returning for necessary health care services help to stem earlier losses
Vermont Business Magazine As the response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, The University of Vermont Health Network has seen some progress toward its financial recovery, thanks to state and federal provider relief funding, cost control measures, and an increase in patient visits for necessary health care services during the month of March 2021. The Network announced today financial results from the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 and for the year-to-date of the fiscal year – which runs from October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021.
Doctors across the Northern New York discuss vaccine safety, hesitancy
Addressing concerns from those who aren t vaccinated Share Updated: 6:21 PM EDT May 11, 2021
Addressing concerns from those who aren t vaccinated Share Updated: 6:21 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript GOOD EVENING, I M STEWART LEDBETTER. UP TOP TONIGHT: NEW YORK HEALTH EXPERTS ACROSS OUR REGION MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS WHAT S DRIVING VACCINE HESITANCY FOR SOME FOLKS. NBC5 S ELENA BARILLA WITH MORE ON THE CONVERSATION. OFFICIALS SAY OFFICIALS SAY THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBINAR - IS TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. DOCTORS FROM ACROSS THE REGION - ADDRESSING SOME OF THE REASONS WHY MANY OF OUR NEIGHBOR S WON T GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID- 19. AMONG THE OTHERS - PEOPLE WAITING FOR FULL F-D-A APPROVAL .. OR PERCIEVING THE VACCINE TO HAVE COME OUT TOO QUICKLY. DOCTORS SAYING RESEARCH FOR THIS TY
Updated: 5:14 PM EDT May 10, 2021 A northern New York man and his 3-year-old son are dead after a kayak they were using overturned on Lake Champlain, investigators with state police confirmed Monday afternoon. Police said 28-year-old Patrick Wells and his son, Beckett, were boating in Willsboro Bay on Friday when their single-person kayak overturned. Both were found unresponsive in the water at approximately 2:30 p.m., police stated in a news release.The man and his son were brought to the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh for treatment, where Patrick Wells was pronounced dead. Beckett was flown to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, where he was pronounced dead the following day. An autopsy report released Monday determined the cause of death to be drowning and hypothermia due to cold water exposure. Both deaths have been ruled as accidental. Police said the incident remains under investigation. State police were aided in their resp
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Nurse Gail Lautenschuetz draws a dose of coronavirus vaccine Feb. 25 at the North Country Community College gym in Saranac Lake.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) PLATTSBURGH Though mass vaccination sites in Plattsburgh and Potsdam are not currently booking first-dose appointments as far out as those in more populated areas, they are not closing. “We’re tracking supply and demand on a daily basis, and will continue to monitor those trends and make adjustments accordingly,” state Department of Health Public Information Officer Samantha Fuld told the Press-Republican. “We continue to take a multi-pronged, multi-faceted approach to breaking down barriers to access and empowering all New Yorkers to confidently make the decision to get vaccinated.”