In the Headlines

December 13, 2014 - Officials at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia received approval this month for a nearly $6.5 million project to add radiation services. Dr. Thomas Mahoney, chief medical officer of regional health planning at Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency comments on how comprehensive care presents a strong business model.

December 9, 2014 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency is one of eleven organizations around the state to receive funding from New York State to improve regional health care improvement. Also reported by North Country Public

November 27, 2014 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency's Wade Norwood is quoted in this article regarding racial health care disparities in Rochester.

November 21, 2014 - Citing Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency reports, this op-ed points out that African-Americans within the city of Rochester have a premature mortality rate that is almost 300 percent higher than whites who live outside of the area. African-American and Latinos with diabetes also experience higher mortality rates, hospitlizations and lower extremeity amputations.

September 17, 2014 - The Rochester Business Alliance has a long history of taking an active role in healthcare issues. The Health Care Planning Team, formed by the area's largest employers was instrumental in implementing a community wide employee wellness program, "Eat Well Live Well"

April 28, 2014 - Finger Lakes Health System Agency (FLHSA) recently released a data report titled “What’s Going On?” that documents the health disparities among local African-American communities and the factors that contribute to them. Also reported by Minority Reporter, La Voz, and vimeo.com.

November 6, 2013 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency has named public interest health care lawyer Trilby de Jung as its new CEO.

November 6, 2013 - Keeping people well while keeping down costs is the next challenge for the health care system, according to the new director of the organization trying to solve that and other perplexing health issues

September 8, 2013 - Cuomo wants to take city's cost

November 14, 2025 - Melanie Funchess, Director of Mental Health and Wellness at Common Ground Health says, as adults, we must "be mindful, be observant, and be curious with young people".

November 14, 2025 - “Just as poverty was revealed to be a region-wide issue in our 2019 Overloaded report, our spotlight shows that homelessness also is a significant issue across the entire Finger Lakes region,” said Wade Norwood, CEO, Common Ground Health.

November 14, 2025 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health, has been tapped to lead the community engagement and public education campaign for the newly formed COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force.