The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
A federal program called the Community Health Center Fund, which subsidizes federal clinics through direct grants, officially expired in the fall. Congress has since made a pair of short-term...more
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small even as U.S. elderly population grows rapidly. The number...more
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities—a ... of Health—awarded North Carolina Central University a $16.3 million grant...more
In its place, states would receive a fixed amount—the block grant—funded ... have had substantial enrollment in the health insurance marketplaces would see ... would lose $9 billion compared to...more
Peterson and Kaiser together have created a health system tracker that ... A third early grant was to the National Quality Forum to help patients with...more
The Commonwealth Fund expresses concern over the strides the industry has made to lower hospital patient readmissions, partly the sign of a shift...more
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has launched a series of noteworthy research projects to learn if social enterprises can help Scotland lose its “sick man of Europe” label and boost the nation’s overall health.