Patty Ritchie's posts related to Hospitals

SENATOR RITCHIE: RIVER HOSPITAL TO BENEFIT FROM SENATE-PASSED BILL

Posted by Patty Ritchie on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Long-delayed change in payment rules could help preserve health care in the Thousand Islands   State Senator Patty Ritchie today announced Senate passage of a bill she cosponsored that helps secure the future of rural hospitals like River Hospital in Alexandria Bay, and Clifton Fine Hospital in Star Lake.

The bill, S.5431-A, will require the state to pay rural “critical access hospitals” for their actual costs of providing services, instead of relying on reimbursement formulas that currently leave the facilities shortchanged.

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SENATOR RITCHIE’S SENIOR HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO OFFERS 51 EXHIBITORS

Posted by Patty Ritchie on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Sept. 14 At Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds In Watertown

State Senator Patty Ritchie and the Jefferson County Office for the Aging have lined up more than 51 exhibitors to her 2011 Senior Health and Wellness Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds on Coffeen Street in Watertown.

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SENATOR RITCHIE'S SENIOR HEALTH, WELLNESS EXPO OCT. 12

Posted by Patty Ritchie on Monday, October 3rd, 2011


Free Flu Shots, Cancer Screening At Fulton War Memorial

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“MARK’S LAW” PASSES 59-0 IN THE SENATE

Bipartisan Bill Would Make it First Degree Murder to Kill an Emergency Responder

State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced that “Mark’s Law,” a measure that would make killing an emergency responder First Degree Murder, passed 59-0 in the Senate.