Honest conversations about our health care goals especially as we age or face serious illnesses can be difficult but are an essential part of supporting healthy aging. The Quality Institute’s Conversation of Your Life (COYL) initiative continues to grow as we partner with more New Jersey mayors, community partners, and our members who provide subject…Read More…

  The Quality Institute’s spring All-Council conference is the place to be next week. Our multi-stakeholder membership will be gathering to learn from national experts and network with one another.   This year’s conference focuses on health care issues and the views of voters, an especially timely topic with congressional, senate, and presidential elections ahead…Read More…

I’m pleased to announce that three impressive health leaders have joined our Board of Directors, each well-known and respected throughout the state and committed to the Quality Institute’s mission to improve health care safety, quality, and affordability for everyone. These leaders have worked with the Quality Institute providing expertise on issues such as payment models,…Read More…

As the Director of Community Health for the Quality Institute, I have the pleasure of working with towns and cities across New Jersey as they develop innovative programs that promote health and wellness. The effort is part of the Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign, which, in partnership with the New Jersey League of Municipalities, has…Read More…

The 2024 Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey opens April 1. This free, annual survey assesses the safety and quality of ASCs based on national, evidence-based measures that are aligned with other organizations (including CMS and national accreditation agencies). Leapfrog Survey Results are publicly reported on a free website. The Survey’s national standards are aimed…Read More…

We are honored that Acting Commissioner of Health, Kaitlan Baston, M.D., sat down with us for a Take Five to share her priorities and thoughts on the pressing health issues facing our state. I urge you all to read Dr. Baston’s Take Five below. I also want to share the upcoming events we have planned…Read More…

Last Friday I taught a class on health care policy to the third-year medical students at a New Jersey medical school. I started by asking the class what each of them has in common with the people pictured below and what I also have in common with these people.   All eight studied medicine like the students…Read More…

In my last blog post, we shared with you our new report Primary Care in New Jersey: Findings and Recommendations to Support Advanced Primary Care. The report is a blueprint for what needs to change in payments, quality measures, and other practice supports to enable team-based, comprehensive primary care to expand in our state. I…Read More…

High quality primary care is the foundation of a high performing health system. It’s associated with lower overall spending, improved health equity, and better population health over the long run. Yet as a nation we underinvest in primary care. And in New Jersey, we are one of the states with the lowest payment rates for…Read More…

We finished 2023 with major successes on improving health care access and equity. Two laws, both based on our earlier white paper, were enacted to make the New Jersey small employer health insurance market more affordable. Next, based on our call for action, the governor signed a law on Monday enabling licensed clinical social workers,…Read More…