IHA President & CEO Kevin Kerwin joined CBS6 Albany this week to make the case for Upstate and rural hospitals ahead of the April 1 state budget deadline. Our ask is straightforward: restore the $520M cut to the VAPAP program and pass workforce measures that give...
The Iroquois Healthcare Association (IHA) was featured in a Press-Republican article for last week’s Healthcare Educational Consortium meeting where IHA, along with education and health care leaders from across the North Country, gathered at the Adirondack Medical...
From Classroom to Care: Regional Partners Build Local Healthcare Workforce Early College Health Programs Solve Upstate Workforce Challenges Clifton Park, N.Y. — [February 23, 2026] — Healthcare, education, and community partners across Upstate New York are...
Iroquois Healthcare Association Expands Rural Health Workforce Pipeline, Highlighted in Politico The Iroquois Healthcare Association (IHA) was featured today in Politico’s New York Health Care newsletter for its expansion of the Early College High School (ECHS)...
Read IHA’s Kevin Kerwin’s op-ed on 340B protections and what’s at stake for rural hospitals. More than thirty years ago, through a bipartisan effort, Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net providers stretch scarce federal resources....
On Tuesday, February 10, the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health and Medicaid convened. IHA submitted written testimony highlighting IHA’s core budget priorities, including strengthening hospital financial stability, addressing workforce shortages, reducing...
