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MSSN-Anthem split set to affect patient coverage Van was admitted to Mount Sinai South Nassau’s intensive care unit on Dec. 22 and disThousands of Long Island charged on Dec. 31 — one day residents insured by Anthem before the Mount Sinai-Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield enter the contract expired. “When my husband was in new year facing uncertainty over their medical care after con- critical condition in the ICU, the tract negotiations between the last thing I was thinking about insurance plan provider the was whether our insurance Mount Sinai Health System would cover the cost of the critibroke down, leaving cal care he was physicians out of receiving,” Potter the Anthem network said. “I can’t even as of Jan. 1 and hosimagine what our pitals potentially folfamily would be faclowing in March. ing in the months The lapse affects ahead if the timing roughly 9,000 Mount had been different.” Sinai physicians, Both Amy and who are no longer her husband considered in-netreceived letters this work providers for week notifying them Anthem members. of the changes. With If no agreement is months of follow-up reached, all Mount AMY PottER recovery and rehaSinai hospitals and Long Beach bilitation ahead, the facilities — includu n c e r t a i n t y, s h e ing Mount Sinai said, is overwhelmSouth Nassau, in Oceanside — ing. are scheduled to leave the net“We don’t know at this point work on March 1. if he can continue his care with Patients now find themselves his Mount Sinai doctors or if caught in the middle of a dispute we’ll need to find in-network docthey had no role in creating. tors elsewhere,” Potter said, Amy Potter, of Long Beach, describing his care at MSSN as whose husband, Van, recently “exceptional and lifesaving.” survived a massive cardiac “It’s also scary to consider arrest, said the timing of the disContinued on page 7 pute has left her family shaken.
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Relay for life took first lap of 2026 season Relay for Life of Baldwin participated in the symbolic start to its 2026 Relay season last weekend. Members of the group gathered at Baldwin High School to walk a lap around the track to show their commitment to the fight against cancer. Above, Baldwin Relay for Life members include, Carey Ann Zinn, Adriana Evans, Darius Evans, gini Cammann, Jennifer Scarduzio, Marie Burns, Abby Melendez, Linda Angelastro, Renee Salmon, and Miguel Melendez. Above, Relay for Life of Baldwin members planned to walk the First Lap no matter the weather, rain or shine. Story, more photos, Page 3.
can’t even imagine what our family would be facing in the months ahead if the timing had been different.