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Schenectady’s Economic Strengths - Presentation to
the Schenectady City Council
Ellis MedicinePaul Milton, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
February 24, 2014
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Ellis Has Been Keeping Schenectady Healthy and Strong Since 1885
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Ellis Operates Four Campuses(Two are in the City of Schenectady)
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The Ellis Primary Service Area isCentered In The City of Schenectady
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Ellis Schenectady
Campuses
Ellis Primary Ellis Primary Service AreaService Area
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What We at Ellis Do for Schenectady
• Deliver Excellent Healthcare Value• Generate Significant Economic Benefits• Provide Good Jobs for Schenectadians• Pay Taxes, & Provide Uncompensated Care• Support Community Residents and Groups• Educate the Next Generation of Family
Doctors & Registered Nurses
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Ellis Delivers Excellent Healthcare for Schenectady’s Residents• Emergency Department
• 58,236 visits are from Schenectady residents
• 82.3% of Emergency Department visits from Schenectady
• Inpatient Care• 11,694 admissions are of Schenectady residents
• 64.3% of inpatient admissions from Schenectady• (This means that 35.7% of patients came to Schenectady
to receive their inpatient care.)
Source: New York State Department of Health SPARCS (2012 data), “Schenectady” is 123nn ZIP codes
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Why Do Patients Come to Ellis?
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• Considered one of the best hospital values in the State using Medicare’s “Value-based Purchasing” standards. Ranked 7th best value in New York (tie with St. Mary’s in Amsterdam).
• New York State designated Primary Stroke Center and recipient of the Gold/Gold Plus Award from the American Stroke Association (2007-2013).
• Fully accredited Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
• Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care and for Knee & Hip Replacement awarded by BlueCross BlueShield of Northeastern New York.
• Among the nation's top 101 spine and neurosurgery programs by Becker's Hospital Review.
• Named 2013 “Corporation of the Year” by the Chamber of Schenectady County.
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Ellis Generates Economic Benefits for Schenectady
Direct Direct and Indirect and Indirect Economic ImpactEconomic Impact
• Jobs: 5,070
• Payroll and Purchases: $607 million
• Income and Sales Taxes: $68 million
• Federal: $38 million
• State: $21 million
• Local: $8 million
Source: Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS), 2010 data
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Ellis Provides Good Jobs for Schenectady Residents
• Total direct employment:
3,338 people• Number of employees living in Schenectady:
1,859 • Percent of employees living in Schenectady:
55.7%• Payroll and benefits per full-time employee:
$75,500
Sources: Employees from Ellis personnel records January 2014, “Schenectady” is 123nn ZIP codes, Payroll and benefits from Ellis HR data (2013)
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Property Taxes and Fees:
Nott Street Campus: $79,000
McClellan Street Campus: $96,000
Total: $175,000 Includes property taxes on buildings which house profit-making entities (e.g., private doctors’ offices) plus sewer and water assessments. Source: Ellis financial records (2013)
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Ellis Pays Taxes to the City of Schenectady
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Ellis Supports the Schenectady Community
• City Mission Free Clinic – run by volunteer medical residents
• Absorbed Free Health Clinic patients – with Hometown Health
• Free Support Groups – psychiatry, bariatric, diabetes, cancer, stroke
• Free Education/Screenings – blood pressure, cancer, stroke, asthma
• Free flu shots clinic (including transportation)
• UMatter Survey – engaged 60 community agencies and organizations
• Schenectady Coalition for a Healthy Community
• Hired Community Health Workers (via SCAP)
• Actively Support the Mayor’s Walk to Work Initiative
• Co-Sponsored Northside cleanup with Habitat for Humanity
• Social Impact Bonds Initiative – support and technical expertise
• Medical Education – w/ SCCC, BOCES, et al – $5.4 million investment
• Chamber of Schenectady County – CEO Jim Connolly is Chair
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• Complete the new Emergency Department and parking garage
• The last component of the Berger Commission’s consolidation
• Invested $61 million in project, created 150 construction jobs
• Allows conversion of McClellan ED to urban Urgent Care center
• Continue to modernize our Schenectady facilities
• Upgraded operating rooms with robotic surgery at Nott Street
• Pediatric dental suite at McClellan
• Expand into adjacent markets – draw patients to Schenectady
• Medical Center of Clifton Park
• Strategic alliances
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Future Plans
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Educating The Next Generation Of Family Medicine Doctors And RNs• Ellis Residencies
• Family Medicine Residency, Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency, Dental Residency, Ob/Gyn Fellowship
• Since 2006, 40 graduates stayed in practice in NYS (75% of those in Capital Region)
• Belanger School of Nursing
• Nearly 100% passing rate on State RN exam
• About 50 graduates/year; 75% stay to work at Ellis
• Affiliated with Schenectady County Community College
• Other teaching programs
• BOCES New Visions, SCAP HPOG
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Ellis Medicine And The City Of Schenectady – Strong and
Healthy Together for Nearly 130 Years
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