Paving the Way for Quicker, Safer Discharges After Brain Surgery A CQFP fellowship project safely reduced the number of days craniotomy patients need to stay in the hospital and cut readmissions after surgery by more than half. Rushing back to …
Three Decades in the Making: UHF Literacy Project Helps Health Center Achieve Longtime Dream United Hospital Fund's support helped these Manhattan and Brooklyn health centers finally bring to fruition a long-held dream of starting a pediatric literacy program. Betances Health …
Polypharmacy Learning Collaborative: Continued Progress During Second Year United Hospital Fund's polypharmacy learning collaborative, now in its second year, explores how to reduce the burden of overprescribing in nursing homes. The seven participating skilled nursing facilities recently came together to …
UHF Elects David J. Erickson and Kishor Malavade, MD, to Board United Hospital Fund has elected two new members to its Board of Directors: David J. Erickson, senior vice president and head of community development at the Federal Reserve Bank …
Quality Leaders Forum Examines Ending Racism in Clinical Algorithms Toni Eyssallenne, MD, PhD, deputy chief medical officer with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).and Michelle Morse, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and deputy commissioner for …
The Lasting Legacy of UHF’s Women’s Division The second part of a two-part series highlighting United Hospital Fund’s Women’s Division and its evolution and impact over six decades. This is the second part of a two-part series highlighting United Hospital …
Next Step in Care Quarterly electronic publication providing an overview of UHF's work in in family caregiving. (Ceased publication in 2017; archived copies at link below.)
Clinical-Community Partnerships for Better Health: Observations from New York City's Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative Observations and lessons from the first year of the learning collaborative and grant initiative called Partnerships for Early Childhood Development (PECD), which supports clinical-community …
Empowering New Yorkers with Quality Measures That Matter to Them A comprehensive report on health care quality measurement and public reporting in New York, prepared with funding support from New York State Health Foundation. Although quality measurement and public reporting …
Child Health Plus Enrollment: The Curve Bends Back Up, Sharply Enrollment in New York State's Child Health Plus (CHP) program grew in every county of the state between 2016 and 2017, and 17% statewide. Current discussion of funding the federal …
Presentations from "Medicaid in New York: Innovating in an Era of Uncertainty" PDF presentations from the 2017 Medicaid conference. The presentations below were featured at the United Hospital Fund conference Medicaid in New York: Innovating in an Era of Uncertainty, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It All Falls on Me A joint report from UHF and AARP Public Policy Institute looking at family caregiver perspectives on medication management, wound care, and video instruction. Read the related press release. This United Hospital Fund and AARP Public …
Understanding Medicaid Utilization for Children in New York State A data brief and accompanying chartbook presenting key findings on current Medicaid spending and utilization for children. See the related press release. Medicaid in New York is a vital safety net …
Levers of Change: UHF's 2015 Annual Report This year's annual report highlights how UHF's strategic use of resources to target key levers of change is helping move health care reform from theory to reality, to create concrete improvements in the …
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, …
A Blueprint for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in New York The first comprehensive analysis of the elements needed for universal health insurance in New York State, this major new Fund publication presents the costs and benefits of several model strategies …
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, and the …
New York Medicare ACO Performance: Cost and Quality Results Raise Bigger Questions This HealthWatch focuses on the financial performance of accountable care organizations based in New York State in 2016, and compares their quality performance to that of similar programs …
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 …
Patient-Centered Medical Homes in New York, 2018 Update: Drivers of Growth and Challenges for the Future Our annual brief and chartbook outlining the adoption of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model across New York, by region and by type of practice. …
A Year of Progress and Partnerships: UHF’s 2018 Annual Report UHF’s annual report provides some concrete examples of what building a more effective health system for every New Yorker might look like. What does building a more effective health system …
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 …
It's About Trust: Parents' Perspectives on Pediatricians Screening for Social Needs A report from Public Agenda, based on interviews with low-income parents in New York City, explores how pediatricians can identify vulnerable children and families and connect them through community …
DSRIP Promising Practices: Strategies for Meaningful Change for New York Medicaid Identifying key lessons and promising practices from the first four years of New York State’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program. Identifying key lessons and promising practices from the …
Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections in New York City: A Model for Collaboration Peer-reviewed article on a model for developing outpatient antibiotic stewardship programs in New York City, published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. A review …
Better Partnerships for Better Health For a forthright exchange and true partnership with their clients' health care providers, community-based organizations have to become targeted and systematic in how they serve their clients, and be able to demonstrate that. Common goals. …
Health Care 2021: A New Golden Age? The potential exists for a “golden age” of New York health care—if a number of essential elements are in place. What will New York's health care system look like in 2021? What should …
COVID-19 Ripple Effect: The Impact of COVID-19 on Children in New York State A new analysis estimates that COVID-19 has led to severe, long-lasting, and racially disparate repercussions on children under age 18 in New York State. The associated press …
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 …
Trump Administration Health Reimbursement Arrangements Put ACA Subsidies at Risk for Low-Income Workers This brief explains the workings of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs) and examines their significant risks for New York consumers, particularly lower-income enrollees. The associated press …
Can You Get Paid to Take Care of Your Mom? Caregivers may be able to receive reimbursement for their time caring for family members. Here are a number of possibilities. Among the many words used to describe family caregivers—invisible, overwhelmed, …
The Statistics Don't Capture the Opioid Epidemic's Impact on Children When parents become addicted to opioids or die of an overdose, their children also bear the burden—yet children are rarely the focus of concerted planning and action to combat this …
2018 and Beyond The past year was a remarkable one for health policy, with uncertainty and flux on both federal and state levels—and several major trends posing new challenges and opportunities. For those of us working in health policy, 2017 …
Interesting Times Unprecedented uncertainty at the federal level about health policy hs clarified the continued relevance and importance of UHF, says Tony Shih in his annual report president's message. It's an interesting time to be working in health policy. Since …
Tony Shih: 2018 Annual Report Message "Ultimately, the goal of a health system should be to produce better health. And while health insurance coverage and access to care are vital to making this happen, they are not sufficient. So what …
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 my …
Left Out of Value-Based Payment Payment reform alone can’t sustain everything we need to improve health. Exciting things are happening in health care. Beyond advances in technology and medical science—which are expected over time but still amazing to see—there are …
COVID-19 Pandemic: Questions for the Future Big-picture questions raised by the pandemic response. We are in the midst of one of the greatest public health crises of our lifetimes. Years from now, students from numerous disciplines will study the COVID-19 …
During the Pandemic, Home Health Aides Deserve Respect, Protection, and Fair Pay Home health aides are the essential workforce who make it possible for thousands of New Yorkers to have good days at home and to stay out of institutions. …
Examining the State of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic Telehealth has played a critical role during the COVID-19 pandemic and may have a long-lasting impact on the U.S. health care system. This commentary presents recent data from FAIR Health to …
To Prepare for the Next Pandemic, Health Care Needs to Tackle Racism In the wake of accumulated racial injustices and entrenched inequities highlighted by COVID-19, there is a need and an opportunity for health care leaders to confront racism; Ram …