UHF News

New report on DSRIP promising practices spotlights payment and delivery innovations started after federal waiver

United Hospital Fund has named Chad Senior Vice President for Policy and Program.

John Simons, managing partner with the investment bank Corporate Fuel Advisors LLC, has been elected Chairman of the Board of United Hospital Fund.

New York accountable care organizations participating in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program to reduce Medicare spending generated nearly $11.5 million in savings in 2017, after losing roughly $60 million in each of the two prior years.

United Hospital Fund honors 57 extraordinary quality improvement leaders at 51 hospitals and long-term care facilities at its Tribute to Excellence in Health Care event.

A new report examining the uninsured in western and central New York found that many are likely income-eligible for public coverage or financial assistance.

The number of primary care providers in New York State adopting the patient-centered medical home soard by more than 35 percent between May 2017 and May 2018.

A year-long project demonstrated that small primary care practices can help fill this gap by screening patients for depression and coordinating their mental health, medical, and social service needs.

Pooja Kothari, RN, MPH, program manager in UHF’s Quality Institute, is named the 2019 Patricia S. Levinson fellow.

In a new report, UHF lays out strategies for clinicians and payers to improve children’s health by providing “integrated family care.”

Two new UHF reports conclude that overhauling payments for children’s health care so that quality and outcomes are rewarded—rather than the quantity of care delivered—could have a profoundly positive impact on children’s health.