UHF News

UHF named Alexandra Brandes as the new director of its Medicaid Institute, Susan Olivera as senior program officer, and Kristina Ramos-Callan as senior program manager.

Meritus Health President and CEO Maulik Joshi, Dr PH, outlined his goals at the second Quality Leaders Forum.

The glaring racial and economic inequities in the U.S. health care system, magnified by the coronavirus pandemic, were the main topics of the 31st Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice.

A Trump administration regulation allowing employers to establish individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements holds significant risks for New York consumers, particularly lower-income enrollee.

UHF's annual fall Gala was held virtually on October 5 and honored five New York leaders, as well as New York’s health care heroes.

Between March and July 2020 4,200 children in New York State lost a parent to COVID-19 and 325,000 children were pushed into or near poverty by the pandemic-related economic downturn, according to a UHF report in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group.

United Hospital Fund launched a new program, the Pediatrics for an Equitable Developmental Start Learning Network, designed to boost healthy development of young children in New York State.

UHF’s fall gala will be virtual this year, but will still honor exceptional area leaders for their contributions to health and health care.

The 11th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program finished 15 months of training with a virtual event.

UHF’s annual Medicaid conference went ahead as planned on July 15 in a new format—some 250 people watched a live webcast.

UHF has elected five new members to its board of directors and named its first Gould Visiting Scholar.

UHF honored 63 extraordinary quality improvement leaders from 57 health care organizations across the New York metropolitan region at its second annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care. The honorees were recognized for their individual efforts to champion quality of care, patient safety, and the patient experience.