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On Jan. 7, Cayuga Health and Arnot Health announced their merger. The Hammond Health Center will now be implementing EPIC, an electronic health record system.

Cayuga Health and Arnot Health merge to expand medical services

By Jessie Romero Silver, Contributing Writer • February 19, 2025
On Jan. 7, Cayuga Health and Arnot Health in Elmira, New York announced their merger, known as Centralus Health. The goal of the merger is to provide a streamlined health care system and a larger community reach. Because Ithaca College’s Hammond Health Center merged with the Cayuga Health System, students will be able to access new resources and technologies from Arnot Health

Flu shot clinic returns to campus after two years

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor • October 14, 2024
The flu Point of Dispensing is returning to Ithaca College after two years and will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in Emerson Suites. This year, individuals who wish to be inoculated will have to present their insurance cards, a requirement that did not exist when the flu POD was last organized in Fall 2022.
The Student Health Insurance Plan costs $3,066 from Aug. 10 to Aug. 9, 2024. For incoming students attending the college in Spring 2024, the coverage will last from Jan. 1, 2024 to Aug. 9, 2024, but the cost of insurance for this time period has not been determined yet. 

College switches Student Health Insurance Plan for 2023–24

By Prakriti Panwar, Assistant News Editor • June 30, 2023
For the 2023–24 academic year, Ithaca College will be changing its Student Health Insurance Provider from MVP Health Care to Aetna Student Health. 
Ithaca College became a part of the Cayuga Health System’s (CHS) network Aug. 15, with the hopes to create a more sustainable student health center.

IC partners with Cayuga Health System for student health care

By Olivia Stanzl, Staff Writer • August 31, 2022
Ithaca College became a part of the Cayuga Health System’s (CHS) network Aug. 15, with the hopes to create a more sustainable student health center.
Editorial: Cayuga Health System improves standard of care

Editorial: Cayuga Health System improves standard of care

By The Ithacan • August 31, 2022
Ithaca College's new standard of care is what Ithaca students deserve. Of course, as everything else, it comes with a cost.
In a campus-wide email June 14, Bonnie Prunty, vice president for Student Affairs and Campus Life, announced that the partnership will continue the relationship that the college has formed with CHS and improve student health services. 

Student Health Services partners with Cayuga Health System

By Syd Pierre, News Editor • July 19, 2022
Ithaca College will be partnering with the Cayuga Health System (CHS) for Student Health Services beginning Aug. 15. 
Ithaca College alum Emily Mallar ’03 works for the Cayuga Health System as the senior director of care transitions. Her team provided residents with resources for quarantining and receiving necessary healthcare. In February 2021, Mallar was named “Essential Worker of the Year” by the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce.

Q&A: IC alum named “Essential Worker of the Year”

By Joshua Pantano, Staff Writer • May 3, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mallar and her team assisted the Tompkins County Health Department by calling residents who tested positive for COVID-19. 
Hospitalizations are low with new Omicron subvariant in county

Hospitalizations are low with new Omicron subvariant in county

By Olivia Stanzl, assistant News Editor • March 30, 2022
The new Omicron subvariant BA.2 was detected in Tompkins County, but the Tompkins County Health Department said hospitalizations are low, in a statement released March 28.
Ithaca College has moved to a Yellow: Low to Moderate Risk COVID-19 operational status following a rise in COVID-19 cases.

IC raises COVID-19 status to yellow as cases rise

By Syd Pierre, Assistant News Editor • December 8, 2021
Ithaca College has moved to a Yellow: Low to Moderate Risk COVID-19 operational status following a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Editorial: IC mental health policies are changing for the better

Editorial: IC mental health policies are changing for the better

By The Ithacan • September 30, 2021
What we learn about mental health is continuously changing, and how the college responds and supports its students should continuously be changing too
The college informed students this clinic will not be available for Fall 2022 because of the many locations in the community offering flu vaccines.

Health department to hold two COVID-19 vaccine clinics

By Caitlin Holtzman, Assistant News Editor • May 4, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is holding two COVID-19 vaccine clinics during the week of May 3 that Ithaca College students can sign up for.
The college informed students this clinic will not be available for Fall 2022 because of the many locations in the community offering flu vaccines.

Health department to hold Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • April 28, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department and the Cayuga Health System are holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine April 29.
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