Nassau University Medical officials said the once financially challenged hospital doesn’t need the state to step in because it has turned things around and is on track to net an $11 million profit this year.
NUMC was once nearly $200 million in the red, but leaders are pushing back against a possible state takeover by touting major gains in patient care, national safety ratings, and expanded community health services.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget deal with state lawmakers includes an agreement that could strip local control from the hospital board of directors and install a new state-run board, a move NUMC officials call unnecessary and “politically motivated.”
The language of the proposed changes have yet to be finalized though bugdet related bills can come to vote as early as this week, sources said…