# Northwell Health

Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 85,000 employees.
The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ Medical Center). The healthcare network is also headquartered on Long Island, in New Hyde Park, Nassau County.

## History

In the 1990's North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset began to expand, first purchasing Glen Cove Hospital in 1990 which formed North Shore Health Systems Inc. Throughout the decade the health network began to purchase other surrounding hospitals and by 1997 had a total of 10 hospitals spanning from Staten Island to Suffolk County, New York.
In 1997 North Shore Health Systems merged with Long Island Jewish Medical Center forming the "North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System" after a failed attempt by the United States Department of Justice to block the two health networks from doing so. In September of 2015 the health system announced it would be changing its name to Northwell Health.
More recently, the company signed a deal with software technology company Playback Health, to launch platforms for patient medical information to retain their healthcare data.
In April 2022, Northwell Health announced it will be providing telemedicine support of around 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) of medical supplies to the front-line regions of Ukraine to aid in the humanitarian crisis.

## Billing Controversy

On 12 April 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office secured more than 1 million dollars from Northwell after they deceptively advertised that three of their emergency departments were COVID-19 testing sites. The health system would bill the claim as an ER visit even though the only care that some received was having been administered a COVID test. Others who sought care at their ERs for other issues were charged for the COVID test as well as the ER visit, despite federal and state laws prohibiting the billing of COVID-19 tests and related services. Northwell paid about $650,000 in penalties to the state and refunded around $400,000 to about 2,000 patients.

## Hospitals

The following hospitals and medical facilities are part of Northwell Health. All locations are in New York.
| Name | Location | County or Borough | Opened |
| Cohen Children's Medical Center | New Hyde Park | Queens | 1983 |
| Glen Cove Hospital | Glen Cove | Nassau | 1921 |
| Huntington Hospital | Huntington | Suffolk | 1916 |
| Lenox Health Greenwich Village | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | 2014 |
| Lenox Hill Hospital | Upper East Side | Manhattan | 1857 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center | Glen Oaks and Lake Success | Queens and Nassau | 1954 |
| Long Island Jewish Forest Hills | Forest Hills | Queens | 1953 |
| Long Island Jewish Valley Stream | North Valley Stream | Nassau | 1963 |
| Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital | Upper East Side | Manhattan | 1869 |
| Mather Hospital | Port Jefferson | Suffolk | 1929 |
| North Shore University Hospital | Manhasset | Nassau | 1953 |
| Northern Westchester Hospital | Mount Kisco | Westchester | 1916 |
| Peconic Bay Medical Center | Riverhead | Suffolk | 1951 |
| Phelps Hospital | Sleepy Hollow | Westchester | 1955 |
| Plainview Hospital | Plainview | Nassau | 1961 |
| South Oaks Hospital | Amityville | Suffolk | |
| South Shore University Hospital | Bay Shore | Suffolk | 1911 |
| Staten Island University Hospital North & South | South Beach and Prince's Bay | Staten Island | 1861 |
| Syosset Hospital | Syosset | Nassau | 1962 |
| Zucker Hillside Hospital | Glen Oaks | Queens | 1926 |

## SkyHealth

SkyHealth is an air ambulance service which is jointly owned by Northwell and the Yale New Haven Health System. It currently operates two Eurocopter EC135 helicopters each staffed with a pilot, critical-care nurse and paramedic which have full ICU capabilities. The service launched with one helicopter on November 14th, 2014 which is operated by Med-Trans and is based out of Long Island MacArthur Airport. In February of 2023, a second helicopter was launched which is operated by Three Wing Aviation, based out of Sikorsky Memorial Airport. SkyHealth were featured in the Netflix docu-series Emergency NYC.

## Northwell Nurse Choir

In 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a choir was formed consisting of eighteen nurses who had worked on the frontline to aid those affected by the virus. Created to support the nonprofit Nurse Heroes group, the members performed virtually in order to ensure safety . The group came to prominence in 2021 when they auditioned on the 16th season of America's Got Talent.