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<title>Adirondack Health restructures, eliminates 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 5, 2012) A new plan unveiled yestoday in the Adirondacks would eliminate 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid, most of which are used by low-income elderly residents who rely on Medicaid. The proposal would also mean the closure of the village hospital that&apos;s been in operation since the 1950s.Adirondack Health, based in Saranac Lake, says most hospital services will still be provided on an expanded medical campus near the Uihlein nursing home. The company also hopes to develop a new network of apartments and social services that could mean fewer elderly residents needing nursing home care. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19929/20120605/adirondack-health-restructures-eliminates-60-nursing-home-beds-in-lake-placid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new plan unveiled yestoday in the Adirondacks would eliminate 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid, most of which are used by low-income elderly residents who rely on Medicaid. The proposal would also mean the closure of the village hospital that&apos;s been in operation since the 1950s.Adirondack Health, based in Saranac Lake, says most hospital services will still be provided on an expanded medical campus near the Uihlein nursing home. The company also hopes to develop a new network of apartments and social services that could mean fewer elderly residents needing nursing home care. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19929/20120605/adirondack-health-restructures-eliminates-60-nursing-home-beds-in-lake-placid">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, healthcare, health, nursing home, senior care, elderly, horace nye, uihlein, ralph, [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713], economy, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Major Adirondack Park employer expands in Saranac Lake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2011) One of the biggest employers in the Adirondack Park is looking to expand. A public hearing will be held tonight in Saranac Lake on Adirondack Medical Center&apos;s plan to build a two-story, 9,000-square-foot medical office building to treat patients with chronic wounds. The $2.7 million project is the latest in a series of building upgrades for AMC over the last 10 years. Chris Knight reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17468/20110412/major-adirondack-park-employer-expands-in-saranac-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Knight</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the biggest employers in the Adirondack Park is looking to expand. A public hearing will be held tonight in Saranac Lake on Adirondack Medical Center&apos;s plan to build a two-story, 9,000-square-foot medical office building to treat patients with chronic wounds. The $2.7 million project is the latest in a series of building upgrades for AMC over the last 10 years. Chris Knight reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17468/20110412/major-adirondack-park-employer-expands-in-saranac-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, adirondacks, healthcare, amc, ralph, diabetes, [loc:44.3294960 -74.1312662], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>AMC exec Ralph talks in-depth about coming health care battles</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16998/20110117/amc-exec-ralph-talks-in-depth-about-coming-health-care-battles</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 17, 2011) Health care is likely to top the agenda of state and federal lawmakers in the coming weeks, as New York’s new governor aims to reform the Medicaid system and Congress considers a measure to repeal last year’s health care reform legislation.Chris Morris sat down to talk about possible changes to the health care system with Chandler Ralph, head of Adirondack Medical Center.Ralph says hospitals in the North Country want lawmakers to take a measured approach, and she opposes a wholesale scrapping of the Federal healthcare reform plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16998/20110117/amc-exec-ralph-talks-in-depth-about-coming-health-care-battles">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Health care is likely to top the agenda of state and federal lawmakers in the coming weeks, as New York’s new governor aims to reform the Medicaid system and Congress considers a measure to repeal last year’s health care reform legislation.Chris Morris sat down to talk about possible changes to the health care system with Chandler Ralph, head of Adirondack Medical Center.Ralph says hospitals in the North Country want lawmakers to take a measured approach, and she opposes a wholesale scrapping of the Federal healthcare reform plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16998/20110117/amc-exec-ralph-talks-in-depth-about-coming-health-care-battles">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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