HTN: State Cuts Breast Surgery Facilities

The New York Department of Health has slashed the number of facilities where it will pay for breast cancer surgery. 14 Western New York hospitals have been removed from the list, including Bertrand Chaffee; Degraff; Buffalo General; Kenmore Mercy; Millard Fillmore Ambulatory Surgery Center; Millard Fillmore - Gates; and St. Joseph’s. A Medicaid reform program put into effect at the beginning of this month states means that New York Medicaid will only pay for surgery at hospitals and surgery centers that perform 30 or more procedures.