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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.
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.
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.
United Hospital Fund Spells Out How the New COBRA Subsidy Extension Provides Important Relief to New Yorkers
With new legislation extending the federal COBRA premium subsidy program, the United Hospital Fund explains how and for whom this extension provides relief.
Carol Levine Honored as 2009 Purpose Prize Fellow
Carol Levine, director of the Families and Health Care Project at United Hospital Fund, has been named a 2009 Purpose Prize fellow.
United Hospital Fund Report Lays Out Approaches to Simplify Enrollment and Retention in New York's Public Insurance Programs
This Medicaid Institute™ report explores how New York could use data-matching strategies to simplify enrollment and retention in its public health insurance programs.
United Hospital Fund's Record-Breaking Gala Pays Tribute to Exceptional New York Health Care Leaders
At its annual gala, the United Hospital Fund honored James and Merryl Tisch, longtime health care leaders in New York; J. Ira Harris, founder of the Harris Obesity Prevention Effort at the NYU Langone Medical Center; and Lee H. Perlman, president of GNYHA Ventures, Inc.; for their respective contributions to improving health care in New York.
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