Any news out of this division?
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Most depts are closing or have closed. Oncology is closing, but the oncology nurses aren’t sure what’s happening to them as yet. My best friend’s oncologist is at St Francis Hospital in Roslyn NY eff. 11/1/2026. Patients are being left in the dark and arriving to find their doctors/depts have gone. Optum stated in the press that they expect the closures to be complete by the end of Nov. 2026. I personally watched a couple in their 90s being told to go from Cardiology on the 3rd floor at Lake Success to the 2nd floor Cardiology unit. All of Cardiology on the 3rd floor left as a group before the dept. closed. Most MDs seem to be ending up at Northwell Health and NYU Langone. Podiatry, Neurology, Behavioural Health and others are closed or closing. Optum has stated that their focus will be Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, but I don’t believe it. Patients are being forced to make difficult choices. Most of us have long-standing relationships with our physicians. I really feel with those who are elderly, who now have to find new Drs. Hopefully their MDs are quietly letting them know where they end up.
It’s closing. No solid date as of 2 wks ago, but my therapist told me they are closing sometime in Nov. 2026. I feel really sorry for folks needing mental health care because there are few pyschs. here on LI who take insurance, esp. Medicare. Where do those of us on medication now go? We can’t be without it. We’ll get no notice at all as well. That’s been true for all the MDs whose depts. are closing.
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