Jeffrey Farber

Experience

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  Mount Sinai Hospital

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2012

  Co-invented and directed pioneering inpatient geriatrics service. Presented research at national meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals. Partnered with The New Jewish Home to boost discharges 7% and reduce stay 0.9 days. Achieved $2.5M annual hospital cost savings. Won clinician and teacher of the year awards. Provided timely geriatric inpatient consultations for conditions like delirium, dementia, and falls. Expanded the services reach amongst hospital colleagues and revised the teaching curriculum.

  • Co-Founder and Director, Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly Service

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  • Director, Geriatrics Consult Service

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
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  Mount Sinai Health System

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  Oversaw Appeals Management, Observation Medicine Services, Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement, and Utilization Management across seven campuses, reporting to the Mount Sinai Health System CFO.Formed and trained a physician advisor team for peer reviews, educating on medical necessity and ICD-10 documentation, and leading appeals against denials.Managed $52M in annual denials, collaborating with clinical leaders to improve documentation and admission criteria.Centralized post-merger appeals, testifying in >50 Medicare hearings with >75% success.Pioneered observation medicine service line launch, initiating NYC’s first observation unit.Developed clinical documentation metrics, enhancing coding and yielding >$7M revenue in 2013.Achieved 100% physician query response, gaining national recognition, and speaking at major conferences.Built and managed a 12-specialist team, later expanding to 27 across six campuses post-merger. Show less

  • Chair, Utilization Review & Physician Leader, Recovery Audit Contractor

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  • Director, Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2013
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  Mount Sinai Health System

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  CMO & SVP for Population Health & CEO for Mount Sinai Care, LLC

  Led medical leadership for population health within the health system, reporting to the Chief Population Health Officer.Oversaw quality standards for 3,400 physicians, developed and monitored care management programs, practice transformation, patient engagement, and clinical solutions.Directed care management with 240+ staff, clinical command center, and disease management for population health transformation.Provided leadership to clinical staff, quality improvement, and mentored emerging leaders.Orchestrated clinical integration, care coordination, and utilization management for a 33,000 Medicare aligned ACO with 300+ primary care physicians across 25 practices.Developed IT infrastructure, drove improvements in ACO measures and presented successful CMS Quality audit management at national conferences. Show less

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  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Jan 2018 - now

  Clinical Associate Professor of Geriatrics

  Monthly volunteer precepting in the Geriatrics Faculty Practice where I supervise and mentor residents and fellows in their continuity and urgent care clinics.

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  The New Jewish Home

  Jan 2018 - now

  President & CEO

  The New Jewish Home is a 176-year-old, mission-driven health system for older adults with campuses in Manhattan, Westchester, and the Bronx, comprised of 815 skilled nursing beds, a medical adult day program, home care, geriatric care management, market rate and affordable supportive senior housing, a research institute, and an innovative workforce training program.Maintained morale and quality, while leading the board and 1500-employee organization through the pandemic, ensuring continuity of front-line essential services.Secured PPE, staffing, and $28M in funding, surpassed NYC staff and resident vaccination rates, and conceived of and established a NYS-designated COVID Recovery Building, caring for over 800 of NYC’s most frail and vulnerable with COVID-19 illness.Implemented system-level scorecard with financial, operational, and clinical key performance indicators that drove improvements in operating performance across all areas.Accomplished 30% reduction in overhead expenses through corporate office restructuring and targeted expense reduction.Achieved CMS 5 Star Quality and Joint Commission reaccreditation for heart failure on both nursing home campuses.Included in all major hospital system’s high value networks, outperforming 30-day readmission and length of stay benchmarks. Show less

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  The New Jewish Home

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  Chief Executive Officer