Certificate of Need Applications Approved in December 2008

Northeastern Region

ALBANY

081037 Albany Medical Center Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $363,485,496.00
  • Construct a new six-story patient tower; undertake renovations, construct 116 net new beds consisting of 63 medical/surgical beds, 30 intensive care unit beds, 11 pediatric beds, 2 pediatric intensive care unit beds and 10 neonatal ICU beds

Northeastern Region

SCHENECTADY

081141 Glendale Home - Schenectady Department Social Services

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $50,535,798.00
  • Construct a 200 residential health care facility bed replacement facility located at 59 Hetcheltown Road, Glenville

Western Region

ERIE

062349 Buffalo General Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,250.00
  • Certify a third magnetic resonance imaging

Western Region

GENESEE

082117 Millard Fillmore Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,250.00
  • Certify a primary medical care extension clinic located at 16 Bank Street, Batavia

Western Region

NIAGARA

081128 Briody Health Care Facility

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/22/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $419,547.00
  • Certify and construct an on-site adult day health care program capacity of 25

Central Region

CHENANGO

081102 Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/16/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $127,445.00
  • Certify and construct a primary medical care extension clinic at 19 Eaton Avenue, Norwich

Central Region

CORTLAND

072190 Cortland Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $25,567,799.00
  • Undertake renovations, construct a new three (3) story addition to house ambulatory surgery, maternal child health and construct a new operating room suite adding one net new operating room

Central Region

JEFFERSON

082103 Samaritan Medical Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $61,233,229.00
  • Construct a new patient tower and convert three (3) pediatric beds to three (3) neonatal intensive care beds; Amends and Supercedes Project No. 062400 due to increase in total project costs

Central Region

JEFFERSON

082075 Samaritan Medical Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/5/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $9,243,119.00
  • Construct a parking garage (amends and supercedes CON 062399)

Central Region

ONEIDA

072152 Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare Faxton Division

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,064,977.00
  • Certify and cosntruct an eight (8) station dialysis extension clinic located in leased space at St. Luke's Home, 1650 Champlin Avenue, Utica

Central Region

ONONDAGA

081158 University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $16,557,413.00
  • Renovate space to accommodate a Heart and Vascular Center to consolidate all diagnostic and interventional cardiac and vascular services, upgrade existing catheterization & electrophysiology studies labs & add 1 net new peripheral vascular lab

Central Region

OSWEGO

082026 Oswego Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $10,621,829.00
  • Construct an addition to house the MRI and CT equipment and undertake renovation of the emergency and radiology departments

Nassau-Suffolk Region

NASSAU

081121 Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Long Island Jewish Center for Advanced Medicine

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/15/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $4,048,881.00
  • Construct two (2) new operating rooms at the Long Island Jewish Center for Advanced Medicine's ambulatory surgery center located at 450 Lakeville Road, Lake Success

Hudson Valley Region

ORANGE

072062 Hudson River Healthcare, Inc.

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $262,250.00
  • Convert existing part-time clinic located at 888 Pulaski Highway, Goshen into multi-specialty extension clinic, certify primary medical care services, pediatrics and dental services

Hudson Valley Region

ROCKLAND

081140 Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/15/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $2,877,578.00
  • Renovate space to create a 10-station rapid admissions unit; there will be no change to beds or services as a result of this application

Nassau-Suffolk Region

SUFFOLK

051191 Saint Charles Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/15/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,250.00
  • Relocate extension clinic from 260 to 240 Middle Country Road, Smithtown (amends and supercedes 021296)

Nassau-Suffolk Region

SUFFOLK

072182 University Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $13,598,574.00
  • Construct an interventional neuroradiology suite to include a 64 slice CT scanner, two biplane angiographic scanners, two exam rooms, three treatment bays and pre and post recovery areas

Hudson Valley Region

ULSTER

082013 Benedictine Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/9/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $4,541,915.00
  • Construct two (2) new operating rooms on rooftop addition, HEAL 4

Hudson Valley Region

ULSTER

082011 Kingston Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/9/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $9,018,695.00
  • Expand emergency department and construct new lobby, HEAL 4

New York City Region

BRONX

082073 Beth Abraham Health Services Home Care

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $0.00
  • Expand Bronx County Long Term Home Health Care Program capacity by 100 slots for a revised capacity of 1,072 slots

New York City Region

BRONX

081016 Methodist Church Home for the Aged

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/22/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $9,452,250.00
  • Renovate the facility

New York City Region

BRONX

082024 St. Barnabas Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $32,950,259.00
  • Construct a 615 space parking garage located at St. Barnabas Hospital

Finger Lakes Region

BRONX

081136 Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,118,450.00
  • Revised: October 14, 2008 - Change site from New York County Bellevue Hospital Campus to 2550 Webb Avenue, Bronx County

New York City Region

KINGS

082072 Beth Abraham Health Services Home Care

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $0.00
  • Expand Kings County Long Term Home Health Care Program capacity by 100 slots for a revised capacity of 800 slots

New York City Region

KINGS

082022 Metropolitan/Jewish Hospice of Greater New York/Metropolitan Jewish Hospice

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $6,110,823.00
  • Construct a 16-bed hospice residence on the campus of Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm

New York City Region

NEW YORK

082071 Beth Abraham Health Services Home Care

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $0.00
  • Expand New York County Long Term Home Health Care Program capacity by 100 slots for a revised capacity of 1100 slots.

New York City Region

NEW YORK

072065 Metropolitan Hospital Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/1/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $4,449,952.00
  • Certify a six (6) bed comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (HEAL-NY)

New York City Region

NEW YORK

081155 Mount Sinai Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/5/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $10,796,615.00
  • Convert six (6) medical/surgical beds into six (6) intensive care unit beds

New York City Region

NEW YORK

081093 Mount Sinai Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $42,439,436.00
  • Replace the core inpatient electronic medical record system

New York City Region

NEW YORK

082042 New York Downtown Hospital

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $3,020,807.00
  • Certify and construct a MRI service

New York City Region

NEW YORK

081146 New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/29/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $9,834,976.00
  • Relocate and consolidate the transfusion medicine and cellular therapy laboratory departments into the basement level of the M Building

New York City Region

QUEENS

082074 Beth Abraham Health Services Home Care

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/24/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $0.00
  • Expand Queens County Long Term Home Care Program capacity by 100 slots for a revised capacity of 400 slots

New York City Region

QUEENS

081120 Hillside Diagnostic and Treatment Center, LLC

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/22/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $1,250.00
  • Certify a mobile lithotripsy service

New York City Region

QUEENS

082053 Long Island Jewish Medical Center

  • APPLICATION APPROVED ON 12/30/2008
  • APPROVED PROJECT COST: $132,183,073.00
  • Construct 115 replacement psychiatric beds in a new two-story pavilion tower, resulting in no net new beds.