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The nation s accountable care organizations sent a letter last week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging the agency to delay certain changes to quality reporting requirements for value-based payments. Backed by large, national medical groups, the letter warned that rushed implementation of these changes could deter new organizations from joining the shared-savings program or even cause organizations to leave it.
Accountable care organizations are groups of hospitals, physicians and health centers that work to improve health outcomes while reducing cost. Organizations that achieve savings are entitled to share them with CMS, and those that incur losses have to chip in.
The Brooklyn Cancer Center Announces New Chief of Hematology-Oncology Brooklyn, NY, May 10, 2021 (PR.com) The Brooklyn Cancer Center has named noted leader and board-certified hematologist-oncologist Maxim Shulimovich, DO, as its new Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology. His recruitment promises to lead the cancer center as a unified division to provide expert care and culturally sensitive services for patients with all types of cancer and blood disorders.
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and The Brooklyn Hospital Center have together created the new, exciting cancer center.
“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Shulimovich to The Brooklyn Cancer Center,” says Dr. Jeff Vacirca, CEO of New York Cancer & Blood Specialists. “Dr. Shulimovich’s leadership will ‘bridge the gap’ for patients to receive high-quality cancer treatment close to home. His compassion and dedication for patient-centered cancer care are unmatched, evident from his expertise and outstanding w
Staten Island grandmother survives rare surgery; returns home just in time for Mother’s Day
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Patient Nancy Lopez with from the left, Dr. Gabriele Di Luozzo, director of aortic surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside, and Dr. Daniel Han, a vascular surgeon at Mount Sinai Morningside and the Mount Sinai Health System. (Courtesy/Mount Sinai Health System) Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Nancy Lopez had been feeling a little under the weather as of late not quite herself and she knew something was simply just not right.
But on one particular day when the mother of three developed severe chest pain and it became difficult for her to breath, it was apparent she needed immediate medical attention.