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- Suzanne Brundage Named UHF’s Patricia S. Levinson Fellow
- UHF Hosts Release of Report Calling for Integration of Health and Human Services
- Blueprint, Spring 2018
- UHF and New York State Partner to Benefit Youngest Children
- Milestone for Quality Leadership Program
- Child Health Project Highlights Value of Partnership
- President’s Letter: To Increase Value, Go Beyond Health Care
- UHF’s Quality Institute Fosters Patient-Driven Improvement
- Medicaid in New York: Fostering Collaboration to Improve Health
- 29th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice—Call for Posters
- Carol Levine: Getting Ready for Medicare’s New ID Cards: What Providers and Beneficiaries Need to Know and Do
- UHF Welcomes New Partner, Junto Health
- UHF’s Chad Shearer Testifies Before City Council on Public Hospital Challenges, Progress
- UHF Awards $219,107 in Grants to Improve Primary Care in New York
- Learning Retreat Marks Tenth Class of Clinical Quality Fellows
- A Look Back—and Ahead: UHF’s Annual Report
- Tony Shih: Interesting Times
- Annual Report 2017: Coverage and Access
- Annual Report 2017: Quality and Efficiency
- Annual Report 2017: Health Care/Community Collaborations
- The Quality Institute: A Year of Progress
- Chad Shearer: The Historic Promise and Uncertain Future of Medicaid
- Pooja Kothari: Why UHF is Spearheading Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
- Interest in Early Childhood Health Leads to Three Funders Working Together
- Initiative to Invest in Children Key to State’s Prosperity
- Tony Shih: 2018 and Beyond
- Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Small Practices Tackle the Challenge
- Crain’s Health Pulse Interview: “New UHF President Sets Policy Agenda Amid D.C.’s Ever-Changing Health Care Landscape”
- Family Caregiving Summit: Innovations Needed for Overlooked Groups of Caregivers
- Empowering New Yorkers with Quality Measures That Matter to Them
- Comprehensive Review Finds Meaningful Health Care Quality Information for New York State Consumers Severely Lacking
- Tony Shih: Our Core Values
- Blueprint, Fall-Winter 2017
- New York Small Group Insurance Market Showing Signs of Distress; Trump Proposals Could Make Things Worse
- Health Research Symposium Focuses on Using Data in Patient Engagement
- Robert S. Galvin, MD, Elected to Board of United Hospital Fund
- How Primary Care Can Move Towards a Patient-Centered and Outcomes-Focused Approach to Care Management
- United Hospital Fund Transfers Ownership of Model Website to NYS Office for the Aging to Help Senior-Serving Community Organizations be More Strategic and Effective
- As 2018 Open Enrollment Begins, Trump Administration Adds New Challenges for New York’s Individual Market
- As Fifth ACA Open Enrollment Period Begins, NY’s Individual Market Much Improved but Faces Worrisome Trends
- Patient-Centered Medical Homes in New York, 2017 Update
- New York State a Leader in Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home, but Growth Slowing
- Carol Levine: Can You Get Paid to Take Care of Your Mom?
- Measures that Matter: Team Seeks Data that Consumers Can Use for Health Care Decisions
- United Hospital Fund Recognizes Four New Yorkers for Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care
- HealthWatch: Child Health Plus Enrollment
- A Message from Tony Shih
- Carol Levine: Can a Medicare Beneficiary Assigned to Observation Services Appeal the Decision?
- A New Chapter: Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Becomes UHF President
- Aiming for “Best Practices”: UHF Learning Collaborative Focuses on Outpatient Antibiotic Use
- Presentations from “Medicaid in New York: Innovating in an Era of Uncertainty”
- Medicaid in New York: Innovating in an Era of Uncertainty
- Advancing the Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care for Small Practices
- Blueprint, Summer 2017
- Jim Tallon: Health Care’s Circular Journey
- Nonprofit and Nursing Leaders Elected to UHF Board
- New York State Medicaid Director Announces Initiative for Young Children at UHF Conference
- Learning Collaborative: How Do We Prioritize Patients’ Goals?
- Health Affairs Article Highlights UHF’s Partnerships in Early Childhood Development Initiative
- New Analysis Finds Significantly Higher Prescription Drug Costs for Medicaid and Commercial Insurers Across New York State
- Under Pressure: Prescription Drug Spending Trends in New York’s Medicaid Program and Small Group Market
- HealthWatch: Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care in New York
- PECD Learning Collaborative: Getting to Know You
- Carol Levine: Implementing the CARE Act: What’s Working? What’s Not?
- Rewind: New York State Faces Familiar Issues and New Challenges in the “Repeal and Replace” Era
- Congressional “Repeal and Replace” Health Plan Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York
- Advanced Primary Care (APC) Quality Improvement Resource Compendia
- Quality Collaborative, Spring 2017
- New Report Outlines Ways to Strengthen Consumer Access to Provider Networks in New York State
- Jim Tallon: Breaking a Fifty-Year Compact
- Clinical Quality Fellows: Agents of Health Care Change
- New Report Probes Hospital Patients’ Refusal of Home Care Services and the Impact on Readmissions and Outcomes
- Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Will Become New UHF President
- United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees
- UHF Kicks Off Learning Collaborative to Help Hospital-Community Partnerships Help Children
- United Hospital Fund, Seven Hospitals Expand Efforts to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Outpatients in New York City
- Blueprint, Spring 2017
- HealthWatch: The Geography of Federal Medicaid Reform
- Suzanne Brundage: Near-Universal Children’s Coverage: New York’s Threatened Legacy
- Medicaid in New York: Innovating in an Era of Uncertainty
- Caring for Your Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC): A Guide for Patients and Family Caregivers
- New Central Line Guide a Key Component of Patient Safety in Home Care Settings
- HealthWatch: New York—A National Leader in Public Insurance Coverage for Children
- United Hospital Fund Launches Partnerships for Early Childhood Development with NYC Hospitals to Screen and Address Social and Economic Factors Affecting Children’s Health
- Suzanne Brundage Named First Patricia S. Levinson Fellow at United Hospital Fund
- Implementing New York State’s CARE Act: A Toolkit for Hospital Staff
- UHF Releases Toolkit to Assist Hospitals in Implementing New York State’s CARE Act
- United Hospital Fund Releases Two Guides to Help Patients, Family Caregivers Understand What to Expect During Transition from Hospital to Home Care
- Non-Profit Leaders Discuss the Future of Health Care Reform
- Carol Levine: No Caregiver Is an Island, Though It May Seem That Way
- Building a More Effective Health Care System for Every New Yorker
- Blueprint, Fall/Winter 2016
- Jim Tallon: The Certainty of Uncertainty
- Seeking New Health Care Models in an Uncertain Time
- Carol Levine Named One of Top 50 “2016 Influencers in Aging”
- Chad Shearer Promoted to Vice President for Policy at United Hospital Fund
- The Big Picture VI: New York’s Private and Public Insurance Markets
- “It All Falls on Me”
- The Growth of Medical Homes in New York State, 2014 to 2016
- A Strategy for Expanding and Improving the Impact of the Medical Home Across New York City
- Blueprint, Summer 2016
- Jim Tallon: Keeping Patient Engagement Relevant
- You Get What You Pay for: Measuring Quality in Value-Based Payment for Children's Health Care
- Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) in the Home Care Setting
- Advancing Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care: A Continuum-Based Framework
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