Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, and Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, announced on Monday that the public health-care system is moving forward with plans to merge with Brooklyn, N.Y.-based health-care system Maimonides Health.
Under the merger, Maimonides, which includes three hospitals and more than 80 community sites, will join the city’s public hospital network while continuing to operate its facilities and serve its existing patients, pending final legal and regulatory approvals, according to the mayor’s office.
“By bringing two storied health-care systems together under one umbrella, we will ensure that Brooklynites, and all New Yorkers, can continue to receive the high-quality care that they deserve,” Adams said.
Katz said the merger would unite “two institutions with their own respected history and traditions,” while emphasizing that “Maimonides will retain its unique character and commitment to the communities it serves.”
Under the agreement, Maimonides will be reimbursed at a higher Medicaid rate and will transition to Epic, the electronic health record system used across the 11 hospitals and 34 patient-care sites within the NYC Health + Hospitals network. The system transition will help improve care coordination and revenue collection.
Ken Gibbs, president and CEO of Maimonides Health, said joining the public system allows “Maimonides to build on our history of providing outstanding specialty care to the communities we have proudly served for decades.”
The NYC Health + Hospitals board voted unanimously in November to pursue the partnership, which officials expect to be complete before April 1, 2026.
The merger is supported by $2.6 billion in state funding announced in October by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, awarded to six new partnerships between safety net hospitals and health-care entities.
“The strength of our hospitals is a reflection of the strength of our communities, and safety net hospitals play a critical role in providing quality health care to vulnerable populations,” she said at the time.
