Bannon Consulting Services

Our Mission

Bannon Consulting works to expand the availability of community-based services and effect meaningful transformation of the health care system. We support nonprofit organizations, health plans, and government agencies to advance innovative models of primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing and human services that address the needs of marginalized populations.

Guiding Principle

Community-based services are essential to achieving the health care reform goals of improving quality of care and population health, and reducing costs. Every year in New York State, over 4 million people make approximately 7 million visits to hospital emergency departments (ED) that do not result in a hospital stay. Looking at the primary reason for these ED visits shows that that many could have been dealt with in a different, less costly primary or preventive care setting. By shifting resources from hospitals to community-based organizations we could achieve an estimated $1 billion in savings annually in New York City, while substantially improving the health and wellbeing of communities.