ELLIS HOSPITAL D/B/A ELLIS MEDICINE

ELLIS HOSPITAL (D/B/A ELLIS MEDICINE), THE SOLE PROVIDER OF ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY, IS A VOLUNTARY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMMUNITY AND TEACHING HOSPITAL WITH MORE THAN 400 LICENSED BEDS BETWEEN TWO INPATIENT CAMPUSES (ELLIS HOSPITAL AND BELLEVUE WOMAN'S CENTER), INCLUDING 52 INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH BEDS (SEE ITEM 4B BELOW). ELLIS ALSO OPERATES SEVERAL PRIMARY CARE AND OUTPATIENT SITES, INCLUDING TWO OUTPATIENT CAMPUSES (MCCLELLAN STREET HEALTH CENTER IN THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY AND MEDICAL CENTER OF CLIFTON PARK IN SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY) AND AN OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY (STATE STREET HEALTH CENTER). HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED UNDER A SINGLE CORPORATE TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN) AND A SINGLE OPERATING CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE HOSPITAL'S PRIMARY REGULATOR. THE HOSPITAL IS OVERSEEN BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF TRUSTEES DRAWN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEDICAL STAFF, INCLUDING THREE PHYSICIAN TRUSTEES. WITH THE MISSION TO "MEET THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE," ELLIS BALANCES STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITH A 138-YEAR TRADITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED CARING AND A FIRM COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. ELLIS COUNTED 8,754 MEDICAL/SURGICAL INPATIENT DISCHARGES FROM THE ELLIS HOSPITAL (NOTT STREET) INPATIENT FACILITY, PERFORMED 5,749 AMBULATORY (OUTPATIENT) PROCEDURES, AND HANDLED 148,254 "REFERRED AMBULATORY VISITS" (E.G., LABORATORY TESTS, MEDICAL IMAGING) AT ALL LOCATIONS DURING 2023. IN 2023, ELLIS PROVIDED $8,397,735 IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (CHARITY CARE) ON A "CHARGE" BASIS, TRANSLATING TO A "COST" BASIS OF $2,875,987. ELLIS HAS EARNED NUMEROUS RECOGNITIONS FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. IN RECENT YEARS, THE ELLIS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED CERTIFICATION AS A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER, THE FIRST HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION TO EARN THAT DESIGNATION GRANTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF CREDENTIALING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION STANDARDS (IBCCES). ELLIS WAS A NEW YORK STATE DESIGNATED STROKE CENTER, AND WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK STATE TO RECEIVE THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S (ASA) PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR STROKE. THE ELLIS STROKE CENTER HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE GOLD/GOLD PLUS AWARD, RECOGNIZED FOR USING THE ASA'S "GET WITH THE GUIDELINES" PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES. THEY BECAME A JOINT COMMISSION-CERTIFIED STROKE CENTER IN 2023. THE HOSPITAL'S BARIATRIC PROGRAM WAS AN ACCREDITED BARIATRIC SURGERY CENTER BY THE METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MBSAQIP) OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. ADDITIONALLY, THE BELANGER SCHOOL OF NURSING WAS ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING ACCREDITING COMMISSION; THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY WAS ACCREDITED BY BOTH THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION; ELLIS PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES HAVE ACHIEVED NATIONAL COMMISSION ON QUALITY ASSURANCE (NCQA) "PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME" (PCMH) RECOGNITION; AND MOHAWK HARBOR PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE PARTICIPATES IN THE FEDERAL CMS "PRIMARY CARE FIRST (PFC)" QUALITY PROGRAM. ELLIS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) AS A "FIT-FRIENDLY WORKSITE AND RECEIVED THE AHA'S "INNOVATION AWARD" FOR PRESENTING A UNIQUE PROGRAM OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO EMPLOYEES. ELLIS HAS BEEN AWARDED BLUE DISTINCTION CENTER DESIGNATION BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOR CARDIAC CARE, BARIATRIC CARE, KNEE AND HIP REPLACEMENT, AND MATERNITY CARE. ELLIS WAS ALSO A PARTNERS IN PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE GOLD BALDRIGE AWARD WINNER, RECOGNIZED FOR ITS DEDICATION AND WORK TO CREATE A CULTURE AND SYSTEMS WHERE INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE BECOME THE ACCEPTED NORM. ELLIS HAS ALSO BEEN HONORED WITH THE FIVE RINGS AWARD BY INTELLICENTRICS, INC. FOR EXCELLENCE IN VENDOR CREDENTIALING AND CREATING A CULTURE OF VIGILANCE TO MAKE HOSPITALS SAFER FOR EMPLOYEES AND PATIENTS. THE ELLIS HOSPITAL COVID CARE TEAM RECEIVED THE "GOOD NEWS" AWARD FROM THE CHAMBER OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC. DURING RECENT YEARS, ELLIS HAS RECEIVED OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS FROM THE CHAMBER OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY ("CORPORATION OF THE YEAR"), THE CITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY ("PARTNERS AWARD," SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZING THE HOSPITAL'S SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED), THE SCHENECTADY ARC ("EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR," RECOGNIZING THE HOSPITAL FOR PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE, TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES), THE SIGHT SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK ("HOSPITAL OF THE YEAR" FOR COMMITMENT AND COMPASSION TO GRIEVING FAMILIES ALONG WITH OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES TO FACILITATE CORNEA DONATIONS), THE GOOSE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ("COMMUNITY AWARD" FOR BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND PROACTIVE COMMUNICATOR), AND THE SEVENTH NATIONAL LEARNING CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ("SILVER MEDAL" FOR ORGAN DONATION). ELLIS OPERATES A STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ELLIS HOSPITAL ON NOTT STREET WHICH TREATED 38,829 PATIENT VISITS IN 2023 (OF WHICH 6,013 (15%) WERE ADMITTED FOR INPATIENT CARE); THE BELLEVUE WOMAN'S CENTER WHICH DISCHARGED1,880 NEWBORN BABIES IN 2023 (SEE LINE 4D); PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES (IN SCHENECTADY, GLENVILLE, AND CLIFTON PARK) AND NUMEROUS SPECIALTY MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH THE ELLIS MEDICAL GROUP (EMG); AN 82-BED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY AND SHORT-STAY REHABILITATION FACILITY (SEE LINE 4C); TWO STAND-ALONE OFF-SITE BLOOD DRAW STATIONS; A BARIATRIC CARE LOCATION; A SLEEP DISORDERS CENTER; A MEDICAL ONCOLOGY PRACTICE (A MEMBER OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER CENTER NETWORK); A FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY INCLUDING AN OSTEOPATHIC RESIDENCY AND A SCHOOL OF NURSING. MEDICAL AND DENTAL RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AND THE GENERAL DENTAL RESIDENCY PROVIDE PRIMARY MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE TO PATIENTS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE UNINSURED OR ARE PARTICIPANTS IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS MEDICAID AND CHILD HEALTH PLUS, THROUGH TWO CLINICS LOCATED AT THE ELLIS MCCLELLAN STREET HEALTH CENTER: THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER AND THE PEDIATRIC HEALTH CENTER. ELLIS OPERATES THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CLIFTON PARK (MCCP), THE ONLY 24/7 EMERGENT CARE FACILITY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY, ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK STATE. MCCP IS ALSO THE LOCATION FOR A PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE AND SEVERAL SPECIALTY PRACTICES. ELLIS OPENED A COMBINED URGENT CARE, PRIMARY CARE, AND LABORATORY FACILITY ON THE BUS LINE AT THE MOHAWK HARBOR DEVELOPMENT IN SCHENECTADY. WITH THE URGENT CARE COMPONENT OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THE FACILITY OFFERS SCHENECTADY RESIDENTS (AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES OF THE DEVELOPMENT'S BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS TO ITS CASINO AND HOTELS), A CONVENIENT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE "ONE-STOP ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR URGENT, BUT NON-EMERGENCY, HEALTH CARE NEEDS. URGENT AND EMERGENT CARE VISITS TO THE MCCP AND MOHAWK HARBOR LOCATIONS TOTALED 39,315 DURING 2023. ELLIS SERVES THE COMMUNITY BY ADDRESSING IDENTIFIED HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES; INCLUDING ACCESS TO CARE, AND PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES; THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS INCLUDES SUCH MECHANISMS AS THE FEDERALLY REQUIRED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY (SEE SCHEDULE H) AND THE STATE-MANDATED TRIENNIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PLAN. THESE PLANS ARE BUILT COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. ON A REGIONAL BASIS, ELLIS IS A MEMBER OF THE HEALTHY CAPITAL DISTRICT INITIATIVE (HCDI) A STATE-FUNDED HEALTH DATA COLLECTION AND PLANNING ENTITY WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS, FQHCS, AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSURERS IN THE SIX-COUNTY CAPITAL REGION. IN 2013, 2016, 2019 AND 2022, HCDI CONDUCTED REGIONAL INFORMATION-GATHERING EXERCISES TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS (CHNA) OF ITS MEMBER NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS. THESE ARE AVAILABLE HERE HTTP://WWW.ELLISMEDICINE.ORG/PAGES/COMMUNITY-REPORT.ASPX AND THEY ARE FURTHER DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE H.

ELLIS OPERATES A 52-BED INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, ALONG WITH DEDICATED OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THIS IS THE ONLY INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY, AND IS ONE OF ONLY TWO INPATIENT UNITS IN A 16-COUNTY REGION PROVIDING SERVICES TO ADOLESCENTS. ELLIS' MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDE: INPATIENT CARE FOR ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS; OUTPATIENT CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION, INCLUDING A 24-HOUR CRISIS INFORMATION HOTLINE; A PEER ADVOCACY PROGRAM; AND A SUPPORT AND EDUCATION GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH MAJOR DISORDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE "LIVING ROOM" PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DIVERSION PROGRAMS OPERATED FROM THE STATE STREET HEALTH CENTER, PROVIDES ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PATIENTS WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ELLIS HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE SCHENECTADY COUNTY DRUG COURT TO PROVIDE ENHANCED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS REFERRED BY THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, AND A CONTRACT WITH THE SCHENECTADY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO PROVIDE POST-INCARCERATION SUPPORT SERVICES, BOTH INCLUDING PEER SERVICES. THE ELLIS STATE STREET HEALTH CENTER, WHICH HOUSES THE OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AND A PERSONALIZED RECOVERY ORIENTED SERVICES (PROS) SERVICE, WAS OPENED IN 2017. THIS NOT ONLY INCREASED THE SIZE AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF FACILITIES FOR ADULT OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH; IT ALSO HAS BECOME PART OF AN INFORMAL "MEDICAL VILLAGE," WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC), ANOTHER LARGE COMMUNITY PRIMARY CARE CLINIC, AND A PHARMACY ALL LOCATED WITHIN ONE CITY BLOCK. IN 2023, THE ELLIS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS HAD 699 INPATIENT DISCHARGES AND 34,473 OUTPATIENT VISITS.