UHF News

A UHF report reveals that a majority of surveyed patients who were sent home after a short stay in a skilled nursing facility said they received and understood discharge instructions, but still reported some substantial gaps in preparation and care coordination.

United Hospital Fund has selected Peter Newell, director of its Health Insurance Project, as the new Patricia S. Levinson Fellow.

UHF annual fall Gala honored two exceptional New York-area leaders, designer Kenneth Cole and food activist Karen Washington, along with the New York region’s extraordinary health care workforce.

A promising downtrend in opioid-related deaths that started in 2017 was upended during the pandemic, and it is now likely that some 5.3 million children in the United States will be adversely affect by the opioid epidemic by 2030, according to a commentary published today by UHF.

United Hospital Fund elected two new directors to its Board: Oxiris Barbot, MD, former commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene of the City of New York, and Neera Chaudhary, North American president of Ketchum Inc.

Medicaid plans can improve infant health and reduce low birthweight in New York State by leveraging the federally funded WIC program to reduce food insecurity, according to a UHF report.

Joan Guzik, UHF's current director of quality improvement, will be named director of quality and efficiency effective September 3, succeeding Lynn Rogut, current director of quality and team lead for quality and efficiency, who is retiring.

A new HeathWatch brief finds that The American Rescue Plan Act helps New Yorkers who lost their jobs or job-based health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic find affordable coverage.

A new United Hospital Fund profiles five service providers in New York, New Hampshire, and Michigan that have embraced the Integrated Family Care model.

The American Rescue Plan Act, signed in March, made health insurance much more affordable for residents of New York State, according to a new analysis by United Hospital Fund.

A new United Hospital Fund report describes a digital prototype, How’s My Health Dashboard, designed to help patients and providers work together to achieve patients' health goals.

UHF released a roundup of the positions of nine NYC mayoral candidates on critical health policy issues facing the city, based on information from candidates’ websites and a UHF-fielded survey.