SOMOS Community Care serves 1 million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in New York City.
HEALTHLEADERS | BY CHRISTOPHER CHENEY | FEBRUARY 26, 2024 CMO shares strategiesfor serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries SOMOS Community Care serves 1 million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in New York City. For healthcare providers, Medicare beneficiaries pose challenges including multiple chronic conditions. Serving Medicaid beneficiaries can be equally challenging, with relatively low reimbursement rates. One […]
CDC Isolation Guidelines Could Be Changing 2.21.24| SOMOS Community Care
NBC NEWS | BY GABY ACEBEDO FEBRUARY 22, 2024 CDC Isolation Guidelines Could Be Changing 2.21.24 | SOMOS Community Care In an interview with NBC, Dr. Henry Chen, President of SOMOS Community Care. https://youtu.be/dPlTHhaiUJ4 Discussed the CDC’s potential decision to shorten the isolation period for COVID-19 suggesting to New Yorkers that they can resume normal activities […]
SOMOS Community serving families from front lines
CBS NEWS | BY JESSI MITCHELL | MARCH 11, 2024 SOMOS Community Care clinics serve Black and Latino families from front lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWldrUGxz3M NEW YORK — Monday officially marked four years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone’s world changed. Some populations are seeing lasting impacts more than others. SOMOS Community Care’s network of clinics has […]
Providers get creative with care to reach patients from diverse backgrounds
CALLEN LORDE | BY JACQUELINE NEBER | FEBRUARY 12, 2024 Providers get creative with care to reach patients from diverse backgrounds Criss Smith met a nurse who was also a Black queer man during his experience transitioning. Talking to him felt like talking to an older brother, Smith said. “I could speak freely. There is […]
SOMOS Leads Mental Health Training for College Students | SOMOS Community Care
THE GOOD NEWSROOM | BY UNKNOWN | JANUARY 18, 2024 SOMOS Leads Mental Health Training for College Students SOMOS Community Care https://youtu.be/RX55AZbOCJsSOMOS provides Mental Health First Aid Training for College Students in partnership with the Pierre Toussaint Scholarship Fund Sources: https://youtu.be/RX55AZbOCJs?si=gdf3gthL9QD_O2eO
SOMOS Community Care launches Mental Health First Aid Training Program
BY NEW YORK WEEKLY | AIZE PEREZ | FEBRUARY 2, 2024 SOMOS Community Care launches Mental Health First Aid Training Program SOMOS Community Care, in response to the burgeoning mental health crisis in New York City and Mayor Adams’ acknowledgment of the societal challenges posed by social media on youth mental health, is taking a […]
Major Stride for Health Equity: Historic $7.5B Medicaid 1115 Waiver Amendment Unveiled
NEW YORK WEEKLY | AIZE PEREZ | JANUARY 17, 2024 Major Stride for Health Equity: Historic $7.5B Medicaid 1115 Waiver Amendment Unveiled In a landmark move, SOMOS Community Care, the largest physician-led provider of value-based healthcare in New York, extends its appreciation to the Biden-Harris Administration, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Governor […]
Governor Hochul Delivers the FY2025 Budget Address
NYS | BY GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL | JANUARY 16, 2024 Governor Hochul Delivers the FY2025 Budget Address https://youtu.be/_KVMe0sZ3x8 Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KVMe0sZ3x8
NYC Health + Hospitals Implements New Mask Mandates for January 2024| SOMOS Community Care
ABC NEWS | BY UNKNOWN | JANUARY 11, 2024 NYC Health + Hospitals Implements New Mask Mandates for January 2024 | SOMOS Community Care https://youtu.be/X-d1kGz_muE SOMOS network physician Dr. Juan Tapia Mendoza discusses mask mandates being implemented in facilities that NYC Health + Hospitals operates in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases and influenza respiratory […]
USING A.I. TO HELP HEALTHCARE WORKERS| SOMOS Community Care
NBC | BY RANA NOVINI | FEBRUARY 22, 2024 USING A.I. TO HELP HEALTHCARE WORKERS| SOMOS Community Care https://youtu.be/PG1LFUzgyS0 SOMOS Community Care Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Yomaris Peña spoke with NBC 4 about the effects of the stress she experienced while working during the COVID-19 pandemic. NYU Langone recently conducted a study in which A.I. was […]
