Members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid redesign team were in Rochester on Tuesday for a public forum on plans to cut costs in one of the state’s most expensive programs. Travis Heider, the CEO of Pandion Optimization Alliance, the industry group that represents hospitals in and around Rochester, said they, too, are in a precarious financial situation.
“Hospitals in upstate New York are operating in the red, so we just don’t think we can bear any further cuts,” said Heider.
Read more and hear the segment on WXXI News, originally posted February 18, 2020.