INTERIM ACCESS ASSURANCE FUND AWARDS POSTED

ECMC awarded $8.5 million from state’s IAAF

Erie County Medical Center will receive $8,484,000 as part of $250,000,000 awarded to large public hospitals statewide as part of New York State's Health Department Medicaid Waiver Interim Access Assurance Fund awards.

New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation (HCC) received $152,401,533 while SUNY Upstate is slated to receive $15,000,000 as part of the seven awards made statewide to large public hospitals. Other awardees include Nassau Health Care Corporation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook (Long Island), NY and Westchester Medical Center.

Public hospital IAAF awards are posted at http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/iaaf/docs/iaaf_awards_large_publics.pdf

Meanwhile, $211,913,057 in awards will be given to 22 designated safety net hospitals through the IAAF program of the state Health Department.  Named safety net hospital awardees include Wyoming County Community Health System ($1,890,498), Cuba Memorial Hospital ($3,347,463) and TLC Health System ($6,656,000).

The largest safety net hospital awardee named through the IAAF program is Brookdale Hospital, at $53,404,065.

The full list of safety net awardees can be found here: http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/iaaf/docs/iaaf_awards_safety_nets.pdf

As part of the DSRIP Program, the Interim Access Assurance Fund (IAAF) was developed to assist safety net hospitals in severe financial distress and major public hospital systems to sustain key health care services as they develop projects to be funded by DSRIP.  As of August, the DOH had awarded $462 million from the Interim Access Assurance Fund (IAAF) to 22 safety net hospitals and five major public hospital systems.  The state Health Department has announced that any questions or concerns regarding the IAAF awards should be directed by e-mail to: iaaf@health.state.ny.us

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