{"id":35033,"date":"2020-06-29T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=35033"},"modified":"2020-06-29T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:34:04","slug":"upmc-chautauqua-to-receive-over-10-million-in-federal-safety-net-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/upmc-chautauqua-to-receive-over-10-million-in-federal-safety-net-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"UPMC Chautauqua to Receive Over $10 Million in Federal ‘Safety Net’ Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – \"\"<\/a>UPMC Chautauqua is getting $10.37 million in federal funding in an effort to address patient healthcare, regardless of insurance, during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Late last week the state’s two Senators in Washington – Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand – announced that Upstate New York\u2019s \u2018safety net\u2019 hospitals, which provide healthcare to patients in need regardless of insurance, will receive a total of $290,730,000 in health system funding allocated by Health and Human Services. The federal assistance comes as healthcare providers across the state face financial difficulty due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.<\/p>\n

Schumer and Gillibrand explained that while hospitals in Upstate New York were extremely busy as the frontline defense against the virus, many health systems saw a significant decrease in earnings as revenue-creating services, such as elective surgeries, were put on hold to help combat the pandemic.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

As part of the funding allocation, Brooks-TLC Hospital in Dunkirk will also receive $5,000,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – UPMC Chautauqua is getting $10.37 million in federal funding in an effort to address patient healthcare, regardless of insurance, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Late last week the state’s two Senators in Washington – Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand – announced that Upstate New York\u2019s \u2018safety net\u2019 hospitals, which provide healthcare to patients in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[384,9930,1367,8792],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UPMC-Chautauqua.jpg?fit=1100%2C516&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-973","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53579,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/chautauqua-county-hospitals-to-receive-14-1-million-more-a-year-in-federal-funding\/","url_meta":{"origin":35033,"position":0},"title":"Chautauqua County Hospitals To Receive $14.1 Million More A Year in Federal Funding","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Chautauqua County hospitals will receive $14.1 million more a year in federal funding due to a change in Medicare payments. 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