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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." Jim Tallon The revolutionary and evolutionary redesign of New York's Medicaid program has entered a new phase ...

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 ...

No Caregiver Is an Island, Though It May Seem That Way Meeting specific needs, not a one-size-fits-all approach, is what will really help the growing population of caregivers. Here is what we know: the population is aging. Older adults typically ...

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 ...

Implementing the CARE Act: What's Working? What's Not? It's been a year since New York State's CARE Act went into effect, with the goal of ensuring that patients know they can name a family caregiver before they're discharged from the ...

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 ...

A Message from Tony Shih UHF's new president, Tony Shih, MD, MPH, introduces himself and looks to the future. Dear Friends, In recent months, all of us have had a front-row seat as our nation grapples with important health policy ...

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 ...

Our Core Values In an extraordinary time, articulating our core values is a public statement of accountability. An organization's core values are generally not an ideal topic for a public essay. Yet these are not ordinary times. Each day we ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting Ready for Medicare's New ID Cards: What Providers and Beneficiaries Need to Know and Do New Medicare ID cards, meant to reduce identity theft, require updates to providers' office systems—and some guidance and reassurance for patients. Sometime in ...

UHF Hosts Release of Report Calling for Integration of Health and Human Services UHF President Anthony Shih chaired a meeting and panel at UHF to introduce a report published by the Human Services Council of New York on integrating health ...

In Wake of Individual Mandate Penalty Repeal, Federal Association Plan Rule Could Further Destabilize NY Markets A proposed federal rule on association health plans could alter Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions and roll back gains New York State has made ...

Quality Fellows Showcase Impact of Final Projects Clinical Quality Fellowship Program capstone projects illustrate the diversity of the latest class of graduates—and the challenges that quality leaders are tackling. Improving the hospital discharge process. Standardizing alcohol withdrawal management. Better ...

Examining Opioid Epidemic's Impact on Children and Families Largely lost in all the coverage of the current opioid epidemic are the effects on the children of addicted parents. A new UHF project seeks to examine and address the epidemic's impact ...

Health Care 2021: A Vision for New York A summary of the conference "Health Care 2021," co-sponsored by United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation and held on February 9, 2016. [NOTE: THIS WAS INCORRECTLY CODED/CREATED ...

UHF Releases Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit to Address One of the Biggest Public Health Risks Facing U.S. Resource Helps Outpatient Practices Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing NEW YORK, NEW YORK November 5, 2018— United Hospital Fund today released a comprehensive set ...

UHF Outpatient Initiative on Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections Shows Need for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs A UHF study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology illustrates the need for robust outpatient antibiotic stewardship programs. A review of more than ...

Pediatric Practices, Community Partners Discuss How to Meet Families’ Social Needs Participants in the Partnerships for Early Childhood Development initiative shared how best to meet the social needs of families at a UHF-sponsored learning collaborative. Parents in underserved communities want ...

What Does Price Transparency Have to Do with Patient Empowerment? There are numerous steps between greater price transparency and a more empowered patient, and it’s a more complex issue than it might look like at first glance. One of ...

UHF Honors 57 Health Care Quality Leaders at its Tribute to Excellence UHF honored 57 health care leaders, on May 6 at its first annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care. Improving care for vulnerable patients. Promoting antibiotic stewardship. Transforming ...

NYS Medicare ACOs Generated Savings in 2017 After Large Losses in Prior Two Years, But CMS Program Still Lost Money New York accountable care organizations participating in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program to reduce Medicare spending generated ...

NYS Medicaid Reform Efforts Can Improve Health Care Outcomes Well Beyond 2020 New report on DSRIP promising practices spotlights payment and delivery innovations started after federal waiver New report on DSRIP promising practices spotlights payment and delivery innovations started after ...

Stable Housing, Stable Health: Addressing Housing Insecurity Through Medicaid Value-Based Payment A HealthWatch brief identifying NYC neighborhoods with high levels of housing insecurity, health care utilization, and Medicaid enrollment. Read the related press release . There is increasing awareness that the ...

How Primary Care Can Move Towards a Patient-Centered and Outcomes-Focused Approach to Care Management This presentation from the PROPC-NY learning collaborative's fourth webinar demonstrates how using a variety of outcomes and experience measures together can advance understanding of what patients ...

Under Pressure: Prescription Drug Spending Trends in New York's Medicaid Program and Small Group Market This issue brief analyzes recent growth in spending for prescription drugs by health plans in New York State-and the implications of that growth for policymakers ...

Advanced Primary Care Core Measure Set Aiding practices in New York State's Advanced Primary Care (APC) program, the APC Core Measure Set consists of 28 measures providing multipayer performance data across six domains. The APC Core Measures are a set ...

HealthWatch: New York-High-Quality Health Care for Children in Public Coverage A HealthWatch overview of the quality of care children receive through New York's Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs. "In June 2016 nearly 2.6 million children in New York ...

Implementing New York State's CARE Act: A Toolkit for Hospital Staff This step-by-step guide to implementing provisions of the CARE Act supports hospital staff in identifying, engaging, and preparing family caregivers, to improve the transition of patients from hospital to ...

New York State's "Get Smart" Campaign A presentation from the webinar “New York State's ‘Get Smart' Campaign,” held on November 16, 2016. A presentation from the webinar New York State's ‘Get Smart' Campaign, held on November 16, 2016. The presentation ...

Presentations from "Medicaid in New York: Progressing to Value-Based Payment" Read and hear featured components of the United Hospital Fund conference “Medicaid in New York: Progressing to Value-Based Payment.” The keynote and panel below were two of the featured components ...

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 ...

Affordable Care Act Brings New Life-and Covered Lives-to New York's Individual Market A snapshot report examining the successful steps New York took to improve its individual health insurance market after the rollout of the ACA, and the steps that will ...

Short-Term Rehabilitation Services in an Inpatient Setting This Next Step in Care guide provides need-to-know information about rehab, including types of settings and services, basic facts about paying for rehab, and what patients and family caregivers can expect from the ...

Symposium Focuses on High-Performance Health Care Delivery These presentations were featured components of the 2015 Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice, held October 20. Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH In his October 20 keynote address at ...

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 ...

Health Care Provider Perspectives on Discharge Planning: From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Third in the “Difficult Decisions” series of reports on the many factors that go into hospital discharge planning, with a focus on the experiences of health care ...

2019 Shaping Up as a Watershed Year for New York’s Individual Market as Federal Challenges and Uncertainty Continue New York State’s individual health insurance market has been holding its ground in terms of enrollment, the cost of coverage ...

The Growth of Medical Homes in New York State, 2014 to 2016 Third in a series of reports tracking medical home growth in New York State. New York State continues to lead the nation in adoption of the medical home ...

The Other Shoe Drops: Federal Association Health Plan Regulation Is Next Threat to Coverage in New York In this issue brief, we examine how the Trump administration's proposed rule on association health plans could destabilize New York's individual and small ...