Albany Memorial Hospital
Albany Memorial Hospital was a member of the three hospital Northeast Health System, which is a member of St. Peter's Health Partners (SPHP), which is a member of Trinity Health. "Albany Memorial", a 165-bed hospital, merged with, and became a third campus of Samaritan Hospital, in 2020. History. "Albany Memorial" opened in 1868. It was Albany's "dispensary" for the city's indigent. They moved more than once, most recently in 1957. Their oldest building was demolished in mid 2021 to add parking space in support of an increased focus on outpatient services. Controversy. The  2002 settlement for $997,500 of a 1997 case against the hospital involved an amount that avoided intervention by an oversight committee whose authority covers amounts of $1 million or more. Furthermore, for their 11 prior cases of that nature, most settlements were $150,000 or less. Another case against the hospital involved sharing payroll data regarding nurses; a group of hospitals was colluding to minimize pay increases in a manner ruled in 2009 to be illegal.