UHF Holds Tribute to Excellence in Health Care Virtual Event to Honor 63 Quality Improvement Leaders UHF honored 63 extraordinary quality improvement leaders from 57 health care organizations across the New York metropolitan region at its second annual Tribute to …
United Hospital Fund Launches Pediatrics Learning Network to Help Address Health, Social Needs of Young Children In New York State United Hospital Fund launched a new program, the Pediatrics for an Equitable Developmental Start Learning Network, designed to boost healthy …
Meritus Health President Outlines “Bold Goals” at Quality Leaders Forum Meritus Health President and CEO Maulik Joshi, Dr PH, outlined his goals at the second Quality Leaders Forum. Since taking the helm a year ago at Meritus Health, western Maryland's …
UHF Receives Grants to Continue and Expand Program and Policy Work Mother Cabrini Health Foundation awarded two grants to United Hospital Fund in February 2021 to continue its innovative program work for young children and older adults. In February, Mother …
NYC Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi Updates Quality Leaders Forum on Pandemic Response Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, FACP, commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, told UHF's Quality Leaders Forum that VOVID-19 vaccine supplies will soon outstrip …
Navigating Care Transitions From SNF To Home During A Pandemic—Lessons Learned UHF designed a project to engage eight skilled nursing facilities in a learning collaborative to address the need for improved transitions from SNFs to home. Transitions of care have …
UHF Analysis Finds American Rescue Plan Act Provisions Will Make Health Insurance More Affordable for New Yorkers The American Rescue Plan Act, signed in March, made health insurance much more affordable for residents of New York State, according to a …
UHF Commentary Highlights Pivotal Opportunity to Help Children and Families Affected by Worsening Opioid Crisis A promising downtrend in opioid-related deaths that started in 2017 was upended during the pandemic, and it is now likely that some 5.3 million children …
Peter Newell Named UHF Patricia S. Levinson Fellow United Hospital Fund has selected Peter Newell, director of its Health Insurance Project, as the new Patricia S. Levinson Fellow. NEW YORK, NY—October 21, 2021—United Hospital Fund announced today that it has …
UHF Annual Gala, in Person for First Time Since the Pandemic, Honors Four Health Care Leaders UHF's annual fall Gala was held in person today for the first time since 2019 and honored four exceptional New York-area leaders. Blackstone Chief …
In Memoriam: Robert A. Levinson United Hospital Fund mourns the loss of Bob Levinson, a wonderfully generous benefactor and long-time treasured friend, who died on September 22nd at the age of 97. United Hospital Fund mourns the loss of Bob …
UHF/GNYHA Research Symposium Tackles a “Tragedy of the Commons” in Mental Health and Social Services A potential fix for the “tragedy of the commons” facing mental health and social service agencies was the focus of the keynote address by Jeffrey …
Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, MD, Says Market Forces Fail to Control Health Care Quality and Costs Commonwealth Fund president David Blumenthal, MD, tells the Quality Leaders Forum that market forces have failed to keep health care costs under control, …
Parents Have the Power: UHF Webinar Highlights Benefits of Emotionally Responsive Relationships United Hospital Fund’s PEDS Learning Network hosted a webinar on the power of emotionally responsive relationships in early childhood development. In the earliest days of life, adverse experiences …
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Renews Support for Three UHF Initiatives The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation renewed its support in 2023 for three innovative United Hospital Fund programs aimed at helping young children and older adults. The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation …
Measuring the Value of Digital Technologies Dr. Eric Schneider, one of the nation's leading health care researchers, was the featured speaker at the January 19, 2023 meeting at United Hospital Fund’s Quality Leaders Forum webinar During the pandemic, health care …
UHF Literacy Project Comes at Critical Time for Elmhurst Pediatric Patients Participating in United Hospital Fund’s early childhood literacy project helped this Queens pediatric practice rebound from the pandemic. For the patients at Pediatric Plaza in Elmhurst, the chance to …
United Hospital Fund Graduates Second Class of Fellows Dedicated to Transforming Pediatric Primary Care UHF celebrated the graduation of eight PEDS Network Fellows, who completed a 15-month program to develop the next generation of clinical leaders committed to transforming pediatric …
UHF Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care Meet the eight recent graduates of United Hospital Fund’s PEDS Network Fellowship, who are tackling a wide range of equity issues on the frontlines of pediatric care, including early childhood …
UHF Webinar Spotlights New Approach to Caring for Children at Risk A recent UHF webinar highlighted a new program in the Bronx aiming to better identify children at risk for physical or behavioral health problems who are covered by Medicaid …
UHF Webinar Spotlights Equity-Centered Pediatric Projects At a webinar on October 19, UHF’s PEDS Learning Network highlighted two projects that successfully overcame obstacles to address disparities in their pediatric facilities. Tackling equity in pediatric care is no small task. Funding …
Hospital Tool Helps Patients with Serious Illness Access Palliative Care A tool put in place by a UHF/GNYHA fellow at six New York hospitals has increased access to palliative care, a specialized type of care that can provide relief from …
Polypharmacy Learning Collaborative: Notable Success in Second Year A United Hospital Fund partnership with nursing homes focused on safe “deprescribing”—decreasing the use of potentially inappropriate medications—has successfully reduced the number of residents taking 10 or more medications for the second …
Stable Housing, Stable Health: Addressing Housing Insecurity Through Medicaid Value-Based Payment A HealthWatch brief identifying NYC neighborhoods with high levels of housing insecurity, health care utilization, and Medicaid enrollment. Read the related press release. There is increasing awareness that the …
A Look Back—and Ahead: UHF's 2017 Annual Report UHF's latest annual report highlights our work over the past year to build a more effective health care system for all New Yorkers. It's an interesting time for health policy, and UHF …
As 2018 Open Enrollment Begins, Trump Administration Adds New Challenges for New York's Individual Market Preliminary analysis of how New York would be affected by recent Trump administration actions on the Affordable Care Act, particularly the halt in cost-sharing reduction …
Advancing the Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care for Small Practices Moving from theory to real world, a new grant-funded project is testing an innovative “continuum-based framework” that helps small and medium-sized groups of primary care providers integrate behavioral …
The Clinical Quality Fellowship Program: Developing Clinical Quality Leadership in the Greater New York Region The Institute of Medicine has noted that a key factor underlying patient safety problems in the United States is a paucity of quality and safety …
HealthWatch: Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care in New York A HealthWatch brief looking at the ongoing enrollment growth in New York's Medicaid Long-Term Care program, with enrollment figures and a timeline of key policy changes. Since 2012, New York has required …
Rewind: New York State Faces Familiar Issues and New Challenges in the "Repeal and Replace" Era Key provisions in the American Health Care Act-part of the plan by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal and replace the Affordable Care …
I Can Take Care of Myself!: Patients' Refusals of Home Health Care Services A summary of the discussion and findings of a December 2016 roundtable, co-sponsored by UHF and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation, on refusals of …
HealthWatch: The Geography of Federal Medicaid Reform HealthWatch brief from UHF's Medicaid Institute showing the broad distribution of New York State's Medicaid population, and how changes to the federal-state Medicaid program would affect New Yorkers. As of March 24, 2017, …
HealthWatch: New York-High-Quality Health Care for Children in Public Coverage A HealthWatch overview of the quality of care children receive through New York's Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs. "In June 2016 nearly 2.6 million children in New York were …
HealthWatch: New York-A National Leader in Public Insurance Coverage for Children A HealthWatch overview of children's health coverage in New York's Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs, with comparison to corresponding national figures. New York Medicaid and Child Health Plus …
Developing a Core Measure Set to Assess Quality and Value of Primary Care in New York State This poster presentation describes the development of a set of quality and value measures for advanced primary care. As part of its work …
Using PROMs in Primary Care: Making the Case and Experience from the Field A presentation at the initial meeting of the PROPC-NY learning collaborative makes the case for the role of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in primary care. A presentation at …
The Big Picture VI: New York's Private and Public Insurance Markets An overview of New York's insurance markets, analyzing enrollment and financial data across health plans and lines of business to create a comprehensive snapshot of the markets since implementation …
Short-Term Rehabilitation Services in an Inpatient Setting This Next Step in Care guide provides need-to-know information about rehab, including types of settings and services, basic facts about paying for rehab, and what patients and family caregivers can expect from the …
Symposium Focuses on High-Performance Health Care Delivery These presentations were featured components of the 2015 Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice, held October 20. Arnold Milstein, MD, MPHIn his October 20 keynote address at the …
Landmark Study Profiles Young Caregivers As many as 1.4 million U.S. children provide care for an adult family member, according to a report from the United Hospital Fund and the National Alliance for Caregiving. As many as 1.4 million U.S. …
After the Reinsurance Is Gone: A New Challenge for New York's Individual Market A Big Picture snapshot report that examines the federal Transitional Reinsurance Program and what might provide premium-stabilizing effects after the program expires in 2016. The Transitional Reinsurance …
The Illusion of Choice: Why Decisions About Post-Acute Care Are Difficult for Patients and Family Caregivers Second in the “Difficult Decisions” series of reports on the many factors that go into hospital discharge planning, with a focus on the experiences …
Making Change Work: UHF's 2013 Annual Report As the Fund continues to engage with health care’s most important issues and their impact on real people, the goal remains clear: to identify opportunities, shape meaningful strategies for improvement, and move from …
Evaluation of a Continuum-Based Behavioral Health Integration Framework Among Small Primary Care Practices in New York State A framework to help primary care practices integrate behavioral health screening and treatment into health care delivery. The related press release can be …
A Model for Improving and Assessing Outpatient Stewardship Initiatives for Acute Respiratory Infections Results from an observational study evaluating the effectiveness of antibiotic stewardship interventions in New York City outpatient settings. Many hospitals have established inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs, but …