Commonwealth Fund Names Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., as Its Next President
Release Date:
12/12/2022
Nationally Recognized Leader in Health Equity, Quality, and Community Health Will Succeed David Blumenthal, M.D., on January 17, 2023
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David Blumenthal to Step Down as Commonwealth Fund President at End of Year
Release Date:
05/11/2022
David Blumenthal, M.D., will step down as president of the Commonwealth Fund at the end of 2022
Listen: Commonwealth Fund President, Dr. David Blumenthal, on COVID-19 and the US Healthcare System
Release Date:
05/20/2020
The following is a conversation between Dr. David Blumenthal, President of The Commonwealth Fund, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving.
New Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds Americans Suffering Health Coverage Insecurity Along with Job Losses
Release Date:
04/21/2020
Two of five people dealing with job insecurity — losing a job or receiving an hourly or pay cut — have also lost health insurance, are worried about losing insurance, or were uninsured before the pandemic hit.
COVID-19 Relief Awards: Commonwealth Fund Staff Respond
Release Date:
04/01/2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Commonwealth Fund staff and grantees have taken several steps to realign our work.
Eleven-Country Survey, Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Finds Doctors in U.S. and Abroad Have Problems Coordinating Care with Social Service Providers
Release Date:
12/10/2019
Primary care doctors in the U.S. struggle to coordinate care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to results from the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, published by the journal Health...
New Survey from Commonwealth Fund: Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information
Release Date:
09/26/2019
Commonwealth Fund survey also finds strong support for medicaid expansion in states that have not expanded eligibility; majority of insured adults satisfied with their coverage.
Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President
Release Date:
07/16/2019
Liz Fowler joins the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs on July 23rd and Melinda Abrams has been promoted to Senior Vice President.
Milbank Memorial Fund, John A. Hartford Foundation, Commonwealth Fund Support Study That Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use
Release Date:
06/21/2019
A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the June issue of Health Affairs, offers new details about how one key approach–home visits–is helping many ACOs improve care management and identify patient needs while aiming to reduce hospital use.
Commonwealth Fund Releases 2019 Scorecard On State Health System Performance
Release Date:
06/12/2019
Deaths from Suicide, Alcohol, Drugs on the Rise; Progress Expanding Health Care Coverage Stalls; Health Costs Are a Growing Burden
New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans
Release Date:
05/23/2019
Millions of Americans with employer health coverage are spending large shares of their income on health care costs, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis looks at what people in every state report spending on premiums and out-of-...
Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans
Release Date:
03/15/2019
The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation, introduced an interactive tool this week that allows users to compare congressional health care reform bills, including various Medicare for All proposals.
Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
03/06/2019
Tonya Woodland, M.H.R.M., M.S., joined the Commonwealth Fund in 2019 as Assistant Vice President, Administration. In this multifaceted position, she is responsible for providing overall direction for human resources and building management as well...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled
Release Date:
02/13/2019
Among adults who were insured all year, 29 percent were underinsured in 2018, up from 23 percent in 2014, according to results from the Commonwealth’s Fund’s latest Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance
Release Date:
12/10/2018
Middle-income families are spending more of their incomes on health insurance as average premiums skyrocketed in 2017 after modest rate increases earlier this decade, The Commonwealth Fund found in a new report.
Commonwealth Fund Partners with New York Times and Harvard to Analyze Financial Reality of Being Sick
Release Date:
10/19/2018
The New York Times, the Commonwealth Fund and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health xamine the sliver of the American population who use the health care system the most.
Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019
Release Date:
07/25/2018
The findings are based on the assumption that the state mandates similar to the penalty structure under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.
Diana Davenport Announces Retirement From the Commonwealth Fund at the End of 2018
Release Date:
07/11/2018
Diana Davenport, Vice President for Administration at the Commonwealth Fund, has announced her plans to retire from the Fund at the end of 2018.
Supported by Commonwealth Fund, A New Contracting Tool Launched to Help Health Care Organizations Manage High-Need
Release Date:
07/11/2018
The report and accompanying tool explore different types of contracting and offer specific, practical guidance for payers and providers as they develop contracting relationships.
Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use
Release Date:
06/22/2018
In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use, the risk of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of...