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The United Hospital Fund's 2008 annual report looks at the Fund's focal areas in a new way, moving from the specifics of meeting health care needs to broader issues of improving the health care system.

United Hospital Fund Report Offers Insights into a High-Cost Population of Medicaid Beneficiaries
Challenges face New York's Medicaid program as it considers options to improve care and rein in costs for some high-cost elderly individuals who are dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.

United Hospital Fund Report Analyzes Impact of Merging Troubled Individual Health Insurance Market with Small Group Market
Combining the risk pools of these health insurance markets in New York could reduce premiums for individuals by more than 37 percent, according to this report.

At United Hospital Fund's Annual Gala, Three Health Care Leaders Are Honored
An appreciative crowd of more than 800 filled the Waldorf-Astoria's Grand Ballroom to celebrate the Fund and three worthy honorees.

Reconsidering Community Health Planning for New York City
While interest is growing in recreating community health planning, there is almost universal dissatisfaction with the direction of previous efforts. This issue brief reviews the history of health planning in New York and looks for lessons to guide policy development in this area.

United Hospital Fund Provides $610,000 for Grants to Improve Health Services in New York City
Among the wide-ranging projects receiving these 12 grants are efforts to better connect immigrants with public health insurance programs, an initiative to promote breastfeeding, and an intervention to improve the quality of life for nursing home residents with dementia.

Testimony of Jim Tallon Before the Planning Committee of the State Hospital Review and Planning Council
United Hospital Fund President Jim Tallon testified before the Planning Committee of the State Hospital Review and Planning Council on July 23, 2008, regarding the future of health planning and the certificate of need (CON) process. His testimony is available.

Dr. Michael A. Stocker Joins the Board of the United Hospital Fund
“Michael Stocker brings to the Fund's board a unique combination of experience and real-world knowledge of how both health care and health care systems work,” said Fund President James R. Tallon, Jr.

Reforming New York's Medicaid Eligibility Process
This Medicaid Institute report draws from the experience of selected states that have undertaken improvements in their Medicaid eligibility systems and processes, and identifies lessons that New York might consider as it seeks to improve its own Medicaid eligibility process.

Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2005-2006
Newly updated and expanded with 2005-2006 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, tracking the coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, and estimating the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance.

Pioneering Website Is Launched to Help Seniors to Live and Thrive in Their Homes
The United Hospital Fund has launched www.norcblueprint.org to provide human services professionals, community leaders, public and private funders, and older adults with information to help transform naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) into good places to grow old.