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SNF Learning Collaborative SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION When transitions from skilled nursing facilities to home are not well executed, elderly patients are at greater risk of poor outcomes. Creating safer and more effective transitions ...

Case Studies Promising Practices, Highlights, and Case Studies The case studies presented here showcase several New York pediatric practices’ approaches to promoting child health equity in their daily work. Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health Pediatric primary care center ...

Charles B. Rangel Community Health Center The Rangel Community Health Center is located at 534 West 135th Street in Manhattan. It offers pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and internal medicine care. Mental health, social work, care coordination, and nutrition staff are ...

Workforce Training For pediatric practices to advance health equity and mitigate the impacts of systemic racism on health disparities and health care outcomes, the entire care team needs to be engaged, informed, and trained on equitable approaches to care. Principal ...

PEDS-test Low Birthweight and Infant Mortality Variation by Race In New York City, low-birthweight babies are born to Black mothers at twice the rate of white mothers (12.6% vs. 6.3%). Despite low overall infant mortality rates in NYC ...

2018 Medicaid Conference UHF’s 2018 conference on Medicaid in New York featured an opening keynote from New York State Medicaid Director Donna Frescatore that focused on the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, which led hospitals, other health ...

Dashboards The UHF Medicaid Institute New York Medicaid Dashboards are visualizations of analyses to provide basic enrollment and finance information about the New York State Medicaid program, a health care system for low-income New Yorkers. The goal of these dashboards ...

Mayoral Candidate Roundup On the Candidates' Health Policy Positions 0002F5BE-1640-40F5-9D81-D091B6986488 Created with sketchtool. UHF's Mayoral Candidate Health Policy Roundup Chad Shearer, UHF's Senior Vice President for Policy and Program, on what's at stake in the election. A2B717D7-E474-4790-8FF2-2E9ED6FF19F6 ...

New York's Health Care Workforce Back to Health Care Leadership Awards UHF is proud to present the 2021 Health Care Leadership Award to New York's million-plus health care workforce, in recognition of their courage, compassion, and commitment during ...

PECD Connections UHF-Led Partnership Helps Family with Complex Needs Making critical connections During an arduous journey from Central America to Long Island, a father had to carry his physically disabled 11-year-old daughter on his back. They ended up living in ...

Polypharmacy in NYC Nursing Homes SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION Polypharmacy is the overprescribing of inappropriate medications. United Hospital Fund has been awarded a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to address the problem ...

PEDS Network Impact United Hospital Fund It takes a community to keep a child healthy - UHF is making those connections United Hospital Fund It takes a community to keep a child healthy - UHF is making those connections Every child deserves ...

Bridging Quality and Equity SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE DONALD A. PELS CHARITABLE TRUST  UHF has launched a task force consisting of leaders from New York health care organizations to help coordinate efforts in improving health equity and health ...

PEDS Network Impact_2 Subscribe Donate The COVID-19 Ripple Effect Impact on children in New York A seminal analysis estimating that COVID-19 has led to severe, long-lasting, and racially disparate repercussions on children in New York State. Conducted by UHF and ...

Olajide Williams Olajide Williams, MD 2022 Distinguished Community Service Award UHF is proud to present the 2022 Distinguished Community Service Award to Olajide Williams, MD, in recognition of his work improving health literacy through the transformative power of music, art ...

Robert S. Galvin, MD Robert S. Galvin, MD Health Care Leadership Award, 2022 UHF is proud to present the 2022 Health Care Leadership Award to Robert S. Galvin, MD, for his pioneering work leading the business community’s efforts in ...

Resources for Addressing Polypharmacy Resources for Addressing Polypharmacy A List of Resources for Reducing the Burdens of Overperscription As part of its polypharmacy project, UHF sponsored a learning collaborative with six nursing homes in New York City to address the ...

Greater New York Hospital Association To build provider capacity and enhance the quality of care within health systems across the greater New York region through GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at: bolstering clinical quality improvement leadership through the continuation and expansion ...

Montefiore Medical Center: Behavioral Health Integration Phase II To pilot-test a new framework for integrating behavioral health care services into primary care—developed and disseminated with earlier UHF support—in four primary care medical practices in New York City. Project ...

Medicare Rights Center To enhance organizations' capacity to promote the interests of consumers within new health system transformation models in New York State, and help consumers become better informed and active participants in shaping new models. Medicare Rights Center will ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service To implement and evaluate strategies to improve the connection to and use of primary care services among New York State of Health marketplace enrollees, with specific focus on immigrants ...

Young Invincibles To research barriers to coverage and access to health care services for young adult undocumented immigrants in New York City, and to produce a report on the findings for policymakers and stakeholders. The federal Deferred Action for Childhood ...

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center To develop a peer volunteer program to support seniors at risk of readmission or other post-discharge complications. The hospital will develop the Seniors Coaching Seniors volunteer program to provide peer coaching support to low-income, socially isolated ...

Metropolitan Hospital Center To improve the transition process from hospital to home care for patients and family caregivers by addressing their needs for information, education, and support. For patients and family caregivers, the day of discharge from a hospital is ...

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center To add a volunteer component to a childhood obesity program for the hospital's neighboring communities, including one in which over 40 percent of children are overweight or obese. As an adjunct to the hospital's ...

Together on Diabetes-NYC To extend community organizations' capacity to help senior clients better control their diabetes by making identification, engagement, and monitoring of clients with diabetes part of the organizations' regular operations, and by further enhancing organizations' diabetes-related activities; and ...

Greater New York Hospital Association To build provider capacity and quality of care through joint GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at enhancing quality improvement training for health care professionals through the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program; supporting hospitals and health systems in ...

Community Healthcare Network To develop and vet a process for creating effective partnerships between primary care practices and community-based organizations, this project will facilitate the development of a screening, referral, and feedback process model that encourages effective follow-up between primary ...

Greater New York Hospital Association To build provider capacity and enhance the quality of care through joint GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at building clinical leadership capacity in quality improvement through Year 14 of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP); and ...

United Hospital Fund Report Analyzes Patient Engagement in New York's Commercial Health Insurance Market A new United Hospital Fund report examines patient engagement in New York's commercial health insurance market. A new United Hospital Fund report examines patient engagement in ...

Three Prominent New Yorkers Recognized by United Hospital Fund for Their Leadership and Accomplishments in Improving Health Care The United Hospital Fund paid tribute to Howard P. Milstein, Arnold P. Gold, MD, and Stephen Berger at its annual gala. Front ...

United Hospital Fund Report Identifies Key Opportunities to Support Children's Health Through Innovations in Pediatric Primary Care A new report presents four key issues deemed paramount to ensure that each contact a young child has with the health care system ...

United Hospital Fund Honors 87 Volunteers, Recognizing Their Contributions to 61 Area Hospitals The United Hospital Fund hosted its 23rd annual Hospital Auxilian and Volunteer Achievement Awards ceremony, honoring 87 volunteers and auxilians who provide exceptional service to 61 hospitals ...

Effective Value-Based Payment for Children Requires Different Quality Measures than Those for Adults, Says UHF Report A new report focuses on the quality measures to consider as part of value-based payment arrangements for children's health care. A new United Hospital ...

United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending on and Service Utilization by Children in New York Two new complementary reports from United Hospital Fund's Medicaid Institute present data on Medicaid spending for and utilization by Medicaid beneficiaries under the age of ...

Medicaid Conference Takes Stock on Value-Based Payment A summary of UHF's 2016 Medicaid conference, "Medicaid in New York: Progressing to Value-Based Payment." The revolutionary and evolutionary redesign of New York's Medicaid program has entered a new phase, with greater ...

New Report by United Hospital Fund and AARP Public Policy Institute Probes Family Caregivers' Perspectives on Medication Management, Wound Care, and Video Instruction A joint report from UHF and AARP Public Policy Institute looking at family caregiver perspectives on medication ...

UHF Releases Toolkit to Assist Hospitals in Implementing New York State's CARE Act A step-by-step toolkit helps hospitals meet CARE Act requirements to engage family caregivers in discharge planning and prepare them for the complex post-discharge care they wil be ...

New Central Line Guide a Key Component of Patient Safety in Home Care Settings United Hospital Fund (UHF) today released a detailed guide for home care patients and their family caregivers that explains in straightforward text and graphics how to ...

Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Will Become New UHF President Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, will become president of United Hospital Fund on August 14, UHF Chairman J. Barclay Collins II has announced. Dr. Shih was named after a national search for ...

New York State Medicaid Director Announces Initiative for Young Children at UHF Conference New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson announced the First 1000 Days on Medicaid Initiative at United Hospital Fund's annual Medicaid conference on July 20. The Initiative ...

New York State a Leader in Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home, but Growth Slowing United Hospital Fund reports that growth in the number of providers offering patient-centered medical homes is starting to slow in New York State, and small independent primary ...

As Fifth ACA Open Enrollment Period Begins, NY's Individual Market Much Improved but Faces Worrisome Trends New York State's individual market is vastly improved since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but trends suggest the need to consider ...

The Quality Institute: A Year of Progress With a focus on three strategic building blocks of safe, effective health care, the Quality Institute at United Hospital Fund has made real progress on key initiatives over the past year. The Quality ...

Learning Retreat Marks Tenth Class of Clinical Quality Fellows The tenth class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program started intensive training as quality improvement experts with a two-day retreat in January. The 2018-2019 class of CQFP Fellows and faculty at ...