United Medical Associates Pc

MISSION STATEMENTUNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC (UMA) IS A BROOME COUNTY BASED NOT-FOR-PROFIT PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE. UMA PROVIDES THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER AND SURROUNDING AREAS. UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES UNIQUELY SERVICES THE MEDICAL PRACTICE NEEDS OF THE UHS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING EASILY ACCESSIBLE PROVIDER SERVICES, SUPPORT FOR TEACHING, MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR RESEARCH AND MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND BY PARTICIPATING IN AN INTEGRATED CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT IMPROVES THE PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE AND THE QUALITY OF THE HEALTH SERVICES OUTCOME.

UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC (UMA) PERFORMS MEDICAL SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, ADDING TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND ENHANCING THE HEALTH STATUS OF ITS PATIENTS. UMA, PC PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE AREA. UMA PROVIDERS SUPPORT TWENTY-TWO FAMILY PRACTICES, FIVE INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINICS, FIVE PEDIATRICS CLINICS, TWO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINICS, AND FOUR WALK-IN CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT A MULTI-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. THE SPECIALTY CARE CENTERS INCLUDE ADDICTION MEDICINE, AMBULATORY SURGERY, AUDIOLOGY, GENERAL SURGERY, BARIATRIC SURGERY, BREAST SURGERY, UROLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY, OB/GYN, CARDIOLOGY, CARDIAC REHABILITATION, CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, CHIROPRACTIC, **SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION** CONCUSSION CENTER, DENTAL SERVICES, DIABETES MANAGEMENT/ENDOCRINOLGY, HAND SURGERY AND THERAPY, NEPHROLOGY AND DIALYSIS, PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, PLASTIC SURGERY, WOUND CARE, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, PODIATRY, PATHOLOGY, EMERGENCY ROOM AND TRAUMA SERVICES, DERMATOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, SLEEP/NEURODIAGNOSTIC CENTER, NEUROCRITICAL CARE, GERIATRIC MEDICINE, HOSPITALISTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, , WOMENS' (GYN) SERVICES, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, GENERAL NEUROLOGY, NEURO-INTERVENTIONAL SURGERY AND PAIN MANAGEMENT. TOTAL PATIENTS SERVICED BY UMA PHYSICIANS AT YEAR END 2021 TOTALED 856,074.THESE SERVICES ASSIST UMA IN FULFILLING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE UNDER THE IRS CODE 501(C)(3). UMA IS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE BY BEING PART OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (1) UMA IS INVOLVED IN THE SOUTHERN TIER HEALTHY LIVING PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS A UNIQUE COLLABORATION OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY BASED SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING THROUGH OUTREACH EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE. THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) PROVIDES FUNDING FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS TO PROVIDE CLINICAL BREAST EXAMS, MAMMOGRAMS, PAP TESTS, COLORECTAL SCREENING, AND LIMITED FOLLOW-UP. THESE SCREENING PROCEDURES ARE FOR THE INCOME ELIGIBLE WOMEN WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDER INSURED. (2) UMA PROVIDES FOR THE HEALTH MAINTENANCE OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION BY PARTICIPATING IN LECTURES TO THE UHS HOSPITALS MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE. (3) UMA PROVIDERS STAFF THE UHS WILSON MEDICAL CENTER BRAIN/SPINE TRAUMA CENTER. THIS IS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER WITHIN CENTRAL NEW YORK'S REGIONAL SYSTEM. THE TRAUMA CENTER ACCEPTS SEVERELY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENTS FROM ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THE TRAUMA CENTER IS LOCATED WITHIIN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT WILSON MEDICAL CENTER, WITH SPACIOUS, SPECIALIZED TRAUMA ROOMS THAT CAN PROVIDE CARE SIMULTANEOUSLY TO AS MANY AS FOUR VICTIMS OF SUDDEN, SERIOUS INJURY.(4) UMA PROVIDERS STAFF THE ARTICLE 28A CLINICS OPERATED BY UNITED HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALS, CHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL. THESE FACILITIES PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO A LARGE MEDICAID POPULATION.(5) UMA PROVIDERS STAFF THE UHS PERINATAL CENTER. THE CENTER OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES FROM GYNECOLOGY TO MATERNITY & CHILDBIRTH TO BREAST HEALTH. THE STAFF OF SPECIALIZED PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, AND CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES CREATE A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT SERVING WOMEN AT EACH STATE OF LIFE: FROM TEENAGE AND CHILDBEARING YEARS TO MID-LIFE AND SENIOR YEARS ALL HAVING THEIR OWN UNIQUE HEALTH ISSUES. UHS HOSPITALS' PRIMARY CARE CENTERS, ALSO STAFFED BY UMA PROVIDERS, AND THE PERINATAL CENTER PARTICIPATE IN THE PRENATAL CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PCAP) OFFERING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP EXPECTANT MOTHERS WITH THE COST OF PRENATAL CARE. (6) UHS HOSPITALS, UHS CHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UHS DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND UMA HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME PROGRAM. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE QUALITY AND IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL PATIENTS BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT LEAD TO DISPARITIES IN CARE, INCLUDING PERSONS ENROLLED IN NY MEDICAID. THE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME IS A PROACTIVE MODEL OF CARE THAT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP BY REPLACING REACTIVE, EPISODIC CARE BASED ON ILLNESS AND PATIENT COMPLAINTS WITH COORDINATED CARE AND A LONG-TERM HEALING RELATIONSHIP. UMA PHYSICIANS CURRENTLY STAFF TWENTY-SIX LEVEL 3 MEDICAL HOME SITES THAT HAVE RECEIVED NCQA PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME RECOGNITION.(7) UMA PROVIDERS SERVE ON VARIOUS BOARDS OF HEALTH AND AS DIRECTORS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE AGENCIES INCLUDING AMBULANCE SQUADS AS WELL AS VARIOUS CAMP PROGRAMS. (8) UMA PROVIDERS FROM THE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, UHS SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, UHS EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SERVICES AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF UHS HOSPITALS VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO STAFF MEDICAL TENTS AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING THE SPIEDIE FEST (WHICH DRAWS MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE), THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS OPEN (A WEEKLONG EVENT WHICH INCLUDES THE PRACTICE ROUNDS, PRO-AM AND A COMMUNITY CONCERT), MACK SHOOT OUT LACROSSE TOURNAMENT, BINGHAMTON BRIDGE RUN, BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAMES, AND BINGHAMTON DEVILS HOCKEY GAMES. (9) UMA PROVIDERS ARE INVOLVED WITH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION WHICH TAKES THE FORM OF ORGANIZING SEVERAL TEACHING DAYS. THIS INVOLVES UMA, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT SPAKERS, AND OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL STAFF, PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS AND PHYSICIANS. TEACHING DAY PROGRAMS INCLUDE GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, BUPRENORPHINE PRESCRIBING, AND THE ANNUAL BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL CONFERENCE. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THESE EVENTS WERE CANCELED IN 2020 AND 2021. THESE ARE ANTICIPATED TO RESUME WHEN THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS ARE REMOVED. (10) UMA WAS CHOSEN BY THE CDC AND NY STATE DOH AS THE NATIONAL TEST SITE FOR THE STEADI PROGRAM. THIS IS A PROGRAM DONE JOINTLY BY UMA, THE BROOME COUNTY HEALTH DEPT, AND NEW YORK STATE DEPT OF HEALTH AND OVERSEEN BY THE CDC TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF FALL RISK ASSESSMENT AND A COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF FALLS AND INJURIES IN OUR PATIENTS GREATER THAN 65 YEARS OLD. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE CDC PAUSED STUDY OF THIS PROGRAM. HOWEVER, UMA CONTINUES TO SCREEN OUR PATIENTS FOR THEIR RISK OF FALLS AS A PART OF OUR MEDICARE WELLNESS EXAMS. (11) UMA PROVIDERS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR PATIENTS. TO FACILITATE THIS, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF POPULATION HEALTH POSITION AND HAVE ADDED WELLNESS COORDINATORS OR SOCIAL WORKERS AT EACH OF OUR SITES. CARE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSIST IN DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS GETTING BREAST AND COLON CANCER SCREENING. (12) UMA PROVIDERS PROVIDE MAT (MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT [BUPRENORPHINE (SUBOXONE) AND METHADONE]) PROGRAMS FOR THE ONGOING SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD). (13) UMA PROVIDERS PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR HIV AND HCV PATIENTS. (14) UMA PROVIDER STAFFED A28 VIRTUAL URGENT CARE CENTER IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL-BASED CONSUMER-TO-PROVIDER PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. (15) UMA PROVIDERS DELIVER CARE VIA VIRTUAL HEALTH (TELEHEALTH) ON 62,876 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS IN 2021. VIRTUAL HEALTH ENCOUNTERS INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH BARRIERS TO CARE SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, WORK SCHEDULE CONFLICTS, AND/OR FEAR OF CONTAGION FROM BEING SEEN IN-PERSON AT THE PRACTICE.