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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 and Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders Publish Family Caregiver Guide That Addresses LGBT Issues
The United Hospital Fund and SAGE have partnered to create a guide to help members of the LGBT community better navigate the health care system.
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 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 Provides $285,000 for Grants to Improve Health Services in New York City
These five strategic grants are a part of the Fund’s program to support the development of model projects, sponsor research to analyze systemic problems, and foster innovative solutions.
United Hospital Fund Honors Three Health Care Leaders at Its Gala
The Fund paid tribute to Frank A. Bennack, Jr., Dr. Edgar Mandeville, and Richard Ravitch at its annual gala.
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 Analysis Examines State- and Citywide Differences in Insurance Coverage and Uninsurance
This edition of the Fund's annual chartbook series, for the first time, has quantified differences in insurance coverage and uninsurance around New York State and within New York City. Data are broken down into 14 separate regions across New York State, including the five boroughs of New York City; within the city itself, estimates are provided for 55 separate neighborhoods.
United Hospital Fund Provides $304,000 for Grants to Improve Health Services in New York City
The United Hospital Fund announced six grants totaling $304,000 to improve health care services in New York City.
United Hospital Fund Honors 35 Trustees from New York Metropolitan Area Hospitals
The Fund presented Distinguished Trustee Awards to 35 trustees from metropolitan area hospitals.
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 Analysis Finds That, in 2009, Health Plan Profits Bounced Back after Three Years of Declines
Total premiums paid by government, individuals, and businesses for public and private insurance coverage approached $50 billion in 2009, a 7.5 percent increase over the previous year. And commercial health plans posted gains of $921.7 million in 2009—a 25 percent increase over 2008. These are among the findings in the third installment of the Fund’s Big Picture.
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 Examines Promising Collaboration of Providers and Payers to Create Medical Homes and Improve Primary Care
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.
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.
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