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Priorities for COVID-19 Vaccine Access: Gathering Community Input Through Public Deliberation To develop and pilot a template of a virtual public deliberation that can be used by local communities to advise decision-makers with respect to community-informed preferences for accessing vaccines ...

Lori Evans Bernstein Joins Board of United Hospital Fund Lori Evans Bernstein has been elected to the United Hospital Fund's board of directors. Lori Evans Bernstein has been elected to the United Hospital Fund's board of directors. Ms. Evans Bernstein ...

United Hospital Fund Examines the Future of the Child Health Plus Program A new United Hospital Fund report examines New York's Child Health Plus program, whose federal funding was recently extended, but the federal funding prospects beyond 2017 are unknown ...

United Hospital Fund Report Identifies Goals for State Regulation of Risk Sharing Between Health Care Providers and Insurers A new report focuses on the increasingly common “risk-transfer” agreements between health insurance plans and health care providers, along with the policy ...

United Hospital Fund Awards $597,193 in Grants to Improve Health Care Services in New York United Hospital Fund announced 12 grants, totaling $597,193, for projects to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. United ...

UHF Report Examines Links Between the Performance and Characteristics of New York's Accountable Care Organizations A UHF report examines the performance of New York's accountable care organizations in Year 2 of the federal Medicare Shared Savings Program, finding that they ...

United Hospital Fund Report Takes a Fresh Look at New York's Resuscitated Individual Health Insurance Market A new United Hospital Fund report provides an analysis of enrollment and financial data on New York's individual health insurance market, before and after ...

Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan Outlining Strategies to Increase Broad Adoption of Primary Care Medical Home Model to Promote Health Equity The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, United Hospital Fund, and partners ...

Chad Shearer Promoted to Vice President for Policy at United Hospital Fund Chad Shearer will now serve as vice president for policy as well as leading UHF's Medicaid work. Chad Shearer, director of the Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund ...

Catherine Arnst Joins United Hospital Fund as Director of Public Information Catherine Arnst joins United Hospital Fund as Director of Public Information. Catherine Arnst, an award winning health journalist and communications specialist, has joined United Hospital Fund as director of ...

United Hospital Fund Launches Partnerships for Early Childhood Development with NYC Hospitals to Screen and Address Social and Economic Factors Affecting Children's Health UHF announced a new initiative, Partnerships for Early Childhood Development, to support 11 New York City hospitals ...

United Hospital Fund, Seven Hospitals Expand Efforts to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Outpatients in New York City UHF announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New ...

New Report Probes Hospital Patients' Refusal of Home Care Services and the Impact on Readmissions and Outcomes UHF and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation today released a report titled, “I Can Take Care of Myself!”: Patients' Refusals ...

New Analysis Finds Significantly Higher Prescription Drug Costs for Medicaid and Commercial Insurers Across New York State Prescription drug spending increased significantly for health plans participating in the Medicaid Managed Care and the commercial small group markets in recent years ...

Aiming for "Best Practices": UHF Learning Collaborative Focuses on Outpatient Antibiotic Use UHF's Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative has entered its second stage, with participating health systems and hospitals joining in a Learning Collaborative to improve prescribing for adults with acute ...

Measures that Matter: Team Seeks Data that Consumers Can Use for Health Care Decisions For New Yorkers trying to choose a doctor or hospital, finding valid, relevant, and accessible quality comparisons is remarkably difficult. A Quality Institute project is tackling ...

Robert S. Galvin, MD, Elected to Board of United Hospital Fund Robert S. Galvin, MD, chief executive officer of Equity Healthcare and a nationally recognized leader in market-based health policy and financing, has been elected a director of UHF. NEW ...

Family Caregiving Summit: Innovations Needed for Overlooked Groups of Caregivers Speakers at a family caregiving summit said much more needs to be done to support young caregivers and isolated caregivers in rural areas. The good news: New York State has ...

Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Small Practices Tackle the Challenge With training and some additional resources, even small primary care practices can routinely screen for and treat depression and anxiety—bringing care to the bulk of patients with those ...

Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Learning Session Explores Interventions and Patient-Provider Communication Teams from seven hospitals and health systems shared their progress and challenges as they seek to reduce antibiotic overuse and misuse for adults with acute respiratory infections. Amid a nasty ...

UHF's Quality Institute Fosters Patient-Driven Improvement Two Quality Institute projects, Patient-Reported Outcomes in Primary Care–New York (PROPC-NY) and Difficult Decisions about Post-Acute Care, reflect a growing awareness that eliciting patients' perceptions and goals plays an important role in patient-provider ...

United Hospital Fund Honors 26 Health Care Trustees United Hospital Fund presented Distinguished Trustee Awards to 26 trustees from New York metropolitan-area hospitals and health care organizations. See photos from the event. New York, New York, April 30, 2018 - United ...

Report Finds Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York's Medicaid population found wide variations in prescribing rates. An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns among ...

Early Childhood Initiative Screens Very Young Children for Psychosocial Needs, Finds Families Most Need Child Care and Adult Education An early childhood initiative that partnered 11 health systems withcommunity-based organizations screened 5,534 very young children and their caregivers in ...

Grant Spotlight: Partnerships Strengthen Response to At-Risk Children's Needs Partnerships for Early Childhood Development moves on to Phase II—and improved referrals for critical psychosocial needs. A promising United Hospital Fund initiative targeting social and environmental risks to young children's ...

Two UHF Reports Highlight Challenges Faced by Patients and Providers in Transition to Post-Hospital Care Post-acute care is an important component of health care, but many patients do not have adequate support, resources to make an informed choice when selecting ...

Carol Levine: 8 Myths About Aging and Long-Term Care The author of 'Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies' busts them (Excerpted with permission of the publisher, Wiley, from Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies by Carol Levine and AARP. Copyright ...

UHF, GNYHA Announce 11th Class of Clinical Quality Fellows 30 Physicians, Nurses, and Physician Assistants Start Training as Quality Improvement Experts Press Release Contact: Catherine Arnst 212-494-0733 carnst@uhfnyc.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UHF, GNYHA ANNOUNCE 11TH CLASS OF CLINICAL ...

Focus on Children’s Health Care Often Missing in Transition to Value-Based Payment 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 ...

UHF Report Offers Payers and Providers Strategies for Developing Integrated Family Care In a new report, UHF lays out strategies for clinicians and payers to improve children’s health by providing “integrated family care.” Innovative new framework for organizing care ...

“Numbers and Stories” Inform Profile of Health Coverage in Western & Central NY; Many Uninsured in 16 Counties Likely Eligible for Help A new report examining the uninsured in western and central New York found that many are likely income-eligible ...

Investment Banker John Simons Elected Chairman of the Board of United Hospital Fund John Simons, managing partner with the investment bank Corporate Fuel Advisors LLC, has been elected Chairman of the Board of United Hospital Fund. UHF also elects new ...

Carol Levine: Changes and Challenges for Family Caregivers Carol Levine, who joined UHF in 1996 as director of the new Families and Health Care Project, shares her insights on how the world has changed for the nation’s 43 million ...

UHF Honors Four Exceptional New Yorkers for Their Work Creating a More Effective and Equitable Health System UHF paid tribute tonight at its annual gala to Steven R. Swartz, Lynne Holden, MD, J. Barclay Collins II, and Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD ...

State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children Detailed A new UHF report details how the opioid epidemic is impacting children in each state. An estimated 2.2 million children nationwide were affected by the opioid crisis as of 2017; West ...

Innovative UHF Partnerships for Early Child Development Program Helped Pediatricians Address Social Needs of 1,500 NY Families Over Past Year Pediatricians and community-based organizations participating in an innovative United Hospital Fund (UHF) program helped more than 1,500 New ...

UHF Launches Quality Leaders Forum with Program Led by Dr. Thomas Lee UHF's new Quality Leaders Forum brings emerging and established health care quality leaders together to network among themselves and with nationally recognized quality leaders. United Hospital Fund (UHF ...

UHF Testimony Addresses COVID-19's Impact on Minority Communities UHF President Tony Shih, MD, and Chad Shearer, senior vice president for policy and program, submitted written testimony to a New York State joint legislative hearing on May 18 that explored solutions ...

United Hospital Fund Elects Five New Board Members with Medical, Consulting, and Public Health Expertise UHF has elected five new members to its board of directors and named its first Gould Visiting Scholar. UHF also announces its first Gould Visiting ...

UHF 2020 Gala Goes Virtual, Features Health Care Workers Tribute by Brian Stokes Mitchell UHF’s fall gala will be virtual this year, but will still honor exceptional area leaders for their contributions to health and health care. Each year ...

United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Vaughn R. Murria overseeing UHF's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives NEW YORK, NY—November 30, 2020— United Hospital Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources, was ...

UHF Honors Quality Improvement Leaders at Annual Event On May 3, United Hospital Fund honored 73 extraordinary quality improvement leaders from 69 health care organizations across the metropolitan region at its third annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care . The ...

UHF Releases Roundup of Positions of Nine NYC Mayoral Candidates on Critical Health Issues Facing the City UHF released a roundup of the positions of nine NYC mayoral candidates on critical health policy issues facing the city, based on information ...

Why and How Health Care Systems Are Making Equity a Priority United Hospital Fund’s latest Quality Leaders Forum featured three of New York City’s leading quality experts discussing the pandemic's impact on them and their institutions. The COVID-19 ...

United Hospital Fund Names Joan Guzik New Director of Quality and Efficiency 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 ...