Schenectady’s Economic Strengths - Presentation to

the Schenectady City Council

Ellis MedicinePaul Milton, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

February 24, 2014

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

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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

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.

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)

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

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

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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