Primary Care - Hempstead - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Family Medicine • North Hempstead, NY • Since 1928
About
Mount Sinai South Nassau (formerly South Nassau Communities Hospital) is a nonprofit, acute-care teaching hospital in Oceanside, NY, with about 455 beds and 3,000 employees. It offers comprehensive services including cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, bariatrics, pain management, mental health, and emergency services, plus outpatient specialty centers. It operates as part of Mount Sinai Health System and is known for advanced radiosurgery technologies (Novalis Tx, Gamma Knife Perfexion) and designated programs (Stroke Center, Comprehensive Community Cancer Center, Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence). The facility serves Nassau County including North Hempstead, with multiple locations and a primary campus at One Healthy Way, Oceanside. If you’re seeking primary care in Hempstead under Mount Sinai South Nassau, note that the hospital group’s main operations are in Oceanside, with surrounding offices in nearby towns. Contact: info@southnassau.org or 516-632-3000.
Clinic Type
Family Medicine
Address
Oceanside, NY (Mount Sinai South Nassau Primary Care and Behavioral Health)
Phone
5166323000
info@snch.org
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
Services Offered
Insurance & Payment
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Reduced-rate care based on ability to pay, facilitated-insurance enrollment programs, programs for eligible patients
Languages Spoken
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FAQs
What insurance plans are accepted?
We are an approved provider for most major insurance plans.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Birdeye (Mount Sinai South Nassau-Family Medicine): 2.2/5 star rating (77 reviews)
- stormrage.nyc (Google reviews snapshot for Hempstead primary care/pediatrics/behavioral health practice): 2.6/5 stars (Google) (20 reviews)
- US News (individual primary care physicians list under South Nassau Communities Hospital): Patient rating varies by physician (e.g., 4/5 and 5/5 shown)
- Mount Sinai provider profile (Neil B. Soskel - Family Medicine): 4.9 stars (467 ratings / 85 patient comments)
- WebMD (Dr. Renee Messina): Average rating 5/5 (from 37 ratings) (37 ratings with 5 reviews)
Patients praise
- Some providers receive very high patient ratings (e.g., 4.9 stars; patients praise being caring/knowledgeable and patient-focused)
Common complaints
- Low overall ratings for the Hempstead primary care/pediatrics/behavioral health practice on public review aggregations
- Complaints about long wait times
- Complaints about unprofessional/rude front office or staff and difficulty getting through
- Complaints about not returning test results / poor communication (in practice review site)
"“The wait time is ridiculous almost into a hour and half do not come here”"
— Birdeye review snippet for “Mount Sinai South Nassau-Family Medicine”"“Phone calls are excruciatingly long waiting on hold where they forget about you… rude and condescending front office staff”"
— medicals-health.com page for “South Nassau Family Medicine Center” reviews"“Dr. Soskel is a very caring , knowledgeable, doctor. Again I've been going to him for 36 years”"
— profiles.mountsinai.org patient comments for Neil B. SoskelSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Hempstead Chamber of Commerce supports a new health facility | Herald Community Newspapers | www.liherald.com — Nov 3, 2025
- Dr. Nissim E. Levy, MD - Internal Medicine Physician in Oceanside, NY — May 14, 2026
- Mount Sinai South Nassau's Vaxmobile offers Freeport Library patrons healthcare on the go | Herald Community Newspapers | www.liherald.com — May 1, 2026
- Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital to open new $70 million center in Wantagh — Aug 1, 2025
- The Vaxmobile offers vaccines against shingles and pneumonia, as well as flu and covid vaccines - Tricia Lindsay — Apr 18, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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