Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, on CNBC: Congressional Proposal on Health Care Could Have a Devastating Effect
If the current Republicans' health care bill becomes law, it could have a "fairly devastating effect" on the nation's hospitals, Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System, said in a recent interview on CNBC. "You're...
The Lancet: US Health-Care Groups Voice Concerns About Replacing ACA
About 2 million people in New York could lose coverage if funding to expand Medicaid eligibility ended, David Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital, tells The Lancet. If that happens, Reich said "we lose our ability to use the...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Forbes: The Need For Compassion In Considering The Future Of Medicaid
As President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans contemplate whether to replace, overhaul or modify the Affordable Care Act, it is essential that our leaders exercise caution as they consider the implications of changes to the Medicaid program. Read the article...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Modern Healthcare: Repeal of Affordable Care Act Without Adequate Replacement Will Drive Severe Disruptions Beyond Insurance
The consequences of repealing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, extend far beyond the individual insurance market. Repeal could also have enormous implications for state budgets and hospital payments. Jeopardizing any one of these important things is...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Forbes: Big Pharma Has Broken Its Social Contract
Outrage over repeated hikes in the price of lifesaving EpiPens is the latest example of pharmaceutical companies breaking the social contract with patients who rely upon their medicines. Just as hospitals have an ethical commitment to treat patients regardless of...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Forbes: Mental Health Parity Is A Serious Issue
As a psychiatrist who has spent much of my career researching schizophrenia and other mental disorders, I am acutely aware of a major flaw in our health system: the need for behavioral health care far outweighs its availability, in part because our system does not...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Forbes: Simplifying The Way To Billions In Healthcare Savings
In our advanced technological age, where computers make it possible to sequence the entire human genome and use that data to customize life-saving cancer treatments, we still ignore the power of even the most basic computing to dramatically increase efficiency on the...
Snapshots from Aspen
At the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, a public gathering dedicated to the global exchange of ideas, faculty and staff from the Mount Sinai Health System provided attendees with complimentary skin cancer and heart health screenings, and participated in panel discussions on...
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai, in Forbes: How To Accelerate The Search For Alzheimer’s Drugs
The search for medicines that can prevent Alzheimer’s disease is showing more promise than ever, thanks in part to human genome mapping and advanced brain scanning capabilities. Yet, as scientists utilize new capabilities to peel away at the onion holding the answers...