UHF News

Margaret O’Kane, president and founder of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. addressed health inequities as the featured speaker at UHF’s third Quality Leaders Forum.

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.