NYC Health + Hospitals Leadership Named to City and State ‘2023 Health Care Power 100’ Lists
Bellevue Hospital Infectious Disease Specialist Appointed
January 20, 2023
NYC Health + Hospitals today announced Mitchell Katz, M.D., President and CEO, José A. Pagán, M.D., Chairman of the Board, and Talya Schwartz, M.D., President and CEO of MetroPlusHealth, and an infectious disease expert. . Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA has been named to City & State New York’s “2023 Health Care Power 100” list. This year’s publication looks at legislative victories, labor disputes, newly launched initiatives and other notable developments over the past 12 months. Katz and Pagan’s continued efforts to protect New Yorkers from COVID-19 saw him move up three spots from last year to number six. Dr. Katz has also worked closely with Mayor Eric Adams’ team treating homeless patients, and Pagan was elected to the National Academy of Medicine last fall.
“I thank City & State New York for giving me this wonderful honor along with my esteemed colleagues. NYC Health + Hospitals mission is to provide the city’s marginalized communities with the quality care they deserve. This would not be possible without the tireless efforts of our 43,000 employees.” NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD“It is a privilege to serve New Yorkers every day and we look forward to continuing our mission.”
“I humbly thank New York City and the State of New York for giving me this award, and I also want to thank my colleagues who have made the list for their outstanding work in public health,” he said. NYC Health + Hospitals Chairman José A. Pagán, PhD“We are proud of the efforts we are making at NYC Health + Hospitals to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the high-quality, comprehensive, and compassionate care they need.”
Dr. Schwartz ranks 23rdrd The list climbs five places from last year, leading NYC Health + Hospitals’ health plan MetroPlusHealth. She recently spearheaded a rebrand, reflecting the insurance company’s commitment to providing affordable healthcare to New Yorkers. Dr. Gaunder was honored by the city and state in recognition of her service to President Biden’s COVID-19 task force. She is also an internist, infectious disease specialist, and epidemiologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.
“New York offers endless possibilities and opportunities for residents, but living in this city also presents unique challenges. Healthcare should not be one of them,” he said. MetroPlusHealth President and CEO Talya Schwartz, MD“I am proud of my team’s work and their continued commitment to being the health care plan for New Yorkers, by New Yorkers. Thank you New York City and the State for doing this.”
“I am honored to be named to the Health Care Power 100 for New York City and the State. I am honored to work not only with New York City and the State, but with NYC Health + Hospitals, the pinnacle of New York State’s public health system. I think the nation NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Infectious Disease Specialist Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA“I am fortunate to have such a great colleague who, like me, is dedicated to serving marginalized communities and providing equitable health care for all New Yorkers.”
Dr. Katz was appointed President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals in January 2018. During this time, Dr. Katz has focused on advancing the transformation of the public health system with a number of new initiatives to expand access to primary care services and reduce administration. He will invest in more frontline clinical staff and build financial stability. In September 2020, NYC Care, a healthcare access program for New Yorkers who can’t afford or can’t afford health insurance, will begin citywide under the direction of Dr. Katz, four months ahead of schedule. it was done.
Dr. Katz’s first transformative strategy helped lay the groundwork for public healthcare systems to meet the challenges of COVID-19, an unprecedented global health crisis. During the pandemic, the system increased his ICU capacity to more than triple his capacity, set up a dedicated COVID-19 hotline to alleviate the dangerous overcrowding of the system’s emergency department, and nearly all existing outpatient appointments to telemedicine and the city’s test-and-trace squad. The public health system is now also providing critical support to expedite the city’s deployment of his COVID-19 vaccine and boosters to eligible individuals.
Pagán is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health Policy and Management in the School of Global Public Health at New York University. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the National Advisory Board of Health Policy Research Scholars of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Mr. Pagán is a health economist who has led research, implementation and evaluation projects on redesigning health care delivery and payment systems. He is interested in population health care, reforming healthcare payment and delivery systems, and the social determinants of health. He is currently a member of the Systems Approach Committee for Improving Patient Care by Supporting Clinician Health at the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Interdisciplinary Society for Population Health Sciences and the American Health Economics Association.
An experienced health plan management and operations leader, Dr. Schwartz was appointed President and CEO of MetroPlusHealth in 2019. During her tenure, MetroPlusHealth achieved her 35% growth in membership and earned her a five-star rating from the New York State Consumer Guide. – A star rating from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and an increase in overall net worth. Dr. Schwartz’s continued commitment to addressing the social determinants of health among New York’s historically marginalized and underserved communities is the culmination of her leadership, and that MetroPlusHealth We proactively ensure that we remain at the forefront of supporting our members through comprehensive, field-based care. Internally, she prioritizes her technology-first approach to streamlining the company’s operations, working closely with management to transform the capabilities of her remote workers, telemedicine and other virtual Launching the platform accelerated the growth of the market.
Prior to his appointment, he served as Chief Medical Officer at MetroPlusHealth and the private sector, and was a founding member of a behavioral health technology start-up. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and was a fellow at the National Institutes of Health. Her trained physician, Dr. Schwartz, earned her medical degree from Sackler College of Medicine, completed her pediatric residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and has practiced at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. . She holds a certificate in medical services management and leadership from her George Washington University alumni.
Dr. Gounder is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. She cares for patients in her NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue ward. From November 9, 2020 until January 20, 2021, Dr. Gounder served as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. Dr. Gounder is a Senior Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of Public Health at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Kaiser Health News. She holds a BS in molecular biology from Princeton University, an MS in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a medical degree from the University of Washington.
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