Heritage Provider Network Partners With Crain's New York Business, Custom Division, To Honor Innovative New York Metropolitan Area Healthcare Leaders

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Jan. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network (HPN), one of the nation's leading physician led managed care organizations, is pleased to announce it is partnering with Crain's Custom Studio, a division of Crain's New York Business, to honor innovative New York metropolitan area healthcare leaders with the 2nd annual Heritage Healthcare Innovation Awards. The awards will showcase those innovators who have most improved the access to and quality of affordable healthcare in the communities they serve in the greater New York area.

"Healthcare in the third decade of the twenty first century will be radically different than the first two decades," said Dr. Richard Merkin, President and CEO of HPN. "We will need to rely on a convergence of new technologies and science that will change and improve outcomes for all New York residents. The Heritage Healthcare Innovation Award provides opportunities for innovators to demonstrate how they can serve New Yorkers and their families with cutting edge healthcare improvements that can also save them millions of dollars in costs," he continued. "I'm proud to share this award with Crain's New York Business again this year, and looking forward to meeting those in the community who are taking active roles in changing the status of healthcare delivery."

"It's an honor to be the exclusive media partner of Heritage Provider Network again this year and celebrate the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Awards," said Jill Kaplan, Vice President and Publisher of Crain's New York Business. "It's an exciting moment in time for healthcare innovation with New York taking the lead and supporting the rapid acceleration of discovery and breakthroughs that will benefit millions of New Yorkers and communities beyond."  

"For decades New York has been one of the most influential leaders in healthcare delivery and innovation. It is only fitting that our New York leaders who have been able to bring all the pieces together on health, care and cost be honored for putting New York in the leadership position once again," said Mark Wagar, President of Heritage Medical Systems.

Winners will be awarded in the following five categories:
Heritage Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Award: Recognizing an innovator in the development of new modes of diagnosis, treatment, and care who actively improves access to services, and improves the quality of healthcare overall.

Heritage Research Investigator in Translational Medicine Award: Awarded to an individual or team based on the most significant quantitative results achieved by accelerating the transition of novel and innovative diagnostic tools and treatments to patients. 

Heritage Healthcare Leadership Award: Recognizing a leader in the New York area that has demonstrated significant impact in their healthcare field.  This forward-thinker has forever changed the way care systems work through new models, processes, and pathways. 

Heritage Healthcare Organizational Leadership Award: Honoring an organization that has fundamentally changed how healthcare is delivered.  This organization has created or championed new ways of thinking and doing, uniting diverse constituencies to work together.

Heritage Innovator in Healthcare Award: Highlighting cutting edge applications of technology and up & comers in the healthcare industry. These breakthrough innovators are making significant contributions in the areas of technology, research, or new approaches to healthcare systems.

Nominations will be accepted beginning January 23, 2017 and ending at midnight March 31, 2017, at crainsnewyork.com. The online entry point (essay) is at crainsnewyork.com/heritage.

Finalists will be announced in April and winners will be revealed at a luncheon event in New York City on May 22, 2017. Video link for last year's event:
https://youtu.be/hF5HAO-VhCM

About Heritage Provider Network
Heritage Provider Network, Inc. (HPN) is one of the most experienced physician organization leaders of accountable care and continuous value based healthcare delivery improvements. Developing and managing coordinated, patient-doctor centric, integrated health care systems that offers some of the strongest solutions for the future of health, care and cost in the United States. HPN and its affiliates operate in New York, California, Arizona and Missouri providing high quality, cost effective healthcare with over one million patient members and are dedicated to quality, affordable health care, and putting patients' wellness first.
(www.heritageprovidernetwork.com)

About Crain's New York Business
For 30 years, Crain's New York Business has been the award-winning news source for New York's business leaders, telling the story of the New York economy, while serving as a voice and advocate for the city's business community. Reporting through the prism of business, Crain's helps its readers stay on top of the inner workings of New York's economic and political ecosystem, uncover new business opportunities and connect with the broader New York business community.

SOURCE Heritage Provider Network, Inc.

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