Archived Events

Medicaid and National Health Reform

Grant Date 06.16.2009
Amount: $Kristina Ramos-Callan, 212-494-0791

This conference examined critical issues facing the Medicaid program, and the challenges and prospects for national health reform.

New Leadership Group 17th Annual Healthy Kids Benefit

Grant Date 03.29.2009
Amount: $Gloria Messam 212-494-0724

Join the New Leadership Group for its 16th annual Healthy Kids benefit, supporting better health care for children living in low-income neighborhoods.

Tribute to Hospital Trustees

Grant Date 02.10.2009
Amount: $Michelle Levy

The 19th annual Tribute to Hospital Trustees recognizes the dedication and leadership of the volunteer leaders who govern not-for-profit hospitals in the metropolitan New York region. This year's luncheon, on May 8, 2009, at the Waldorf-Astoria, will honor trustees nominated by hospitals throughout New York City and across the metropolitan region.

16th Annual Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Achievement Awards

Grant Date 11.24.2008
Amount: $Gloria Messam 212-494-0724

The annual Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, March 6, 2009, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria.

Program Development and Application Assistance
2009 Health Care Improvement Grant
Promoting Voluntarism

Grant Date 10.20.2008
Amount: $Norma S. Gindes, Director of Voluntary Initiatives
This meeting will provide guidance to hospitals interested in submitting proposals to receive a Health Care Improvement Grant from the United Hospital Fund for a project promoting health care voluntarism.
Related initiatives: Voluntarism

A New Leadership Group Program:
New York Tackles Childhood Obesity:
A Public Health Challenge for the Next Half-Century

Grant Date 10.20.2008
Amount: $

Two experts will discuss the root causes and multiple dimensions of the obesity problem among New York's children, the interventions and changes that are needed, and the innovative efforts already in place to begin to reverse this dangerous trend.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS!
Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Achievement Awards

Grant Date 09.25.2008
Amount: $Gloria Messam 212-494-0724

Nominations for the 2009 Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Achievement Awards are due October 23, 2008.

19th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice

Grant Date 09.25.2008
Amount: $Kristina Ramos-Callan, 212-494-0791

The Symposium features presentations, roundtables, and poster sessions on significant work in a broad range of issue areas, including opportunities for Medicare reform and issues in addressing obesity.

Post-Election Health Policy Perspectives

Grant Date 09.25.2008
Amount: $Kristina Ramos-Callan, 212-494-0791

This half-day event will examine the prospects for action on a range of health policy issues.

Building Volunteer Communities: How to Make the Generation Gap Work for You

Grant Date 09.02.2008
Amount: $Norma Gindes

This conference will explore strategies regarding the best ways to engage volunteers of all ages.

2008 United Hospital Fund Gala

Grant Date 07.11.2008
Amount: $

Join us as we honor three extraordinary health care leaders and support hospitals and health care in New York. This year, we present the Health Care Leadership Award to Anthony L. Watson, chairman and chief executive officer of EmblemHealth, Inc., and the Distinguished Community Service Award to Rear Admiral Robert A. Rosen, NYNM (ret.), founder of the Florence and Robert A. Rosen Family Wellness Center for Law Enforcement and Military Personnel and Their Families. We also pay special tribute to The New York Community Trust.

Public Program Simplification and Expansion

Grant Date 06.26.2008
Amount: $Robert de Luna

The Fund hosted a roundtable discussion on April 11, 2008, focused on public program simplification and expansion.

Medicaid in 2008 and Beyond: Challenges and Prospects

Grant Date 05.23.2008
Amount: $Kristina Ramos-Callan, 212-494-0791

This conference examined a range of challenges facing New York's Medicaid program and prospects for reform. Panels of experts addressed coverage expansion, long-term care, and managed care. Perspectives from the public sector were also be featured.

Issues and Options for Reforming New York's Private Insurance Markets

Grant Date 05.14.2008
Amount: $Bob de Luna

At this Fund-sponsored roundtable, held in May 2007, national experts on insurance market regulation, state regulators, insurance company CEOs, brokers, and consumer advocates came together for a clear-eyed look at New York's individual, small group, and Healthy New York program markets. Roundtable highlights are available.

Patterns of Health Care Spending Growth and Strategies for Delivering Effective and Cost-Efficient Care

Grant Date 05.14.2008
Amount: $Bob de Luna

To facilitate discussions about patterns of health care spending growth and strategies for delivering more effective and more cost-efficient care, the Fund convened this roundtable meeting.