Recent News, Commentary & Feature Stories
Benefit of COBRA Premium Subsidies Tallied; Program Expiration Has Important Implications
As Congress continues to debate whether to revive COBRA health insurance premium subsidies for laid-off workers, a Fund analysis of a new federal study indicates that the program brought significant benefits to New York State workers and their families.
Jim Tallon: The "Wait-and-See" Majority
Debate on the health reform law continues, and the challenge is not to stifle it but to focus on expectations and to move forward now on plans for implementation, better coordination, regionalization.
United Hospital Fund Launches Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Patient Transitions
The Fund has launched a new initiative, Transitions in Care–Quality Improvement Collaborative, or TC–QuIC—involving 25 heath care providers working in teams to make safer and more effective transitions of seriously, chronically ill patients between health care settings.
United Hospital Fund Event Honors 38 Trustees from New York Metropolitan Area Hospitals
The Fund presented Distinguished Trustee Awards to 38 trustees from metropolitan area hospitals, recognizing them for their leadership, generosity, and extraordinary service.
New High-Risk Pool Requirement Poses First Reform Challenge for New York
New York State, which requires health plans to accept all New Yorkers for coverage, regardless of health status, is now facing the first major implementation challenge of the new health reform legislation—establishment of a temporary high-risk pool. A Fund roundtable examines the implications.
Two Prominent New Yorkers Join United Hospital Fund Board
Philip Chapman and Paul Francis have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Unied Hospital Fund.
United Hospital Fund Provides $383,000 for Grants to Improve Health Services in New York City
Among the wide-ranging initiatives funded through these grants are programs to improve New York City’s online public health insurance renewal process; to analyze the policy implications of federal health reform in New York for people with serious illness and disabilities; to integrate effective palliative care services at New York City public hospitals and nursing homes; and to increase oral health prevention and treatment among older adults.
Carol Levine: The Family Health Care Decisions Act
The Family Health Care Decisions Act , signed into law on March 16, 2010, has a simple purpose—to allow family members to make end-of-life health care decisions when the patient has not signed a health care proxy or advance directive. But its specific provisions, which go into effect on June 1, are complex.
United Hospital Fund Analysis Finds That Most Health Plans Reported Profits, But Smaller Ones, in 2008
Most commercial health plans weathered the onset of our national recession to maintain profitability in 2008, according to this report.
United Hospital Fund Report Charts Impact of Cost Sharing on Group Premiums and Individual Out-of-Pocket Costs
This Fund report examines the impact of cost sharing—deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance—on group health insurance premiums in New York, and the resulting out-of-pocket costs for enrollees
United Hospital Fund Report Compares Financial Condition of New York City's and Other Leading Academic Medical Centers
While academic medical centers have the best financial performance of any group of New York City hospitals, they had significantly lower margins than their peers in other states, concludes this report.
Nominations Sought for Distinguished Community Service Award
The Fund is seeking nominations for the 2010 Distinguished Community Service Award.
Guides for Family Caregivers and Health Care Providers to Improve Patient Care Are Now Available in Chinese
The guides and checklists for family caregivers that are the core of the Next Step in Care website (www.nextstepincare.org) are now available in Chinese.
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