Cayuga Health System and Arnot Health explore collaboration

Apr 26, 2023 at 05:12 pm by Observer-Review


SOUTHERN TIER-Cayuga Health and Arnot Health announced last week that they are exploring a collaborative relationship that would mutually benefit the communities they serve. Over the next several weeks, the senior leadership of both healthcare organizations will undertake a feasibility study to identify potential ways to work together to enhance regional access to sustainable, high quality, and affordable healthcare.
"We are excited to begin a series of discussions with Arnot Health and Jonathan's team to better understand how we may be able to work together," stated Dr. Martin Stallone, President, and CEO of Cayuga Health. "At Cayuga Health we are continuously mindful of the changing landscape of healthcare delivery and the needs of the communities that we serve. We are a growing health network, and we are constantly exploring and researching new ways in which we can nurture and enhance health care services within our upstate New York communities."
"We believe that community partnerships, with like-minded organizations, are imperative to ensure the quality and sustainability of essential health care services that community members and businesses across our region rely upon," stated Jonathan Lawrence, President, and CEO of Arnot Health. "We look forward to learning more and to seeing where this discussion may lead."
Cayuga Health, based in Ithaca, serves Tompkins, Cortland, Cayuga, and Schuyler Counties. They operate two hospitals including Cayuga Medical Center (CMC- Ithaca) and Schuyler Hospital (Montour Falls). Arnot Health, based in Elmira, has one of the most historic health care facilities in the region. They operate three hospitals in The Southern Tier of New York and serve patients across multiple counties including Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania.
About Cayuga Health
Cayuga Health System (CHS) has two hospitals, Cayuga Medical Center, and Schuyler Hospital, as well as a multi-specialty group, Cayuga Medical Associates, and a network of over 400 providers with Cayuga Health Partners. Combined employment, including affiliated organizations, is over 2,500 employees serving multiple counties throughout Central New York and the Finger Lakes Region. Cayuga Heath offers care in many different medical and surgical specialties. The diversity of practitioners within CHS provides patients with prompt specialist referrals and facilitates communication among their caregivers. CH has the additional advantage of swift referrals to world-class tertiary care centers when patients must travel out of town. Visit www.cayugahealth.org for more information.
About Arnot Health
Arnot Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system providing primary, specialty, diagnostic, ambulatory, secondary and tertiary acute care, as well as rehabilitative and wellness services to the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. The system is currently affiliated with more than 300 physicians from 50+ specialties. It operates over 40 medical offices across the Southern Tier, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) serving Chemung and nine neighboring counties, and three hospital campuses- Arnot Ogden Medical Center and St. Joseph's in Elmira, and Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital in Bath. Learn more at https://www.arnothealth.org/.
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