Glens Falls Hospital
{{short description|New York (state) hospital}}
{{use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{use American English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Glens Falls Hospital
| Org/Group =
| Image = Glens Falls Hospital.jpg
| Caption = The Northwest Tower of Glens Falls Hospital
| map_type = New York #USA
| coordinates = {{coord|43.3064|-73.6468|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| Location = 100 Park Street
| Region = Glens Falls
| State = New York
| Country = United States
| HealthCare = Medicare and Medicaid
| Funding = Not-for-profit
| Type = Community
| Speciality =
| Standards = Joint Commission accredited; Licensed by New York State Department of Health
| Emergency =
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| Beds = 410
| Founded = 1897
| Closed =
| Website = {{url|www.glensfallshospital.org}}
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Glens Falls Hospital{{cite news
|newspaper=New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/05/obituaries/arthur-p-irving.html
|title=Arthur P. Irving
|date=January 5, 1982
|quote=at Glens Falls Hospital
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613171019/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/05/obituaries/arthur-p-irving.html
|url-status=live
}} is a 410-bed not-for-profit community hospital located in Glens Falls, New York. It serves the communities in Warren, Washington, Hamilton, Essex and northern Saratoga and Rensselaer counties. The hospital operates 28 off-campus health care facilities throughout the region.{{cite web
|url=http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about.htm
|title=About GFH
|publisher=Glens Falls Hospital
|access-date=February 15, 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410044843/http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about.htm
|archive-date=April 10, 2009
|url-status=dead
}} The hospital is the largest employer in the region with over 3,000 employees.{{cite web
|url = http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about_fastfacts.htm
|title = GFH Fast Facts
|publisher = Glens Falls Hospital
|access-date = June 6, 2009
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090302215643/http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about_fastfacts.htm
|archive-date = March 2, 2009
}}
In 2010, Glens Falls Hospital received a one-time payment "nearly $2 million in extra Medicare money" as part of a $400 million nationwide adjustment for those hospitals with lower costs.{{cite news
|newspaper=New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/health/policy/31health.html
|title=New York to Lead States in Extra Medicare Payments
|author=Robert Pear
|date=May 30, 2010
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613174129/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/health/policy/31health.html
|url-status=live
}} In 2019 the hospital affiliated with Albany Medical Center.
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History
Image:Glens Falls Hospital ER.jpg
The hospital was incorporated in 1897 and established at the residence of Solomon A. Parks at 48 Park Street. It came to be known as Parks Hospital. The hospital had two wards (one male, one female) consisting of 15 beds total initially. Patient treatment began in 1900. Glens Falls Hospital School of Nursing was established a few years later, although it closed in the 1930s as a result of the Great Depression. The hospital's name was officially changed to Glens Falls Hospital in 1909.{{cite web
|url=http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about_History.htm
|title=Hospital History |publisher=Glens Falls Hospital |access-date=June 6, 2009
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302215631/http://www.glensfallshospital.org/about_History.htm
|archive-date=March 2, 2009}}
A donation of $5,000 was left to the hospital in 1933.{{cite news
|newspaper=New York Times
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1933/07/27/archives/left-5000-to-glens-falls-hospital.html
|title=Left $5,000 to Glens Falls Hospital
|date=July 27, 1933
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613171903/https://www.nytimes.com/1933/07/27/archives/left-5000-to-glens-falls-hospital.html
|url-status=live
}}
The hospital has undergone several expansion projects, notably: a west wing was added in 1950; an east wing in 1962; a west tower in 1975; the Pruyn Pavilion in 1993; and the Northwest Tower in 2005. In 2011, a helistop was constructed outside the Emergency Care Center to provide more efficient air transfers to other medical centers.{{cite news
|url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_ddf4dbf2-2dc2-11e0-b009-001cc4c03286.html
|title=New landing pad to quicken transfers at Glens Falls Hospital |last=Thompson |first=Maury |date=February 1, 2011
|access-date=February 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Post-Star}} What was once city streets and residences had become part of the hospital campus, having been acquired as the region's medical needs grew.
In 2018 the hospital enacted a new policy requiring visitors to show ID.{{cite news |newspaper=Watertown Daily Times
|url=https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/glens-falls-hospital-to-require-id-from-all-visitors-20180816%26%26%26%26%26%26%26%26%26%26template=mwdt
|title=Glens Falls Hospital will require visitors to show ID
|date=August 16, 2018}} They closed their overnight children's unit in 2019; "children who cannot be treated as outpatients are transferred to Albany Medical Center Hospital.{{cite news
|newspaper=Adirondack Daily Enterprise
|url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/health/2019/11/glens-falls-hospital-closes-overnight-kids-unit
|title=Glens Falls Hospital closes overnight kids unit
|author=Kathleen Moore
|date=November 16, 2019
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613181328/https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/health/2019/11/glens-falls-hospital-closes-overnight-kids-unit
|url-status=live
}} The 2020 followup to this arrangement, which affects those below age 16, including sick newborns, is affiliation with Albany Medical, making it "the parent hospital" including decision-making power over the hospital's expenditures and even hiring and firing of management-level employees.{{cite news
|newspaper=Adirondack Daily Enterprise
|url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/health/2020/02/glens-falls-hospital-affiliation-with-albany-med-approved
|title=Glens Falls Hospital affiliation with Albany Med approved
|author=Kathleen Moore
|date=February 22, 2020
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=November 20, 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120104616/https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/health/2020/02/glens-falls-hospital-affiliation-with-albany-med-approved/
|url-status=live
|url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2019/09/glens-falls-hospital-signs-agreement-to-become-albany-med-affiliate/
|title=Glens Falls Hospital signs agreement to become Albany Med Affiliate
|date=September 13, 2019
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613182813/https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2019/09/glens-falls-hospital-signs-agreement-to-become-albany-med-affiliate/
|url-status=live
}}
Controversy
A 2019 audit of 2017 billing showed that the hospital did not bill for $38 million of services to which it was entitled; the hospital's year
ended with a $30 million deficit.{{cite news
|newspaper=The Post-Star
|url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2019/03/audit-bad-billing-system-costs-glens-falls-hospital-38m
|title=Audit: Bad billing system costs Glens Falls Hospital $38M
|author=Kathleen Moore (The Post-Star)
|date=March 11, 2019
|access-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-date=June 13, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613182825/https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2019/03/audit-bad-billing-system-costs-glens-falls-hospital-38m
|url-status=live
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.glensfallshospital.org/ Glens Falls Hospital website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621144715/http://www.glensfallshospital.org/ |date=June 21, 2009 }}
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Category:Hospitals in New York (state)
Category:Glens Falls, New York
Category:Buildings and structures in Warren County, New York