Breaking a Fifty-Year Compact The approach taken by the latest health care proposal would break a 50-year federal-state compact and threaten New York's coverage and quality achievements. New York has overwhelmingly embraced the Affordable Care Act, taking advantage of subsidies …
Health Care's Circular Journey A look back over the past decades shows tremendous progress—and a would-be retreat that threatens the health care of millions. As I prepare to leave United Hospital Fund after 24 years, it's instructive to look back …
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, in …
New York Medicaid Program Outlines a Vision for Enhanced Pediatric Care Model New York State report puts forth a new vision for strengthening pediatric primary care. The New York State Medicaid program has released a report that puts forth a …
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 …
COVID-19, Cities, and Health How can cities become more resilient? To effectively promote the health and well-being of city residents, there needs to be alignment of health care, transportation, education, housing, economic development, and other sectors. Population density is one …
Community Testing and Contact Tracing in a Time of Distrust Many New Yorkers cannot afford to get tested for COVID-19, lack necessary information, and face other barriers. What steps can be taken to reduce barriers to testing and to address …
A Post-COVID-19 Primary Care Agenda: First Steps The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance, and the vulnerability, of primary care. This commentary suggests several actions to restore primary care and transform it in ways that will meet new demands. …
Post-Acute Care and COVID-19: An Already Fraught Decision Becomes Even More Difficult Informed decisions about post-acute care are even more urgent now, as the peril is far greater. This commentary describes the challenges surrounding post-acute care decisions and explains CMS's …
Struggling in the Time of COVID: Viewing the Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Frontline Health Care Worker Danyelle DiScala, a New York City social worker and member of 1199 SEIU, looks at important day-to-day issues facing many Americans during …
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2009 This wide-ranging analysis of New York’s health insurance coverage landscape in 2008-09 presents data in two parts: a “snapshot” highlighting coverage patterns; and a “chartbook” of detailed tables. Prepared by authors from the …
Provider-Payer Collaboration Could Strengthen Vaccine Adoption As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the U.S. and vaccines become more available, health plans can partner with physicians, hospitals, and community-based organizations to bolster vaccine adoption. Commentary by Karen Ignagni, President …
Working Toward a Brighter Future For many, 2020 will be remembered for unprecedented pain and suffering. Not only for the 20 million U.S. cases of COVID-19 and 350,000 deaths just last year alone, but also for the widespread misery caused …
Opportunities in a Time of Crisis: Launching Innovative Long-Term Care Programs During COVID-19 Stuart B. Almer, Gurwin Healthcare System president and CEO, writes about one of the few bright spots amid the devastation of COVID-19—the opportunity to leverage technology and …
Designing a Digital Platform to Monitor Health Status and Foster Trust Between Patients and Clinicians Developing a prototype for a new digital resource, How’s My Health Dashboard, which would help patients and health care providers work together to achieve health …
After the American Rescue Plan: Trick or Treat? As New York seeks to get out from under the COVID-19 virus and its variants, what further initiatives would help reach New Yorkers who still lack coverage, and will more federal help …
Transforming Primary Pediatric Care: Lessons Learned from PEDS Learning Network Health Equity Projects What is health equity and why does it matter? According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health equity, at its most fundamental, means that everyone has a …
Opportunities to Improve Infant Health Through WIC To improve enrollment in WIC and help alleviate food insecurity, look to outreach models used during the pandemic--and figure out where interventions might yield the biggest effects. In New York State, nearly 13 …
Closing Gaps in Literacy, Equity, and Access More than 1.5 billion students worldwide have experienced school closures because of the pandemic, including at least tens of millions in the U.S. These interruptions have caused irreversible consequences for school-age children, particularly …
Voting and Health: Making the Connection As we work to advance health equity, we can’t forget that voting is a measurable health behavior. The benefits of voting are ample: having a say in the political process, strengthening civic engagement, asserting …
The Ripple Effect of Firearms: How Families, Communities, and Society in the U.S. Are Affected by Firearms A United Hospital Fund analysis, conducted in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, reveals the devastating impact of gun violence nationwide and in New …
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UHF Gala UHF's Annual Gala Supporting UHF's work and honoring health care leaders United Hospital Fund’s Gala is one of New York’s premier health care events, held annually in October. The Gala is an annual tradition that for decades has …
NSIC providers Resources for Health Care Providers Toolkit, Guides, and More Health care providers can improve transitions in care by partnering with family caregivers who assume major responsibilities for patient care at home. These resources and tools have been created …
5 Critical Issues Facing New Yorkers 5 Critical Issues Facing New Yorkers 1. Over 1 million New Yorkers lack health insurance coverage, and many more are underinsured, facing high and rising out-of-pocket costs. 2. Uneven quality and patient experiences stubbornly …
Quality and Efficiency Quality and Efficiency Making health care more patient-focused, outcome-driven, safe, effective, and efficient Enormous progress has been made, but health care quality, safety, and outcomes remain far too variable—and patients’ priorities and well-being too often don’t receive …
Children's Health Initiative Children's Health Initiative Building a strengthened primary care system for children Poverty. Hunger. A parent with depression or an addiction. Social and economic factors like these can profoundly affect a child’s development in the first five years …
Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Partnerships for Early Childhood Development There is currently wide recognition that health outcomes can be largely driven by factors outside of health care. Among young children and their families, unmet social needs can lead to …
First 1,000 Days on Medicaid Initiative The First 1,000 Days Ten-Point Action Plan Braided funding for early childhood mental health consultations—to unite several state agencies to co-fund training for early childhood teachers on how to support healthy development and identify …
Health Insurance Project Health Insurance Project Exapnding and strengthening public and private health insurance in New York The Health Insurance Project works to identify ways to expand and strengthen public and private health insurance in New York. It helps fashion …
Public and Private Health Insurance Markets The Big Picture VI: Private and Public Insurance Markets Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2009 News Dec. 22, 2023 Halftime Analysis: UHF Hosts Third Convening on Critical Medicaid “Unwinding” May 9, 2023 …
Innovation Strategies Innovation Strategies The Innovation Strategies initiative, established in 2011, seeks to improve the performance of New York’s health care system—and the associated health of New Yorkers—by identifying, evaluating, and supporting the adoption of promising innovations in how health …
Quality Institute Quality Institute Making progress on safe, effective health care for every New Yorker The quality of health care in New York remains uneven, despite significant recent investment in infrastructure. UHF’s Quality Institute aligns the work of the many …
Antibiotic Stewardship Antibiotic Stewardship Program Working with greater New York area health care systems to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant organisms Nationally, studies have shown that up to 50 percent of antibiotic use is inappropriate. Improved stewardship efforts are critical …
How's My Health Dashboard SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE HEALTH FOUNDATION Increasing demands on primary care have led to new challenges in patient-provider relationships. Primary care clinicians increasingly care for clinically and socially complex patients. They …
Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN UHF Special Tribute, 2019 In 2019, UHF saluted Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN—Dean, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and President, American Academy of Nursing—for her leadership …
Debra G. Perelman Debra G. Perelman Distinguished Community Service Award, 2018 In 2018, we saluted Debra G. Perelman, co-founder and vice chair of the Child Mind Institute, for her leadership to improve treatment for childhood mental health disorders. A teen …
2020 Honorees AdvantageCare Physicians Seema Massand, MD, MBA, Vice President, Clinical Quality BronxCare Health System Marion Riggins, BSN, MPH, CPHQ, Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Services and Quality Management Coalition of Asian-American IPA (CAIPA) Zhao Hui Wang, MD, PhD, President, Wang’s …
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 …
Integrating Behavioral Health Integrating behavioral health screening and developmental screening and surveillance into routine well-child visits can help clinicians identify and address issues that threaten a child’s optimal development. Without such screenings, some important conditions may be missed and significant …
Supporting Parenting Nurturing parents’ knowledge of child development and supporting their ability to build healthy family relationships are important for achieving positive health outcomes for children. All children rely on safe, stable and positive interactions with a parent or caregiver …
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 …