Recent News, Commentary & Feature Stories
With a New State Law Requiring Palliative Care Counseling, United Hospital Fund Focuses Attention on Practical Guide
The Palliative Care Information Act, now law, focuses attention on the Next Step in Care resource A Family Caregiver's Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care.
United Hospital Fund's Fredda Vladeck Receives M. Powell Lawton Quality of Life Award for Transforming Communities into Good Places to Grow Old
Fredda Vladeck received the 2012 M. Powell Lawton Quality of Life Award from the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging for her pioneering work in transforming communities into good places to grow old.
United Hospital Fund Transitions in Care Action Agenda Calls on Health Care Providers, Payers, and Others to Train and Support Family Caregivers
The United Hospital Fund has announced an agenda of ten action steps to improve transitions in care and contribute significantly to the transformation of the nation’s health care system, as well as a report about the three-year initiative Transitions in Care–Quality Improvement Collaborative.
United Hospital Fund Reports Inform Implementation of Medicaid Reforms for Costly, Vulnerable Patients
Two new Medicaid Institute reports focus on the implementation of Medicaid policy changes in New York, which will require participation in care management for beneficiaries receiving either long-term care or behavioral health services.
United Hospital Fund Report Outlines Strategy to Improve Care for New York State Beneficiaries of Both Medicare and Medicaid
A report from the Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund focuses on an important extension of New York’s landmark Medicaid reforms—the proposed Fully Integrated Duals Advantage program, or FIDA.
United Hospital Fund Report Identifies 3,741 Patient-Centered Medical Home Providers in New York, By Far Most in Nation
A new report examines at the forces that have led to the rapid adoption of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model in New York, which account for nearly 20 percent of all primary care physicians in the state; it also looks at the outstanding questions as to what will be required to enlist the other 80 percent of providers.
United Hospital Fund Report Finds Small Improvement in New York City Hospitals' Finances for Some, Others Remain at Risk
A Fund report finds a small improvement in the financial condition of the city’s nonprofit hospitals between 2006 and 2009—but this improvement was not experienced uniformly or by all.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Whether New York's Health Benefit Exchange Should Be a Passive Clearinghouse or an Active Purchaser
A new report from the United Hospital Fund carefully examines the roles New York’s health benefit exchange should play, ranging from a passive marketplace, with the free market alone determining the quantity and scope of offerings, to an active purchaser, with the exchange using its leverage to achieve one or more systemwide goals.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines the Shift to Managed Care for Children in Foster Care
A new Medicaid Institute report examines New York's plan to move children in foster care into Medicaid managed care.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Mergers of Individual and Small Group Insurance Markets and of Health Benefit Exchanges
This Fund report focuses on two discretionary decisions for New York involving mergers: first, combining individual and small business health benefit exchanges, and second, merging the individual and Small Group markets.
United Hospital Fund Report Assesses the Measurement of Quality of Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Needs
A new Medicaid Institute report focuses on measuring quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, behavioral health conditions, and long-term care needs.
United Hospital Fund Report Assesses the Challenges to Integrating New York's Medicaid Program with a New Health Insurance Exchange
A new Fund report examines the organizational improvements needed to improve and integrate current Medicaid processes for eligibility and enrollment, information technology, and beneficiary communications with the health insurance exchange now being designed in New York as part of federal health care reform.
United Hospital Fund Recognizes Outstanding Contributions of New York City Hospital Volunteers
The Fund hosted its 18th Annual Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Achievement Awards ceremony, honoring 87 volunteers who provide exceptional service to hospitals throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
United Hospital Fund Provides $390,000 for Grants to Improve Health Services in New York City
Among the initiatives funded through these nine grants is a program to increase rates of breastfeeding in New York City by helping hospitals improve practices and policies.
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