North Country Initiative Employee Directory
Hospitals and Health CareNew York, United States2-10 Employees
North Country Initiative (NCI) is a collaborative network in the hospitals and health care sector, bringing together hospitals, independent physicians, and community providers to reform health care across northern New York’s Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. Its work focuses on aligning incentives, developing clinical programs, and building health technology infrastructure to improve care, reduce costs, and enhance patient outcomes in a rural region. The organization aims to improve quality and efficiency for underserved populations, ensure accessible, high-quality care, and drive value by aligning with payers and applying evidence-based medicine. Based in Watertown, New York, NCI operates within the health care industry as a regional partnership that coordinates efforts to reform the health system in its multi-county service area. It has engaged in partnerships to advance its mission, such as a collaboration with the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization announced in 2024. The group describes itself as a consortium working to create programmatic and infrastructural improvements to better serve rural communities in northern New York.