In the Headlines

February 10, 2026 - “Each of these organizations is integral to improving healthcare across the Finger Lakes region. Together, we will be in an even stronger position to further transform health delivery, said Carol Tegas, CEO at FLPPS.

February 10, 2026 - “Carol is the right choice to be the CEO of this new combined organization,” said Wade Norwood, chief advancement and government relations officer for Common Ground Health-Rochester RHIO. “

February 4, 2026 - Healthi Kids, an initiative of Common Ground Health and the RCSD teamed up to combine World Read Aloud Day with Global School Play Day.

January 15, 2026 - “We’re really confident in the years ahead and the meaningful and united vision Dr. Aycock and Ms. Cook have as new leaders of the group,” shared Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health/RRHIO and longtime co-chair of the CAC.

December 22, 2025 - “We have great numbers of older adults in nursing homes, and particularly people of color, whose families have died, friends are gone, and they're left alone,” said Phyllis Jackson, founder of SACE and Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground Health.

December 17, 2025 - Rochester Regional Health Appoints Melissa Gardner as President and Chief Operating Officer of Clinically Integrated Network.

December 3, 2025 - Holley Sienkiewicz, research director at Common Ground Health, reports that self-harm has become the leading behavioral health-related reason youth are visiting emergency departments.

December 2, 2025 - “In the light of this very frightening data, we need to make sure that children know that there are community resources and community neighbors and loving adults and friends who are here to help,” said Wade Norwood, Co-CEO at Common Ground Health/Rochester RHIO.

November 26, 2025 - Phyllis Jackson, R.N., community health and wellbeing project manager for Common Ground Health emphasizes that home healthcare disparities reflect broader racism in communities and the healthcare system.

November 17, 2025 - “Many in nursing homes do not have family members or friends who visit," said Phyllis Jackson, R.N., Common Ground’s community wellness project manager. "These donations brighten older adults’ days, which may help improve their health.”

November 11, 2025 - “We can be the antidote to the epidemic of isolation and loneliness that is harming our older adults,” said Phyllis Jackson, community wellness project manager at Common Ground Health.

November 10, 2025 - Common Ground Health’s report The Color of Health reveals that Black residents in the region suffer disproportionately high rates of early mortality across a broad spectrum of serious health conditions.