Article: Urgently seeking to transform health care: UB medical center, closure of 3 major hospitals would be keys to mega-plan for Buffalo Niagara.

Byline: Henry L. Davis

Oct. 9--A mega-plan to restructure the region's health care would establish a university medical center linked to Kaleida Health on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and close at least three major hospitals, according to people familiar with the proposal. The proposal stems from the creation last year of a state commission to reform New York's increasingly costly health care system and close unneeded hospitals. A regional advisory committee has been working privately for months on recommendations that the commission is expected to consider in the coming weeks. The group used the opportunity to reshape the area's hospital industry ...

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