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February 2015
From The President & CEO I am pleased to announce that Orange Regional has submitted a Certificate of Need application to the New York State Department of Health to construct a new 153,000 square-foot outpatient medical office building (MOB) and a 26,000 square-foot cancer center on our main campus. Our plan is to relocate most Scott Batulis existing outpatient services currently President & CEO provided at other off-campus locations to these new state-of-the-art buildings. We are still in the process of getting final approval and securing financing for the project. If all goes as planned, we will start construction this spring and complete the project in the fall of 2016. In March, we will begin doing some preliminary site work on the North side of the campus to make room for more parking. Specifically, Orange Regional is constructing: 1) an entirely new outpatient MOB that will be connected to the existing hospital’s two-story administration building and 2) a dedicated cancer center that will include renovation of existing space and new construction. The buildings will be separate, yet located immediately adjacent to each other on the northern side of our hospital. We will also add 807 parking spaces and expand the road which encircles the hospital campus. The proposed MOB will be a five-story, state-of-the-art facility. The first two floors will house all relocated outpatient diagnostic imaging services including 64 Slice CT, Wide
Bore MRI, 3D Mammography, Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, EKG, Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT Scan and Fluoroscopy as well as four outpatient operating rooms, five procedure rooms, a primary care office, cardiac rehabilitation, a diabetes center, lab services, central registration, medical school space, pre-surgical testing, a retail pharmacy, a bistro and a community health resource center. Floors three to five will be occupied by physician offices affiliated with Orange Regional Medical Group which presently employs 36 physicians and mid-level providers. The proposed cancer center will combine existing outpatient cancer therapy services including radiation oncology and infusion, the breast center, along with oncology exam rooms and associated nursing and care provider stations into a 26,000 square foot, single-story facility attached to the main hospital. About 15,000 square feet of the existing administration building will be renovated and another 11,000 square feet of space will be added on as new construction. The cost-savings related to the MOB and cancer center construction are significant. By removing lease obligations, the hospital anticipates saving up to $4 million annually. I will update you on the progress of this project as new and important information develops. Sincerely,
Scott Batulis, President & CEO
Rendering of proposed expansion