UHF names Peter Newell, Director of Health Insurance Project, as Patricia S. Levinson Fellow United Hospital Fund announced today that it has selected Peter Newell, director of its Health Insurance Project, as its 2023 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow. NEW YORK, …
UHF Graduates 13th Class of Clinical Quality Fellowship Program The 29 mid-career health professionals that made up the 13th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP) graduated today at the offices of United Hospital Fund. 29 Mid-Career Health Professionals …
A Critical Connection for At-Risk Patients The rate of potentially lifesaving follow-up calls to substance use or mental health emergency room patients have spiked dramatically at NYC Health + Hospitals thanks to a new protocol implemented by Clinical Quality Fellow …
Meet the Graduating Class of Change Agents in New York Health Care Making sure fewer people leave the emergency room unseen. Helping more patients safely take their oral medications at home. Reducing by 20 percent the rate of a serious …
UHF Equity Task Force Lays Groundwork for Future Impact A United Hospital Fund task force focused on integrating equity in efforts to improve health care quality has wrapped up a year of productive meetings, setting the stage for its findings …
Polypharmacy Learning Collaborative: Reducing Risks through Patient-Centered Care The skilled nursing facilities in United Hospital Fund’s polypharmacy learning collaborative recently came together to discuss successes, challenges, and opportunities for using a framework of patient-centered care known as Age-Friendly Health Systems. …
Spurring Quality Improvement Momentum at a Home Health Agency A Clinical Quality fellow's project to help patients safely and independently take medications at home has spurred a new approach and enthusiasm for quality improvement at her home health agency. Helping …
Quality Leaders Forum: To Improve Care, First You Must Measure It Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, the President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF), spoke to United Hospital Fund’s Quality Leaders Forum about the importance of performance measurement. Building …
Halftime Analysis: UHF Hosts Third Convening on Critical Medicaid “Unwinding” The convening—the third in a series hosted by UHF on the unwinding—brought together hundreds of stakeholders to discuss the latest enrollment data, ongoing challenges, and future opportunities to build a …
Setting the Stage for Lifelong Oral Health A fellow with United Hospital Fund’s Pediatrics for an Equitable Developmental Start Learning Network set out to increase pediatric dental visits for patients between six and 18 months. Early oral health habits can …
‘Cough Questionnaire’ Enhances Care for Lung Disease Patients A Clinical Quality Fellow's idea to give lung disease patients a "cough questionnaire" at each visit is helping doctors keep track of their symptoms and improve their care. One of the most …
UHF’s Fourth “Unwinding” Convening Highlights Coverage Renewals, Future Plans New York is nearing the end of its massive effort to unwind COVID-19-related continuous coverage provisions and ensure millions across the state enrolled in Medicaid, the Essential Plan, and Child Health …
United Hospital Fund Opens Applications for Inaugural Class of New Health Equity Fellowship for Clinician Leaders NEW YORK, NY—June 12, 2024—United Hospital Fund has opened the application process for the inaugural class of its new Health Equity Fellowship for clinician …
UHF Elects Three New Members to Its Board NEW YORK, NY—July 15, 2024—United Hospital Fund has elected three new members to its Board of Directors: Anna Fagin, a partner at Town Hall Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in medically …
Critical Unwinding Data Added to UHF’s Public Health Insurance Dashboards United Hospital Fund’s Medicaid Institute has added illuminating unwinding datasets to Public Health Insurance Dashboards on the UHF website. As with all graphs on the UHF dashboards, the new additions …
United Hospital Fund to Honor Four Health Care Leaders for Work to Improve the Health of New Yorkers Margaret Crotty and Rory Riggs, Roderick Wong, MD, and Denise Núñez, MD to receive awards at UHF fundraising gala Margaret Crotty and …
Blueprint Regular updates from UHF on research, grantmaking, convenings, and fundraising efforts
Bronx Behavioral Health Integration Project and Patient-Reported Outcomes An overview of behavioral health screening and follow up in an urban primary care practice setting, and lessons for workflow and quality monitoring, are the focus of this PROPC-NY learning collaborative webinar …
Bridging the Gap: Moving from Planning to Routinization Guidance on testing and assessment to aid in the adoption of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures are offered in this webinar presentation from the PROPC-NY learning collaborative. Guidance on testing and assessment in quality …
Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) in the Home Care Setting This toolkit offers practical approaches and tools for home care professionals and hospital acute care providers to systematically assess the risks for and reduce the incidence of central line–associated …
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 …
Presentations from "Medicaid in New York: Transforming the Delivery System" See presentations from the 2015 United Hospital Fund conference “Medicaid in New York: Transforming the Delivery System.” The presentations below were featured components of the United Hospital Fund conference Medicaid …
A Good Place to Grow Old This report, from the Fund's Aging in Place Initiative, describes a new model of care for the elderly: supportive service programs based in naturally occurring retirement communities. Exploring the programs, funding, and underlying partnerships …
Always on Call This book, first published in 2000 and now substantially updated, presents an intimate look at the world of family caregiving. The compelling narratives by caregivers capture the intensity of the caregiving experience, while chapters by noted health …
Family Caregivers on the Job This volume captures a year's worth of fruitful debate among experts convened from around the country to analyze the limitations of ADLs and IADLs and to explore alternatives. More than 27 million family caregivers in …
The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families Recommendations for an action agenda based on a multidisciplinary meeting. Press release can be found here. Opioid addiction is well recognized as a national crisis, but the …
Achieving Payment Reform for Children Through Medicaid and Stakeholder Collaboration Harnessing payment reform to improve children's health The related press release can be found here. Overhauling payments for children's health care so that quality and outcomes are rewarded—rather than the …
Plan and Provider Opportunities to Move Toward Integrated Family Health A framework for integrated family health care The related press release can be found here. Family dynamics can influence the health of children in profound ways. Evidence also suggests the …
Reaching the Five Percent: A Profile of Western and Central New Yorkers Without Health Coverage Examining the eligible but uninsured in western & central New York State. The related press release can be found here. While New York's overall uninsured …
Reforming Payment for Children's Long-Term Health Lessons from New York State's value-based payment effort, focused on children's health care. Value-based payment approaches for children's primary health care services are urgently needed to improve quality of care, to incentivize the use …
Partnerships for Early Childhood Development: Year 2 Update PECD is a grant program and learning collaborative that helps child-serving primary care practices screen for and address unmet social needs through strong clinical-community partnerships. This report summarizes what was learned in …
Deliver Us from Texas: As the ACA Turns 10, Will the Supreme Court Step Up Again? Examining at a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and reviewing the damage it might do to the ACA tools New York has …
NYSDOH Primary Care Quality Rating Stakeholder Workgroup: Final Recommendations Recommendations for designing more user-friendly and meaningful primary care provider profiles that could help inform the health care decisions New Yorkers commonly face. Participants from consumer advocacy groups, providers, payers, and …
Lessons from the Great Recession: New York Medicaid Enrollment During the COVID-19 Crisis New York State Medicaid enrollment trends during the Great Recession of 2007-2009, and the impact of state and federal actions taken then, and lessons for the current …
The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear... Carol Levine, Director of the Fund's Families and Health Care Project, presents a collection of the kinds of unsolicited advice, unwelcome criticism, and undeserved praise that she and other caregivers receive …
Public Comment on Proposed Federal Rule on "Medicaid and CHIP Programs" This comment by Carol Levine, director of the Families and Health Care Project, was submitted in response to a new rule proposed by CMS. The comment below, by Carol …
Carer, Caregiver, What's in a Name? This commentary by Carol Levine was originally published on the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's “Families and Health” blog. The following commentary, written by Carol Levine, director of the Families and Health Care Project, was …
Breaking a Fifty-Year Compact The approach taken by the latest health care proposal would break a 50-year federal-state compact and threaten New York's coverage and quality achievements. New York has overwhelmingly embraced the Affordable Care Act, taking advantage of subsidies …
Health Care's Circular Journey A look back over the past decades shows tremendous progress—and a would-be retreat that threatens the health care of millions. As I prepare to leave United Hospital Fund after 24 years, it's instructive to look back …
Initiative to Invest in Children Key to State's Prosperity Gov. Cuomo's “First 1,000 Days of Life Initiative” is good news for New York's children and families, write UHF President Anthony Shih, MD, and Patricia S. Levinson Fellow Suzanne Brundage, in …
New York Medicaid Program Outlines a Vision for Enhanced Pediatric Care Model New York State report puts forth a new vision for strengthening pediatric primary care. The New York State Medicaid program has released a report that puts forth a …
Pushing for Improvement One Step at a Time Improving the health care system is rarely about sweeping and dramatic changes. More often than not, progress is achieved through incremental steps. Health care policy has dominated the headlines for yet another …
COVID-19, Cities, and Health How can cities become more resilient? To effectively promote the health and well-being of city residents, there needs to be alignment of health care, transportation, education, housing, economic development, and other sectors. Population density is one …
Community Testing and Contact Tracing in a Time of Distrust Many New Yorkers cannot afford to get tested for COVID-19, lack necessary information, and face other barriers. What steps can be taken to reduce barriers to testing and to address …
A Post-COVID-19 Primary Care Agenda: First Steps The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance, and the vulnerability, of primary care. This commentary suggests several actions to restore primary care and transform it in ways that will meet new demands. …