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Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC), also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, is a 545-bed public hospital in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It is one of the 11 acute care hospitals of NYC Health + Hospitals , a public benefit corporation of the city.
The largest number of hospitals are in New York City. [1] The January 1, 2022 listing by the New York Health Department of general hospitals covered by the New York Healthcare Reform Act show 165 hospitals 63 closed hospitals, and 51 hospitals that had been merged with other hospitals. [2]
The US health system does not provide health care to the country's entire population. [3] Instead, most citizens are covered by a combination of private insurance and various federal and state programs. [4] As of 2017, health insurance was most commonly acquired through a group plan tied to an employer. [5]
1901 "Home for Incurables" map, from the Atlas of the Borough of the Bronx, City of New York. St Barnabas Hospital , originally known as the Home for the Incurables , was founded in 1866 by Reverend Washington Rodman, of the Grace Episcopal Church in West Farms, Bronx .
Visiting Nurse Service office. Founded in 1893 by nursing pioneer Lillian D. Wald and Mary M. Brewster, VNS Health is one of the largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organizations in the United States, serving the five boroughs of New York City; Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties; and parts of upstate New York.
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Thursday, January 9, 2025The New York Times
In the U.S., the biggest polluters are often concentrated in underserved, mostly minority communities.
In July 2015, Centene announced it would acquire Health Net. [8] [9] [10] In March 2016, it finalized its acquisition [11] In September 2017, it announced that it would acquire Fidelis Care, a nonprofit insurer in New York, for US$3.75 billion. [12] In March 2019, it announced plans to acquire WellCare for US$17.3 billion.