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Nurse Volunteers Advance Community Wellness
Published in NJ.com Adelisa Perez, BSN, RN, does not stop being a nurse when she leaves Riverview Medical Center, the Red Bank hospital where she works with heart patients. Perez believes the nursing profession also calls her to promote wellness in the communities around her. “Nurses can bring a unique aspect to wellness initiatives. We…Read More…
Patient Safety: What Grade Did Your Hospital Get?
Published by Michael L. Diamond of the Asbury Park Press Monmouth Medical Center received an A grade from a hospital safety watchdog group, marking the seventh consecutive report card that the Long Branch hospital has aced. It was one of four hospitals at the Jersey Shore that received the top mark from The Leapfrog Group, a…Read More…
NJ Lawmakers Look to Implement State-Level Individual Mandate
By Brenda Flanagan, Senior Correspondent NJTV News https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/nj-lawmakers-look-implement-state-level-individual-mandate/Read More…
States Move to Offset Shift in ACA Policies
Published by Steven Porter in Healthleaders Media Maryland and New Jersey passed laws designed to help stabilize their health insurance markets. As the federal government continues to denounce the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and neutralize some of its requirements, certain states are responding with countermeasures of their own. New Jersey lawmakers sent a bill Thursday to Gov….Read More…
Obamacare: NJ Lawmakers Vote to Bring Back Health Insurance Mandate
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Asbury Park Press Murphycare could look a lot like Obamacare. Lawmakers Thursday sent to Gov. Phil Murphy a bill that will require nearly all New Jerseyans to have health insurance or pay a penalty, in a bid to stabilize premiums for consumers in the Obamacare marketplace. They approved…Read More…