Ad Hoc Committee on Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Charity Care Membership List

The mission of this committee is to examine the factors affecting the level of charity care being provided by freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), including those that cause some ASC operators to fall significantly short of their charity care targets. The Committee is also to consider alternatives to the direct provision of charity care by freestanding ASCs which may nevertheless expand access to services by uninsured clients and others dependent on uncompensated care.

  • CHAIR –Peter Robinson, PHHPC Member
    Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
    University of Rochester Medical Center
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, New York 12237
  • Howard Berliner, Ph.D., PHHPC Member
    SUNY Downstate School of Public Health
    Professor and Chair, Health Policy
    and Management
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, New York 12237
  • Jodumutt Ganesh Bhat, M.D. , PHHPC Member
    Atlantic Dialysis Management Services
    Co-President
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, New York 12237
  • Kathleen Carver Cheney, Esq., PHHPC Member
    Novack Burnbaum Crystal, LLP
    Partner
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, New York 12237
  • Christopher Delker, DOH Staff
    NYS Department of Health
    Director, Division of Planning & Licensure
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, NY 12237
  • Glenn Martin, M.D., PHHPC Member
    Associate Dean of Research and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, New York 12237
  • John Rugge, M.D., MPP, PHHPC Member
    Hudson Headwaters Health Network
    Chief Executive Officer
    c/o Colleen Leonard
    NYS Department of Health
    Corning Tower, Room 1805
    Albany, NY 12237