Reports
Health Indicators: A Proactive and Systematic Approach to Healthy Aging
This article describes a data-driven, community-based, collaborative effort under way in 34 low- and moderate-income communities in New York City. The Health Indicators in NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) Programs Initiative, started in 2007 with major support from the New York City Department for the Aging, has enabled community-based programs with limited resources to become more systematic in addressing the management of clients with diabetes, heart disease, or an increased risk for falls. Published in Cityscape (Volume 12, Number 2), a journal of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2008
Newly updated and expanded with 2007-2008 data, the Fund’s annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York, detailing income, employment status, age, and other demographic information. It also tracks coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, estimates the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance, and describes trends in coverage over time. Data presented are the most recent available from the Current Population Survey.
Childless Adults: Barriers to Enrollment in Public Health Coverage
This new Fund-supported report examines the barriers faced by New York’s 500,000 eligible but uninsured childless adults, and strategies to improve this population's participation in public health insurance.
The Big Picture Updated
This report provides analysis of recent activity in both New York’s private markets and state and federal managed care programs.
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.
"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 report, prepared in anticipation of federal health care reform, examines how key reform issues present important new policy considerations 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.
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