Catholic Health System wants to convert 40 beds at its St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga to chemical dependence rehabilitation beds, seeking to meet the need created by increased opioid use during the pandemic, The Buffalo News reports.
Catholic Health also is expanding its presence in the ambulatory surgery market by acquiring a majority interest in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York in Amherst.
Nearby, Buffalo Surgery Center, another Amherst ambulatory surgery center is seeking to expand.
All three Western New York health care projects will be reviewed this week before a project review committee of the state Public Health and Health Planning Council, which oversees health care facility ownership transfers and makes recommendations to the health commissioner on major construction projects. The full council will take action on the plans at its meeting April 5. Read more.
