Recent News, Commentary & Feature Stories
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.
Carol Levine: Meeting Tomorrow’s Demand for Home Health Aides
A survey of home health aides provides clues to making the job more appealing to address the anticipated increase in demand in the coming years.
Jim Tallon: Innovation: The Next Wave
In this commentary by United Hospital Fund President Jim Tallon, he discusses how today's innovative approaches—coordinated care, new payment methods, patient involvement—are taking root in actual practice.
Connecting Older Adults to Needed Dental Care
This United Hospital Fund grant supports a project to increase access to oral health prevention and treatment services among older adults.
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 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 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 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.
Carol Levine: Next Step in Care: A Web-based Caregiver Manual for Navigating Transitions
In recognition of Family Caregiving month, Carol Levine wrote this blog for the Family Caregiver Alliance, which published a blog a day on family caregiving through November 2011.
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 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.
Jim Tallon: New Directions
In his 2011 annual report vision statement, Fund president Jim Tallon focuses on the “innovation imperative”—and highlights recent Fund achievements that exemplify just that.
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 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.
Jim Tallon: A New York Take on Global Challenges
How do we create the health system change the economic outlook requires? Commentary by Fund President Jim Tallon.
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