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SPHP Seeks NYSDOH Approval of $99 Million Construction and Renovations at Troy’s Samaritan and St. Mary’s Hospitals

St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) has filed Certificates of Need (CONs) with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) seeking review and authorization for $99 million in new construction and renovation projects at Troy’s Samaritan and St. Mary’s hospitals. The official filing of the CONs last week is the first major step in obtaining regulatory approval for SPHP’s Troy Master Facility Plan (MFP) – first announced in November 2012. When the initial phase of the MFP is completed in late 2017, it will include construction, renovation and modernization of inpatient facilities on Samaritan’s campus, and outpatient and other programs on the St. Mary’s campus. While most of the project remains the same as previously announced, the CONs seek approval for a plan that revises the project’s scope and timing. Previously, plans called for a $150 million, three-phase project over 13 years – including $67 million in the initial phase. The revised project filed with the NYSDOH will initially invest $99 million in the next five years with future project phases to be determined at a later point. The revised project will also accelerate – […]

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St. Peter’s Health Partners Joins With Six Physician Practices to Form Unique Multi-Specialty Physician Group Practice

St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) and six independent regional physician practices announced today the practices have joined the newly formed St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C., a non-profit, physician-governed, multi-specialty group that will function as a full affiliate corporation of SPHP. St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C., began operation on January 1, 2013. SPHP Medical Associates is one of the region’s largest multi-specialty physician group practices. The practices involved in today’s announcement include 106 physicians and 30 advanced practitioners in more than 12 specialties and subspecialties. These groups practice in more than 40 locations throughout a five-county region. All of the physicians and advanced practitioners have become employees of SPHP Medical Associates, as well as 451 additional individuals who were previously employed by the affiliating practices. The current practitioners creating SPHP Medical Associates will be joined later in 2013 by an additional 151 physicians and 36 advanced practitioners who are already employed by St. Peter’s Health Partners or one of its current affiliates – St. Peter’s Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital or […]