News by Category: Health Care Finances

United Hospital Fund Report Examines Whether New York's Health Benefit Exchange Should Be a Passive Clearinghouse or an Active Purchaser

Release Date: 12.19.2011
Contact: Bob de Luna

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 Examines Promising Collaboration of Providers and Payers to Create Medical Homes and Improve Primary Care

Release Date: 03.10.2011
Contact: Bob de Luna

A new report from the United Hospital Fund examines a promising initiative, the Adirondack Medical Home Demonstration—a partnership of hospitals, primary care physicians, private insurance carriers, and New York State, working together to redesign medical practice in an area spanning four counties in the Adirondacks.

Collaboration among Payers Presents Opportunities for Health Care Reform, but Challenges Remain

Release Date: 11.11.2010
Contact: Bob de Luna
A new report from the United Hospital Fund assesses the opportunities and challenges for multipayer collaborations to be critical agents of reform in health care delivery. Related initiatives: Private Insurance Market, Blueprint for Universal Coverage, Medicaid Institute™, Health Care Finances

United Hospital Fund Receives HEAL NY Grant to Focus on Overuse of Emergency Departments

Release Date: 02.10.2009
Contact: Bob de Luna

The $198,000 award will fund an analysis of the overuse of hospital emergency departments for conditions that are often best treated in ambulatory care settings.