A plan for Maimonides Hospital to join the city’s public health care system is facing pushback from some Borough Park residents.
Maimonides announced the partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals last year. The deal would give the hospital access to higher Medicaid reimbursement rates and a new electronic health record system. But some residents fear the hospital could become less responsive to the community it has served for generations.
“This will become a huge building that’s not responsive to anybody,” said longtime patient Yosef Rapaport. “It’s really terrible.”…