Iroquois Healthcare

03/18/2026

📣 Friday, March 20th: IHA President & CEO Kevin Kerwin Speaking at the 2026 Rural Health Symposium

This Friday, IHA’s President & CEO, Kevin Kerwin, will speak at the Adirondack Health Foundation’s 2026 Rural Health Symposium.

Kevin will provide an overview of the current state of rural healthcare, followed by a panel discussion with leaders in healthcare, education, and public health. The conversation will focus on firsthand experiences, emerging challenges, and opportunities for collaboration and innovation during this time of change for rural health systems.

The program is designed to foster open conversation and shared insights on the pressures facing rural healthcare—and highlight the collaborative strategies needed to sustain high quality care amid ongoing change.

Learn more about the event: https://hubs.ly/Q047qSth0

03/16/2026

Celebrating Healthcare HR Week 2026 🎉

This week, IHA proudly recognizes the HR professionals who keep our healthcare workforce strong across Upstate and rural New York.

Healthcare HR Week shines a light on the dedicated individuals who help shape the foundation of our member hospitals and health systems by advancing workplace culture, supporting staff at every stage, and ensuring the well‑being of both staff and patients.

To all healthcare HR professionals: thank you for your leadership, commitment, and unwavering service to those who care for others.

To learn more about Healthcare HR week, please visit: https://hubs.ly/Q046fpQ_0

03/11/2026

📣 Next week, IHA’s President & CEO Kevin Kerwin will join the Adirondack Health Foundation’s 2026 Rural Health Symposium on Friday, March 20th. He will moderate a panel discussion with leaders in healthcare, education, and public health on the challenges and opportunities facing rural communities, and will also share insights on the current state of rural healthcare, including policy, reimbursement pressures, and emerging trends.

Learn more about the event: https://hubs.ly/Q046qzPL0

03/09/2026

This Women's History Month, we're celebrating the incredible women of Iroquois Healthcare Association, United Iroquois Shared Services, Inc., and Caring Gene® Healthcare Career Pathways, Inc. 🌸

The advocates, strategists, relationship-builders, and problem-solvers who work every day to strengthen hospitals and health systems across New York — and to build the healthcare workforce of tomorrow.

Your work empowers the organizations that communities rely on. That matters — more than words can say.

Thank you for everything you bring to this mission. Here's to you! ❤️

03/09/2026

Please join us in congratulating Grace Rust, MPA on being featured in City & State's 2026 Albany 40 under 40!

Grace’s dedication, strategic insight, and commitment to strengthening New York’s healthcare system continue to make a meaningful impact across our region.

We’re proud to see her work highlighted, and her leadership celebrated!🎉

🔗 Read more here: https://hubs.ly/Q0462BM70

03/09/2026

IHA in the news: WRGB CBS 6 News, Albany featured IHA President & CEO Kevin Kerwin alongside Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home CEO Sean Fadale to discuss what's at stake for Upstate and rural hospitals in this year's state budget. With the April 1 deadline approaching, IHA is urging lawmakers to restore critical funding and address a nurse vacancy rate still running at 12% across our region. Hospitals are often the economic backbone of their communities, and they need Albany's support now. Watch the full segment here:

With the April 1 state budget deadline approaching, hospitals are urging state lawmakers to strengthen the executive budget and add safeguards aimed at protecti

03/05/2026

The Press-Republican recently featured last week’s Healthcare Educational Consortium meeting at Adirondack Medical Center, where IHA joined education and healthcare leaders to discuss developing an Early College Health Sciences pathway tailored to the Adirondack region.

This initiative— supported by renewed funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation— aims to create new opportunities for local students by helping them:

• Earn college credits
• Gain hands-on clinical experience
• Build direct connections with local healthcare employers

All of this work supports a stronger, more sustainable healthcare workforce pipeline for communities across Upstate New York.

It’s truly inspiring to see schools, colleges, hospitals, and community partners coming together to invest in the future of regional healthcare. 🏥

🔗Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4bxtwYT

Sarah Yaw (right), director of K–12 Partnerships and Academic Pathways at Cayuga Community College and consultant for the Iroquois Healthcare Association, speaks at a Feb. 25 meeting about the potential

02/27/2026

We're - Senior Regional Director, Clifton Park, NY

Learn more & apply here: https://hubs.ly/Q044XGDB0

02/24/2026

BIG NEWS! 🎉 The Iroquois Healthcare Association has been named a 2025-2026 grantee of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation!

With their generous support, we can expand our Healthcare Educational Consortium to three sites across Upstate New York, creating pathways for local students to become the nurses and healthcare professionals our communities need - without leaving home.

Students in Franklin and Tompkins Counties, along with one additional site to be determined, will earn college credits while still in high school, gain real clinical experience, and build meaningful careers right here in their communities.

We are deeply grateful to the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation team and look forward to sharing the impact we're making together.

Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q044s0tt0

02/24/2026

Read Iroquois Healthcare's Kevin Kerwin's op-ed today on 340B protections and what's at stake for rural hospitals.

Thirty years ago, Congress created the 340B program with a straightforward premise: drug manufacturers get access to Medicare and Medicaid markets, and they discount drugs to safety-net providers in return. For years, manufacturers have been chipping away at that arrangement by restricting discounts while keeping their market access, and now rural hospitals are feeling the consequences.

340B savings fund maternity care, behavioral health, emergency services, and chronic disease management at rural safety-net hospitals across Upstate and rural New York. The time is now for New York to join dozens of other states by enacting the 340B Anti-Discrimination Act, these services are at risk.

Read the full op-ed: [https://empirereportnewyork.com/protect-340b-a-lifeline-for-upstate-new-york-hospitals-and-rural-access-to-care/]

02/17/2026

Our January press conference is making waves. A new The Daily Gazette of Schenectady piece highlights the devastating impact of 340B restrictions on Upstate and rural New York hospitals. IHA is continuing to push for state legislation to protect this critical program, just like 21 states already have. Read more:

Learn about the consequences faced by hospitals like Ellis Hospital and Nathan Littauer due to the decreasing revenue from the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and the potential solutions being considered to address this issue.

01/28/2026

We're - Senior Regional Director, Clifton Park, NY

Learn more & apply here: https://hubs.ly/Q040JlQY0