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NUMC enters a 'new era' with Northwell partnership 15 By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglib@liherald.com Nassau University Medical Center is teaming up with Northwell Health for a six-month period in which the two institu- tions will seek to improve the financial sit- uation and patient care at the safety net hospital. Roughly 50 Northwell employees will develop a five-year plan aimed at providing quality care to the East Meadow hospital's patients — many who are on Medicare, Medicaid or have no insurance at all. George Tsunis, the chairman of the NUMC parent company NuHealth, called this a \new era,\ adding that Northwell \brings a level of expertise, a level of accomplishment and a track record of put- ting patients first and delivering quality medical care on Long Island.\ The partnership launched last Friday with the appointment of interim presi- dent and Chief Executive Officer Winnie Mack, who is also Northwell Health's senior vice president of h«alth system operations. Tsunis called the change in leadership a \welcome home\ for Mack, who was a nurse at NUMC before working in leader- ship positions at Franklin Square General Hospital and Southside Hospital in Bay- side. Both hospitals overcame their own financial challenges during her tenure. Tsunis said that the NuHealth board and Northwell Health officials have been discussing the partnership \in earnest\ Brian Stieglitz/Herald GEORGE TSUNIS, THE chairman of NuHealth, announced on Nov. 2 that Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, would be partnering with Northwell Health. for three weeks, but some assistance has been long-needed. \We need to make sure that we're not only providing the most outstanding care for those people, because that is our mission,\ he said, \but we also need to make sure that we're acting responsibly for a sustainability point of view . . . that we're responsible of tax payer dollars [and] that we're making the proper investments so that NUMC could be around for years to come.\ While the partnership will last six months, the NuHealth chair said that it could be extended. \I think everyone is optimistic,\ he said. J0IIS BEACH WWWMNDINGATjONESiEACH.COM