Grantee Name
United Hospital Fund of New York
Funding Area
Primary Care
Publication Date
May 2017
Grant Amount
$299,627
Grant Date:
March 2014 – February 2015
New York State’s health care spending overall and per capita are among the highest in the nation. Coupled with suboptimal levels of access, quality, and patient experience, the rate of cost escalation is unsupportable.
The need to improve performance and control costs was heightened by the increase in demand for care after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In response, the State designated advanced primary care as a key priority. It undertook a major campaign among providers, focusing on improving primary care practice and integrating the management of patient care across types of providers, including primary care, hospital care, specialty medicine, long-term care, and mental health and substance use services.
In 2014, NYHealth awarded the United Hospital Fund of New York (UHF) a grant to provide analytical support for the range of efforts to improve primary care by health care providers and the State. Specifically, UHF examined three areas of promising innovation in health care: new models in primary care, development of accountable care organizations (ACOs), and new approaches to consumer engagement in health care.