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Chad Shearer Named to Advisory Board of NJ Medicaid Center Chad Shearer, VP of policy for UHF, was named to the advisory board of a newly created Medicaid Policy Center in New Jersey. Chad Shearer, UHF vice-president for policy and ...

UHF Names Pooja Kothari as 2019 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow Pooja Kothari, RN, MPH, program manager in UHF’s Quality Institute, is named the 2019 Patricia S. Levinson fellow. Fellowship established to advance UHF's work improving health for vulnerable populations ...

First Annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care Honors 57 Quality Improvement Leaders at 51 New York Area Institutions United Hospital Fund honors 57 extraordinary quality improvement leaders at 51 hospitals and long-term care facilities at its Tribute to Excellence ...

United Hospital Fund Names Chad Shearer Senior Vice President for Policy and Program United Hospital Fund has named Chad Senior Vice President for Policy and Program. NEW YORK, NY—July 2, 2019 — United Hospital Fund announced today that Chad Shearer ...

Medicaid in New York: UHF Conference Looks Toward the Future New York State's innovative set of Medicaid delivery system reforms, launched five years ago and built around a shift to value-based payments, has reduced both preventable hospitalizations and their associated ...

Despite Better-than-Expected Progress in Expanding Health Coverage, New York State Faces Obstacles in Signing up Remaining 1.1 Million Uninsured A new HealthWatch brief warns that New York State faces a number of potential obstacles as the next health insurance ...

UHF Annual Gala Honored Four Exceptional New Yorkers for Helping Create a More Effective Health System UHF paid tribute on four exceptional New Yorkers at its annual gala for their efforts to improve health and health care. At an event ...

The “Last Mile” of Delivery System Innovation The "last mile" of delivery system innovation: the challenge of spreading promising practices throughout the health care system. The last mile problem generally refers to the difficulty of delivering goods or services to ...

12th Class of Clinical Quality Fellowship Program Completes First Retreat UHF and Greater New York Hospital Association launched the new class of 30 Clinical Quality Fellows on a 15-month program focused on improving quality and patient safety. For the 12th ...

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 ...

Information to Assist Parents and Pediatric Providers during COVID-19 Outbreak Resources for parents and providers during the COVID-19 outbreak Ensuring children's safety and well-being during uncertain and chaotic times is critically important. To aid parents and pediatric and social service ...

COVID-19 Deepens Existing Health Disparities Disclaimer: The views presented here are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of United Hospital Fund, its staff, or its board of directors The existence of racial and socioeconomic health disparities ...

As 2018 Open Enrollment Begins, Trump Administration Adds New Challenges for New York's Individual Market Preliminary analysis of how New York would be affected by recent Trump administration actions on the Affordable Care Act, particularly the halt in cost-sharing reduction ...

The Clinical Quality Fellowship Program: Developing Clinical Quality Leadership in the Greater New York Region The Institute of Medicine has noted that a key factor underlying patient safety problems in the United States is a paucity of quality and safety ...

I Can Take Care of Myself!: Patients' Refusals of Home Health Care Services A summary of the discussion and findings of a December 2016 roundtable, co-sponsored by UHF and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation, on refusals of ...

Caring for Your Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC): A Guide for Patients and Family Caregivers With growing numbers of hospitalized patients being sent home with central lines in place, safely maintaining these common home care devices often falls to home ...

Building a More Effective Health Care System for Every New Yorker: UHF's 2016 Annual Report This year's annual report focuses on how UHF's initiatives are addressing the challenges of a changing health care landscape and having a real impact on ...

A Strategy for Expanding and Improving the Impact of the Medical Home Across New York City A strategic plan for New York City to adopt the medical home model, which improves health care quality, improves patients' experience of care, and ...

You Get What You Pay for: Measuring Quality in Value-Based Payment for Children's Health Care Examining the quality measures and outcomes that could be used in value-based payment arrangements for children's health care in New York: how value for children ...

A New Arena for Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care Health Affairs Blog reports on United Hospital Fund's new Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative. United Hospital Fund's Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative-an effort to improve antibiotic prescribing practices, notable for its focus on ...

Navigating the New York State Value-Based Payment Roadmap A guide distilling and explaining the New York State Roadmap for Medicaid Payment Reform, which lays out New York's ambitious goals of moving toward value-based payment from a fee-for-service model. See the ...

Redesigning Children's Behavioral Health Services in New York's Medicaid Program This report gives an overview of the complex structure of New York Medicaid's current services for children needing behavioral health services, reviews the State's planned approach to reforming this system ...

Meeting Consumers Where They Are: Patient Engagement in New York's Evolving Commercial Insurance Market With the number of uninsured rapidly dropping under the ACA, the focus is shifting to other goals-improving quality, the patient experience with care, and controlling costs ...

After the Reinsurance Is Gone: A New Challenge for New York's Individual Market A Big Picture snapshot report that examines the federal Transitional Reinsurance Program and what might provide premium-stabilizing effects after the program expires in 2016. The Transitional Reinsurance ...

Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter First in a series of reports examining the challenges faced by patients and their families when arranging continued care after a hospital stay. Click here to access the press release. Each ...

Patient-Centered Medical Homes in New York, 2017 Update An update on the most recent progress made in implementing medical homes statewide, identifying trends and providing context on relevant changes in policy, changes in accreditation process, and various obstacles to adoption ...

Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care Results from a survey of family caregivers to determine what medical/nursing tasks they perform. Includes recommendations on encouraging health care professionals and providers to reassess the way they interact with caregivers ...

Evaluation of a Continuum-Based Behavioral Health Integration Framework Among Small Primary Care Practices in New York State A framework to help primary care practices integrate behavioral health screening and treatment into health care delivery. The related press release can be ...

Complex Construction: A Framework for Building Clinical-Community Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health A UHF framework designed to help primary care providers screen their patients for social determinants of health and partner with community-based organizations that can respond to ...

National Landscape of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship and Strategies for Engaging Prescribers on Data Findings Webinar presentation on antibiotic stewardship. UHF hosted a webinar , National Landscape of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship and Strategies for Engaging Prescribers on Data Findings, on September 22 ...

A Model for Improving and Assessing Outpatient Stewardship Initiatives for Acute Respiratory Infections Results from an observational study evaluating the effectiveness of antibiotic stewardship interventions in New York City outpatient settings. Many hospitals have established inpatient antibiotic stewardship programs, but ...

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 ...

Grim Times and Health Insurance: Maintaining Coverage During the Pandemic A consumer guide with practical advice on how New Yorkers can replace lost health coverage or find a new health plan during these perilous times. Available in English, Spanish, Simplified ...

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 ...

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 ...