A state Health Department review committee on Thursday approved NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital”™s request to become the parent organization and co-operator of the 128-bed Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor.
The agreement, which awaits final approval by a Health Department planning council and the agency”™s commissioner, will add the second community hospital in Westchester County to the NewYork- Presbyterian system. Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville became NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital earlier this year.
The Health Department”™s Public Health and Health Planning Council is expected to act on the committee”™s recommendation and approve the Hudson Valley Hospital Center affiliation at its Dec. 4 meeting. The hospitals will have three years to complete the realignment.
With final approval, Hudson Valley Hospital Center will be renamed NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital while remaining a separate nonprofit corporation.
No costs are associated with the new affiliation and no staffing changes are expected, according to documents filed with the state by NewYork-Presbyterian’s nonprofit corporate entity, NYP Community Programs Inc.
See an interactive map of Westchester’s community hospitals and their partnerships with larger metropolitan health systems here.
