CareMount Medical

CareMount Medical
Name	CareMount Medical
Type	Physician group
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Mount Kisco, New York
Key people	Dr. John Rhodes (Chief Medical Officer), Dr. Steven Gordon (CEO)
Services	Primary care, specialty care, ambulatory surgery, telemedicine
Employees	~1,800 physicians

CareMount Medical is a large independent multispecialty physician practice based in Westchester and Putnam counties, New York, with operations extending into the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and parts of Fairfield County, Connecticut. The organization grew from a regional community practice into one of the largest physician-owned groups in the United States through mergers and affiliated clinic expansions. It provides primary care and specialty services across ambulatory and inpatient settings, and participates in value-based payment initiatives and accountable care arrangements.

History

Founded in the mid-20th century, the practice traces its roots to community clinics serving Mount Kisco and surrounding towns. Over decades the group expanded via mergers and affiliations with regional physician groups and practices in Westchester County, Putnam County, Dutchess County, Nassau County, and Fairfield County. Growth accelerated in the 2000s and 2010s as the organization consolidated independent practices and added specialty departments, aligning with trends in healthcare consolidation seen in New York State and the broader United States. Strategic moves included affiliating with hospital systems and acquiring ambulatory surgery centers, mirroring consolidation patterns documented alongside institutions such as Montefiore Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Northwell Health, and Mount Sinai Health System.

Organization and Operations

The practice operates as a physician-led enterprise with governance structures including an executive leadership team and physician advisory boards. Its organizational model blends physician ownership, employed providers, and affiliated independent practitioners, similar to models used by groups such as Kaiser Permanente-affiliated medical groups and independent physician associations like Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians. Operationally, the group manages clinical scheduling, electronic health record deployment, revenue cycle management, and credentialing across multiple sites. Care coordination and population health functions interface with payer programs including commercial insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid managed care plans, and the organization engages in bundled payment and accountable care organization (ACO) arrangements comparable to those organized by entities such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and regional ACOs.

Services and Specialties

Services span primary care disciplines—family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics—and a broad array of specialties: cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, neurology, oncology, otolaryngology, dermatology, endocrinology, rheumatology, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, and behavioral health. The group supports ambulatory procedures in dermatologic surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic sports medicine, and gastroenterology endoscopy, operating ambulatory surgery centers similar in scope to those affiliated with Surgery Center of Brooklyn and hospital outpatient departments. The organization has implemented telemedicine platforms for virtual visits, remote patient monitoring for chronic diseases like diabetes and heart failure, and multidisciplinary clinics for complex conditions, reflecting care models promoted by institutions such as Johns Hopkins Medicine and Mayo Clinic.

Locations and Facilities

Clinical sites are distributed across the Lower Hudson Valley, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut, including outpatient practices, urgent care centers, imaging suites, and ambulatory surgery centers. Headquarters and administrative offices are located in Mount Kisco, with regional hubs in towns and suburbs such as White Plains, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Danbury, and Port Chester. Facilities maintain diagnostic capabilities—radiology, MRI, CT, laboratory services—and coordinate inpatient care through affiliations with area hospitals including community medical centers, tertiary referral hospitals, and specialty centers like St. Francis Hospital (The Heart Center), Westchester Medical Center, and Danbury Hospital.

Affiliations and Partnerships

The group has cultivated formal and informal partnerships with regional hospitals, independent practices, health insurers, and academic institutions for referral networks, clinical integration, and medical education. Collaborations with payers support value-based contracting and risk-sharing programs; partnerships with hospitals provide inpatient privileges, surgical partnerships, and joint ventures in ambulatory surgery centers. The organization engages with educational programs and residency training sites, interfacing with academic centers and graduate medical education consortia similar to affiliations seen between regional groups and institutions like New York Medical College, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Quality, Awards, and Recognition

Quality initiatives emphasize adherence to clinical guidelines, preventive care performance metrics, patient satisfaction, and accreditation of ambulatory facilities. The group reports performance on measures aligned with National Committee for Quality Assurance standards and participates in payer quality programs and public reporting initiatives. Recognition has come in the form of regional awards, quality certifications for ambulatory surgery centers, and rankings on patient experience and access metrics comparable to distinctions sought by peers such as Northwell Health and NYU Langone Health. Continuous improvement activities include participation in clinical registries, peer review, and adoption of evidence-based care pathways drawn from specialty societies such as the American College of Cardiology and the American Diabetes Association.

Category:Medical groups in New York (state)