Senior executives from these participating health care institutions provided mentoring and feedback to the companies accepted into the lab. Target areas of focus included: patient engagement, care coordination, telehealth, population health and behavioral health.
Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Their customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates.
AdvantageCare Physicians aspires to be the preferred care destination for our patients and the communities we serve. This vision is accomplished through focusing our care on the needs of our patients as we partner with them in the pursuit of better health.
Allied Physicians Group is a partnership of more than 100 dedicated, caring physicians and 500 highly trained support staff serving over 150,000 patients. The mission of Allied Physicians Group is to apply the collective knowledge, strength, resources and capabilities of a partnership of physicians to their individual practices. Allied Physicians Group consists of medical practices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Rockland County, Orange County, Westchester County, Suffolk County, Nassau County, the Hudson Valley and beyond.
Founded in 2009, the Greater Buffalo United Accountable Healthcare Network (GBUAHN) is one of the NYSDOH designated Health Home in Erie County. GBUAHN’s Health Home provides Medicaid recipients care coordination services through an integrated delivery model which incorporates medical, behavioral, addiction and social service in a single stream of delivery.
GBUAHN’s Health Home services provide patients with an extra support system to ensure they have the resources they need to stay healthy. Care Teams meet with members in their communities, establish relationships with them, and assess the “bigger picture” of the patient’s health needs. The Care Team members connect personally with the patients to help “connect the dots” and link them with the services, resources, and providers they need. GBUAHN Health Home works to improve the overall well-being of its members.
Healthfirst is a not-for-profit health insurance company sponsored by some of the most prestigious hospitals and healthcare systems in New York. It serves almost 1.2 million members in New York City and in Long Island through government-sponsored programs including Child Health Plus, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Managed Long Term Care (Senior Health Partners), as well as through private health plans including Healthfirst Leaf and Qualified Health Plans, offered on NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace. It now offers The Essential Plan, lower-cost health plan options for qualifying individuals. For the second year in a row, Healthfirst is a 4-Star Medicare Advantage plan and has 5 Stars for quality on the NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace. Healthfirst was also named the highest-quality Medicaid plan in New York State.
As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Health System is nationally recognized for clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care. Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than 100 years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health system committed to providing distinguished care, conducting transformative research, and advancing biomedical education. Structured around seven hospital campuses and a single medical school, the Health System has an extensive ambulatory network and a range of inpatient and outpatient services—from community-based facilities to tertiary and quaternary care.
The System includes approximately 7,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 12 joint-venture ambulatory surgery centers; more than 140 ambulatory practices throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and 31 affiliated community health centers. Physicians are affiliated with the renowned Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which is ranked among the highest in the nation in National Institutes of Health funding per investigator. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked as one of the nation’s top 10 hospitals in Geriatrics, Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and Gastroenterology, and is in the top 25 in five other specialties in the 2014-2015 “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report. Mount Sinai’s Kravis Children’s Hospital also is ranked in seven out of ten pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked 11th nationally for Ophthalmology, while Mount Sinai Beth Israel is ranked regionally.
The Nassau Queens Performing Provider System (NQP) consists of more than 8,400 partner organizations that have come together to better serve the health needs of the community through New York State’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program. Our goal is to close critical gaps in care and reduce avoidable hospital use by 25% by 2020 by increasing access to primary care and community based resources, integrating behavioral and medical services, and creating better care coordination through shared technology.
Northwell Health strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations of health care professionals; searching for new advances in medicine through the conduct of bio-medical research; promoting health education; and caring for the entire community regardless of the ability to pay.
NYU Langone Health is one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers. NYU Langone’s trifold mission to serve, teach, and discover is achieved daily through an integrated academic culture devoted to excellence in patient care, education, and research. Located in the heart of Manhattan, with additional facilities throughout the New York City area, NYU Langone consists of five inpatient locations: Tisch Hospital, NYU Langone’s flagship acute-care facility; Rusk Rehabilitation, ranked as one of the top 10 rehabilitation programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report since 1989, and recently awarded a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF); NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, formerly known as Hospital for Joint Diseases, a dedicated inpatient orthopedic hospital; Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, which provides comprehensive children’s health services; NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, formerly known as NYU Lutheran Medical Center, a full-service teaching hospital and level 1 trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Specialists at NYU Langone treat a full range of medical conditions in both inpatient and outpatient settings at locations throughout New York City’s five boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey, and Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. NYU Langone’s growing outpatient network brings world-class medical services directly to the communities where patients live and work. When more complex care is needed, NYU Langone bridges the gap between its community-based practices and its hospitals to provide a seamless health care experience.
Serving the greater Rochester and Finger Lakes region and beyond, Rochester Regional Health combines the resources, skills and accomplishments of Rochester General Health System and Unity Health System in an integrated network of nationally recognized, community-focused services.
Established in 1866, St. Barnabas Hospital is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, “safety-net” health care provider. St. Barnabas plays an essential role in delivering health care in the Bronx by safeguarding the health and well-being of predominantly low-income, underinsured, minority neighborhoods that are medically underserved. The Hospital’s commitment to excellence in care is underscored by its designation as a Level III Patient Centered Medical Home and the U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 rankings, which placed it 12th best among the New York Metropolitan area’s 179 hospitals.
Established in 1893 by Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is today the largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organization in the United States. VNSNY focuses on promoting the health and well-being of patients and families by providing high-quality, cost-effective health care to vulnerable individuals in their homes and communities. It currently provides home care services in the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, and Westchester Counties and specific health plan services in as many as 33 counties. On any given day, VNSNY has approximately 70,000 patients and health plan members under our direct and coordinated care. In 2013, its clinicians made nearly 2.3 million home- and community professional visits, serving approximately 163,500 New Yorkers.