Reports
The Financial Condition of the Leading Academic Medical Centers in New York City and the Nation
While academic medical centers have the best financial performance of any group of New York City hospitals, they have significantly lower margins than their peers in other states. This report examines the reasons driving this disparity, and compares data from four New York City academic medical centers to seventeen top academic medical centers elsewhere in the country.
Cost Sharing in New York's Health Insurance Market
This 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.
Measuring Coverage for Seniors in Medicare Part A and Estimating the Cost of Making It Universal
In 2005, 1.6 million seniors—or 5 percent of the elderly U.S. population—were without a full federal Medicare Part A premium subsidy.
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2006-2008: A Snapshot
This data snapshot presents highlights of the 2006 to 2008 Current Population Survey data for New York and the nation. It is being published electronically in advance of Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2007–2008, a more extensive publication that will be released in the summer of 2010.
"Mutual Responsibility": A Study of Uninsured Immigrants' Perspectives on Health Insurance in New York City
This report describes the results of a study conducted by the New York Immigration Coalition, with grant support from the Fund, that explored the barriers to maintaining health insurance faced by immigrants in New York.
New York State and the Emerging Federal Health Care Reform Blueprint
This new report, prepared just prior to the game-changing events of early January 2010, describes some enduring health care issues, the means envisioned so far for dealing with them, and their negative and positive potential for New York.
Bridging Troubled Waters
The January 2010 issue of Health Affairs features a United Hospital Fund staff-written article titled “Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, and Long-Term Care.
Vision/Accomplishment
The United Hospital Fund's 2009 Annual Report highlights the Fund's accomplishments over the past year and presents a vision—and imperatives—for the future of our health care system.
Reducing Paperwork to Improve Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP
This Medicaid Institute™ report examines ways to increase enrollment and retention of eligible children and adults in Medicaid and CHIP, lower administrative program costs, and improve convenience for applicants.
The Big Picture: Private and Public Health Insurance Markets in New York
An unprecedented portrait of New York's commercial, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-funded insurance markets, The Big Picture provides an in-depth review of those markets and the regulations and policies shaping health insurance in our state. Updated Nov. 5, 2009
Improving Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP
This Medicaid Institute™ report explores a series of federal administrative and legislative changes that states can seek to improve their current public health insurance programs and increase participation.
The Role of Local Government in Administering Medicaid in New York
This report examines how multiple state agencies and 58 local governments share responsibility for administration of New York's Medicaid program.
Characteristics and Health Coverage of New York's Noncitizens
Noncitizens represent a large and disproportionate share of New York's uninsured population, according to this Fund report.
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2006-2007
Newly updated and expanded with 2006-2007 data, the Fund's annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York.
Providing Behavioral Health Services to Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees
A report from the United Hospital Fund's Medicaid Institute™ concludes that, for Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic physical health conditions and serious and persistent mental illness, the more integration of physical and behavioral health care services the better.
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