Times Union: Partners look to ease cost and care

Jessica Grant Boyle, regional chief human resources officer for St. Peter’s Health Partners in Albany and St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, was recently highlighted in the Times Union’s popular online feature “20 Things You Don’t Know About Me.”

The Times Union published an article on the final touches being made to the new entrance of Samaritan Hospital ahead of the September 20 celebration of the project’s completion. From the article: Workers were removing construction materials, laying fresh sod and pouring concrete for new sidewalks Wednesday as they put finishing touches on Samaritan Hospital’s expansion plan. The largest piece of the project was a new five-story patient pavilion, named in honor of the late Heinrich Medicus, a retired Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor whose $10 million contribution helped drive a successful community fundraising campaign. To read more, click HERE.

The Innovative Health Alliance of New York is joining with other upstate Clinically Integrated Networks (CIN) to form Concordia Healthcare Network – a “super CIN” dedicated to helping other New York state health systems, hospitals, and provider groups transition to value-based care.