Implementing Federal Health Care Reform: Publications
NYC PHIP Small Practice Project
A report from the New York City Population Health Improvement Program examining a shared-services model that could help small practices serve as medical homes and succeed in value-based payment arrangements.
Networks at the Nexus: Revisiting New York State’s Provider Network Standards and Protections
A health insurance brief examining consumer protections and network adequacy standards in New York and recommending a series of steps the State could take to ensure transparency and access on this issue of critical importance to health insurance consumers.
HealthWatch: The Geography of Federal Medicaid Reform
HealthWatch brief from UHF's Medicaid Institute showing the broad distribution of New York State's Medicaid population, and how changes to the federal-state Medicaid program would affect New Yorkers.
New York Counties By Population, Medicaid Enrollment, and Enrollment Rates (Table)
County-level table listing the estimated percentage of population enrolled in Medicaid for at least one month between June 2015 and May 2016, for all counties in New York State.
Building a More Effective Health Care System for Every New Yorker
This year’s annual report focuses on how UHF’s initiatives are addressing the challenges of a changing health care landscape and having a real impact on the quality, accessibility, affordability, and patient experience of health care.
A Strategy for Expanding and Improving the Impact of the Medical Home Across New York City
A strategic plan for New York City to adopt the medical home model, which improves health care quality, improves patients’ experience of care, and reduces avoidable emergency department visits and hospital admissions.
Value-Based Payment Models for Medicaid Child Health Services
Prepared by Bailit Health for UHF and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, this report lays out both the rationale and framework for value-based payments for children's health care in New York.
New York's Temporary Premium Subsidies: Meeting Immediate Goals and Yielding Useful Lessons
A snapshot brief on a temporary subsidy program implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act rollout—and lessons to be learned from this creative and effective program.
Affordable Care Act Brings New Life—and Covered Lives—to New York’s Individual Market
A snapshot report examining the successful steps New York took to improve its individual health insurance market after the rollout of the ACA, and the steps that will be necessary to sustain that improvement.
After the Reinsurance Is Gone: A New Challenge for New York's Individual Market
A Big Picture snapshot report that examines the federal Transitional Reinsurance Program and what might provide premium-stabilizing effects after the program expires in 2016.
Setting the Stage for Payment Reform: Updating New York’s Regulations on Risk Transfers Between Health Plans and Providers
A timely look at New York’s policies and regulations on risk-transfer agreements between insurance plans and health care providers, an increasingly common setup as the State continues to move toward value-based payment.
What’s Next for New York’s Child Health Plus Program?
This issue brief examines decisions New York faces as it considers the future of the Child Health Plus (CHP) program, the State's health insurance plan for children.
Larger Small Groups: Challenges to Bolstering New York’s Small Group Market
Second in a series, this report examines the risk of adverse selection in New York’s small group health insurance market following a “small group” definition change mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
Performing Provider System Projects: Tackling the Health Needs of Communities
A snapshot of the projects selected by emerging Performing Provider Systems as part of their application for New York Medicaid’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program.
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New York’s health care system is on the move, with dramatic changes being made in its basic elements. The Fund is playing an important role in that transformation, as this 2014 annual report highlights.
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