December 2023 Reducing the Impact of Medical Debt Governor Hochul signs legislation that prohibits agencies from including medical debt of any amount on credit reports, building on earlier measures to ease the financial burden on New Yorkers. Leading up to this milestone, numerous NYHealth grantees and partners conducted policy analyses, provided direct support to people … Read more
August 2020 Examining Inequities in Childbirth Complications An NYHealth analysis finds that serious childbirth complications are more than twice as likely among Black New Yorkers as their white counterparts. The piece attracts significant attention, including from The Wall Street Journal, and is the basis for future grantmaking on maternal health equity. Read more Consumer Empowerment
September 2017 A Practical Tool for Navigating Health Care Costs FAIR Health, an independent nonprofit that collects and analyzes health care cost data, launches an NYHealth-supported website that offers easy-to-use, reliable information on health care costs. The website helps consumers plan financially before receiving care. Read more Consumer Empowerment
April 2017 New Yorkers’ Perceptions of Health Care Price Information In an NYHealth-supported survey by Public Agenda, half of New Yorkers say they seek out pricing information before getting health care services, but nearly two-thirds say there is not enough available data about what services cost. Read more Consumer Empowerment
December 2016 Understanding Variation in Hospital Prices NYHealth-supported research from Gorman Actuarial finds wide variation in hospital prices across New York and concludes that hospitals with market leverage, or bargaining power when negotiating with insurers, often command higher prices. Read more Consumer Empowerment
August 2016 Spreading OpenNotes NYHealth encourages New York health care providers to implement OpenNotes, a national effort to give patients access to the visit notes written by their doctors, nurses, or other clinicians. By 2023, the Foundation had supported the use of OpenNotes in 30 hospitals, health centers, physician practices, and other health care settings … Read more
January 2016 A New Focus on Consumer Empowerment NYHealth launches a new priority area, Empowering Health Care Consumers, following a planning process the previous year to identify the areas where the Foundation was best positioned to have a meaningful impact on the health of New Yorkers. Read more Consumer Empowerment
April 2015 Tracking Payment Reform Efforts With support from NYHealth, the first-ever New York Scorecard on Payment Reform is released. It examines the health care payment landscape in New York State, offers baseline information about the adoption of alternative payment methods, and analyzes variation in commercial and Medicaid payments. Read more Consumer Empowerment
